Arizona silver belt., 1879-01-24
GT.nRE DISTRICT.
Mfning News apd DeveloPmssta ie'
 the Past Week.

Four men are now at work on the Miami mine, and good ore is still being extracted.
 The Geld Fill District is just nos attracting attsntion. Miners there are obtaining good results.
 SaIter & Lleurance have com menced work on their claim, adjoin- iug the MeCormick. Some fair Id oking ore hes been exposed.
 The Green Tree mining claim was sdld this week under execution as the pi opersy of Ira Fancher, and knocked down to Hayse < Buck at $l50.
 The Silver Queen shaft is down 1O9 feet three men adding thirteen inches daily to iss depth. Cross cutting will not be attempted until a depth of 150 feet is reached.
 Neil DOugherty is taking 400 Oz. ore out of the west half of the Rich mond. The pay streak two feet wlde gives that result. Balance of the vein, 3 feet, is said to be fair mill- ing ore.
 Allen 6 Baughman have rebuilt and re-modeIed the Miami mill roast CTS. They are now believed to be all that is desired. It is presumed they will be ready to receive pulp by Monday next.
 John D. Sibbald has gone to San Francisco with four hundred pounds of very fine ore from the sherman mine. It IS believed that he will succeed in selling that property to certain parties in Los Angeles coun- ty, California, who already own 8 minor interest in 1t.
 The McMllen Company has men at work grading for tue new mill, the site of which is about hundred feet southeast of the tunnel near the boarding house. Five or six men are also employed in grading a road south and east of the hoisting works to make a connection with the Globe road.
 The Sunfower, 8 float, " the prop erty of Dr. Saunders, was opened by John Henry a few days since Il was very restless and scratched water was struck which seemed to be strongly mineralized. B1For par ticulars, inquire of Dr. S., who, we presume, by this time has assayea the nuggets.
 Mir. H. L. Hart, of the San Car los Agency, IS the purchaser of the Aikens claim on the Stonewall lode. The location has been known as the o-Twenty. Hannibal No. 2, and nov 1t is called the Washington. The price paid is yariously stated at from SI0. GOO to S15.O00. There has been paid down S5 .000. The rest to be paid at 3 future date.
 
 The shaft on the Alice mine is down 80 feet. For the last IS feet there has been fair ore found. and this has recently improved so much that is is believed to be worth $2O0 per ton now. The intention is to go down a hundred feet, and then cross cut, when the probability IS that q good body of ore will be exposed.
 The Brilliant lode, about six miles northwest Of McMillen, now being opened by Marco Boleack, it's owner, promises 10 become a good mine. l. has been opened to the depth of 70 feet in good shape, the shaft being securely and neatly timberes.. The veia exposed in drift, IS about four feet wide, with smooth. solid walls, and of this there is about 70 inches on tbe hanging wall which shows punches ana streaks of ore that Wlll assay $10,000 per ton, but taking the whole of this part of tue veIn il is estimated that by assortment ii will yield about $500. The ven matter next the foetwaIl has some good ore in it, and r promises to improve IS depsh is gained. The formation IS syeniEe and phe course of the lode is nearly due north and soulh, dlp beiag 10 the west and quite steep. Mr. Bojenck thinks thsr he is working on mere spur and that the1nain lode lies some distance vest
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