The Florence tribune., 1899-10-28
GREAT MINING ACTIVITY.

ooSton ana WdS0lnnton Oompanoe
 Operations near rFIorenee-Wasoa
 Trains of Freight to the Ray
 Mines-General Busi-
 ness Improve
 ment.
 1 The past week has been 6 very busy Fonei in the great copper region around Florence.
 Messrs. Ladd and Cnittenden skipped out a car of very rich ore and struck another lot of copper glance at a depth of 40 feet. They have force of IS men at work opening up some fine ore bodies on both sides of the river
 Mir. J. R. Mclean, of Boston, Mass, has bought the Harris, Neesom and Cochran.group of six claims and two mill sites just below the mouth of Mineral Creek, for the Newport and Arizona Copper and Gold Mining com pany, whose offices are 50 State street, Boston, Mass, and Florence, Arizona. It is a joint stock company, and they will at once commence extensive work ing eu the property, which is one of the richest in Arizona and donbly valuable from the fact that it adioins tue property of the great Ray Copper teonpauy, who have now over 300 men at work and who will also build rail road through the property. Mr Mc- Lean aud President Hill held con ference last week n which the light of way was granted the Ray com Dany by Mr Mclean.
 The Ray company's new town, called Kelvin, is being built right across the narrow little Gila river from Mir. Me Leans company's property. The Boston people are certainly to be eongratu- lated ip falling into such bonanza as they have at such very opportune time.
 Mir. Chittenden is now in Washing tor, D. C., securing additional capita to invest in the great copper basin De- tween Florence and the Rttes- siessrs.. Chittenden and Ladd have d vast in- i fiuence in Washington political circles, having for many years been connected with the Geological department. They favor the Buites reservoir ant will SC their influence St headquarters to secure this great boon for the oeo- pie of Pinal coenty.a JAS We'll as.bo .velnp the vast mi0iag resources that SIT round our thriving litte city.
 Mir. Charles Smith, praaliaeat ufu- ing and cattle man, reports that h is very reliably informed taas tilr Bei.e mine, near the Battrs, is t. oe re-open-d by San Fraaeisao parties. reprsss 1ts ny Mr Champion, and i@ 10 loaeed with tools. provisions. etc. s,s re on the way to tbe mines the day he came down.
 The Belle was a great producer of lead and silver, shut down. when the collapse in silver came, it's charcoal ovens aud works being at the Bnttes. 15miles from Florence. Il Is said that s3o,000 will at once be spent iu im- provements and development work on this rich old mine.
 phus Florence is coming once more to. the front in prominence and inn portance as great mining center. Our streets are fairy bio :kaded with trains of freight wagons loaded to the guards. The hotels are taxed to thelr full capacity. Many wealthy and dis tinguished eastern people are here to . spend the winter in this delightful , climate and business of all kinds has 7 received great impetus from the boom 3 that has really been thrust upon us l Florence is certainly on. the verge oi one of the largest. aud richest minera
 basins in the world, as well as sur
 rounded by rich. agricultural regioI soon to be developed by better irriga tion system and railroad commdni'a tion with the rest of the busy world o :. commerce. The outlook for Fiorenc' y and Pinal county is certainly yer. bright and encouraging.