Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-07
MINES AND MINING.
Notes of General interest to the
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Agua Eria, in Iavapai county.
 New Mexico has entered the marke with mica and IS supplying the mill d Colorado Springs from Rio Arrib' county.
 Wm. Drew. of the Blue Tanks dis trict, Yavapai county, has sold his group of mines, including 5-stamT mill to Pittsburg, Pa, company.
 The Cave creek copper mines, neal Phoenix, are in operation with en couraging results. The ore is being shipped to the Fl Paso shelter.
 The Castle creek mines are attract ing considerable attention at present and as work progresses some promis ing bodies of ore are uncovered.
 J. j. Lonergan, one of the incorpor. ators of the Bisbee West Copper com pany, is in BIsbee periecting arrange ments for the development of the Waddell group of copper claims.
 The narrow gauge railroad from the mines to the smelter, at Helvetia, Is reported completed and in operation. The 175-ton smelter will probably be started up this week for two weeks test run.
 Report is current that Con Okeeie has secured control of the Cobre Grande property in the interest of his faction. It will be a tame day in min ing circles when the Cobre Grande muddle fails to attract some attention.
 GilleSpi and Bartholomew are pack ing l50 tons of ore from the Devon shire mine to the Iarnell mill, in southern Yavapai county. It is a high-grade free milling and concen- trating ore.
 N. Angius, a prominent merchant of Bisbee, is erecting 5-stamp mill at Antelope springs, in the Dragoon mountains, short distance from Tombstone. Gold mining in that vii cinity is said to be active.
 Several shipments of ore have been made from Tombstone lately by par ties that have been leasing on the Toughnut group of mines. The ore is said to carry sufficient gold to pay ex- penses, the silver being a clear gain.
 Experts have gone out from Will . .,:. property, very promising group of mines in the near vicinity of the Grand Reef The Table mountain mines are the property the Saginaw company, and have been in litigation for the past two years.
 A corps of engineers have been operating in Bradshaw mountains for some time with view to locating an outlet for railroad to connect with the Prescott and Eastern, near Mayer. The Bradshaw district is very rich in precious metals and only needs a rail road to make of it the heaviest pro- ducer in Yavapai county.
 The mining outlook in the vicinity of Jerome presents a very bright fu- ture. Six or eight companies are op- erating within radius of six miles as development work permits, the mines are being patented, demon- strating beyond a doubt that large bodies of ore are being encountered.
 Saturday evening, the 18th uitimo, says the Prescott Prospect, chute of very rich copper ore, which also car ries good gold values, was encoun- tered in level No. ? of the Homestake mine, 120 feet below the surface. This mine is the property of Block and Gray, and is situated on the Big Bug. The mine heretofore has been produc- ing gold, silver and lead. and with the discovery of this rich chute of copper ore adds greatly to the value of the property.
 A New York dispatch of the 2d in- stant says: Justice Bookstaver in the supreme court, today granted q temporary injunction on the applica- ton of George A. Treadwell, a minor ity shareholder in the United Verde Copper company, located at Jerome, Arizona, restraining Senator William A. Clark and other directors of the company from selling or disposing of the property or assets of the corpor- ation or taking any steps to carry out the proposed plan of reorganization. The injunction ties up the scheme of reorganization, for continuance of the temporary injunction has been de- cided upon."
 Stockholders of the United Verde Copper company have recently re- ceived formal notice of the plan for reorganization under the laws of West Virginia, which has been hatching for six months past, says the American Mining News. It is set forth in cir cular signed by w. A. Clark, James A. Macdonald and Henry c. Atwater, as follows: Tt is proposed to acquire all the properties of the United Verde Copper Go. of the State of New York and transfer the same to corpora tion orpanized under the Ia ws If tha