Arizona silver belt., 1891-01-17
rnE BUFFALO MINES.


 ' four mines The Buffalo, Mark Twain, Q Cleveland and Cuyahoga, all of which s are the direct neighbors of the Globe g and Globe Ledge belonging to the old a Dominion Company, and Eoosier ] mines They are located Ut the south ' west end of the Buffalo bill, on which <: for the length of two miles, numerous 3 copper mines are located, of which sev- 1; ernl have been slightly worked, and ) produced argentiferous copper With the present light on the subject, it can be said, that q most powerful mineral vein, carrying copper and silver ores, [ but principally the first, extends , throughout the length of Buffalo hill, , and promises to become in due time,
 and with ample development, promi-
 ncnt basis for extensive mining opera
 tions,
 One of the mines, belonging to the
 Buffalo group was worked nine years ago, but the work was suspended, as
 the quartzy nature of the ore, then
 found, and the want of experience in
 handling such ore, made the work un- profitable Since then, the develop
 ments made in the Globe mine, have
 shown the true character of the vein l construction Work in small way,
 WAS resumed few years ago and the success was such th..t, later on, an as- sociation of lessees was formed, of which the owners are a part, which un- dertook to open these mines more reg ularly, and to rebuild the former smelt- ing plant, and produce the metal. The success attained since. has been most gratifying, and as the situation of the mines IS such, that neither costly hoist ing or pumping fsachirery viii have to be used for years to come and the ore can be extracted very cheaply, its per manent success seems to be an assured fact, provided, the means are furnished l to carry on the business.
 Aside from being . copper producer, | it is firmly believed that most of the ore in Bunillo hill is argentiferoua, which is proven by the results obtained ! years ago by lhe work done ia several mines, on that immense vein, further to che northeast, and by the fact that copper recently produced from Buifalo ores assays variously from 9S to 73 ounces in silver to the ton of crude copper.
 The importance of this large mineral vein for the mining industry of Globe can hardly be oyerestimated, and when its future possibilities are joined to those of the Old Dominion Company's mines and the large group of the Long island property, it does not seem to be extravagant to predict that Globe will produce more copper, naturally, than any other copper mining district in Arizona. The great featurein the Buff falo mines k, that they belong directly 10 an immense mineral vein system of several miles in length, and are not merely secondary deposits in the strait fed, Fedimentary rocks of the locality.
 The reopening of the Buffalo mines began in March ls80, under the direc- tion oi Dr. Alex Trippel, IS Superin- tendent. 4 small force of men was employed to make the necessary open ing work and facilities for handling and moving the ore Meanwhile, the form CT smelt;ng plant, entirely unfit for ef- fectiye and economic work was rebuilt, and mine and smelter put in proper condition and fully md amply equip ped at a comparatively small expense to the lessees, It vas expected to start the smelter by the middle of Septem- Der last, but the non-arriyal of coke de- layed this for one month. Smelling began October 18th. but was several times interrupted by the failure of the coke supply. The results, however, have been steadily improving, so tha, at this time, it stands unsurpassed when compared with the quality of the ore used.
 Beginning Oct 18th last, there was smelted hetween that date and first day of January. 199 S49-1000 tons of cop per, being in the aggregate 47 days run, The output for 12 days in Janu- ary was 62 125-1030 tons. On Thura- day of the present week 8 bars q ], 552 pounds) were turned out. The daily average quantity of ore smelted is 4 tons, besides dnx; average daily con of coke, ' tons From Jan. 4th to 16th the record is as follows. ! Ore smelted, 527g tons; coke consumed, { 88l tons; copper produced, 62 125-1000 ( tons. ,
 Our customers all speak highly in praise of St Patrick's Pills. They are the best. BERRY BRos., Carroll, Ne hraska For sale ny II. c. Hitchcock, , druggist
 Globe, Arizona, one year ago had :, population of 300 souls. To.day there