Arizona republican., 1899-06-27
Mines and MininQ

{ They will receive pay for ali the value
 their ore Ontains, including gold, slI
 yer and copper. and as the smelter k
 located at Safford, the commercial center of the. county, it will be able tC deliver their ore personally to the smeIter The extent of the ore bodies i in the country surrounding this smelt- | e. is so great that it is absolutely inn i possible to estimate it, and develop rrsnt IS s1-re to compel the company to increase the capacity of it's smeiter.
 MINING NOTES.
 The Azurite yesterday delivered a. the depot by Saizs teams 42,90O
 pounds of copper bullion and matte, the product of the Azurite mines and smelter. The same was at once load
 ed on the cars and consigned to L. Zeckendorf & Co.,, New York city This shipment makes over 200, 900 pounds Of copper bullion and black copper pro-
 duced by the Azurite company during its last trial of it's small thirty ton smelter. Not a bad showing for a
 company that is devoting most of it's energies to development work rather than bullion production. Superintend- ent Morgan, who is in the city frc1n
 the mines. says that the showing in the lower workings of the winze and dnfts of Banes one and two is of very fine ore. The breast of the winze is all in fine ore and enlarging as the drift is pushed. The smelter is running steadily since it was repaired last week. Everything n and about the Azurite and the camp are all that could be desired-Tucson Star.
 A-ss-x wonders. Her great copper, gold and silver mines have demonstrated that she possesses unlimited resources and yet the prospector's pick has scarcely begun it's discovery work Infian raids, scarcity of water and want Of transportation facilities to many Of her mineralized mountain ranges have greatly retarded her opecing and de- velopment of several of her most promising and richest mining districts The first of these, however, has been effectually settled, the second largely overcome and the third is undergoing a rapid trans'forma iby the building of local branch railroads to her most productive mining camps, and today Arizona is entering on an era of min ing activity and substantial growth never before known in her history.
 SN largely centered in the fact that the common use of electricity has created a greater demand for copper, requiring greater production and stimulating the price, both of which will bring Arizona to the front and build for her copper producing record that very soon will be unsurpassed by any state or country.-Frank Judson in the Min ing Reporter, Denver.
 Some excellent copper ore came in this morning from the Santa Catalina m0untairts. Billy Brown is the osten- si0le owner and sent in a fine sample of copper, but upon examination it proved to be a gold proposition. The specimen shown the Citizen man was thoroughly permeated with gold. It is not known how large the ore body is, but the party who brought in the specimens states that the ledge has every indication of being an. unusually large one. and when opened Up will surprise the mining world. The rock brought in this morning is said to come from a large ledge. but little de- velcpment work has as yet been done Billy Brown, the owner Of the prcnfs- ing prospect, Will be in town this evening, when we will be enabled to give some specific details of something in regard to an evidently promising propoI-tion.-Tucs Citizen.
 It is credibly reported that cn Mon day of last week a Mexican found near SUaqui Grande, in Sonora. a gold ledge about two feet wide, very rich on the croprings. Thirty-f1ve ounces of gold were pounded out of the rock in hand mortar within a few hours.- Tombstone PrOspsctor.
 An agreement has been placed on record in which George L. Fisher gives N. B. Noble Of Rice Lake. Wis. an option on the Silver Cord. Infant. Cutter, and Golconda mines. MT Noble will at once put force of men to work. This group of mines Is stu ated on Turkey creek about six nilss l6ove the Black canyon. A number of cars of high grade ore have been shipped from this property and con- tinuous vein of good ore IS shown throughout the entire length of the four claims. When this property is systematically opened up it will be one of the big producing mines of this | county. MT. Fisher, the gentleman who has placed the property, is one Of the best known mining men of Col0- l rado. For some time he has been at Mayer looking up mining pTOpeTty for | eastern parties and IS thoroughly con l vinced that shere is a brilliant future l for this part of Arizona, when the | Tany valuable prospects are intelIi- i gently worked. He is at present in ! connection with other respons: :ble 1 gentlemen inquiring into the advisa- bility of erecting, at an early date, a l smelling plant somewhere ;n the l neighborhood of Fig Bug.-JournaI- 1 Miner
 SENATOR VESTS JOKE