Tombstone daily epitaph., 1889-09-28
MINING NOTES.

| Arizona for the past week have under
 gone no change of importance to the 1 outside observer. The mines in the
 Turquoise district have greatly i'm
 proved, and are looking far better than 1 ever before The Defiance, worked by | the International Smelling Company. of Fl Paso, is shipping large quanti ties of ore to the smelters and has plenty in sight The mine owned by Mr. Seaverns is apparently on the eve Of rich strike, the results oi which will be determined in a few weeks.
 several properties in the Dragons are
 opening up we'll, and will attract at
 tention in the near future. Compara-
 lively few people know that there are numerous lodges of free milling ore in
 the Huschucas carrying from Sl to SIP
 ir gold, but no silver So far il has
 not been profitable to work these
 lodges, although there is plenty of
 such ore in sight. The Copper Queen,
 al Bisbee. is holding its own and ship
 ping copper, notwithstanding the pres
 ent low price The present aspect Of
 ths mine is that il is practically mex
 hausiible The mines at Har-haw
 continue to produce plenty of fair
 grade ore, the mill being constantly at
 work The nearness of water to the
 surface seems to be the only obstacle
 at present in the way of extensive de velOppents in that district. sonora, Mexico, is developing enormous prop critics, the Oso Negro having enough ore in sight to run the mill for two years several other mines in that country are showing equally well and capital is being more freely invested there than in Arizona. Labor is very cheap in sonora, and the expense of working a mine there Is necessarily much less than in the United States, which Is an important factor. There | is no question that mine owners in Arizona and elsewhere on the coast | are awaiting an advance in the price l of silver, the general belief being that | it will go up this winter. While it is a certainty that Cleveland's admins | tration was against silver, it seems 1 clear that while this administration is not so strongly in favor Of 1t as could l be wished, yet President Harrison will | not oppose any legislation tending to advance it. IL Is well known that the l silver men had a majority in the last ! session of Congress, but the fear of the veto power deterred them from | attempting any important legislation on the subject. Nothing of the kind l Is feared during the next session, and l the outlook for silver is better now than for years. A measure will prob ably be presented to Congress this winter to form an alliance with Mex leo and the Central and South Ameri- can nations to coin a silver dollar that will represent the three Americas. By so doing the United States will make a strong, and probably success ful, pull against England for the trade
 of our southern neighbors, and by that means will find market for our sil yer. The result of the international Congress, which will meet in Washing
 toI. on the iith oi next month, VI! have most important bearing on this
 question. South America does not produce gold and is compelled to i'm
 port il at a premium, while she eexPorts
 her silver to England at a heavy dis
 count. Such a course is sapping her
 prosperity, and should an alliance be