Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-22

Electric power will be the salvation of that country and make it one of the greatest gold producers in the United States.
 A big strike of rich copper ore has been made in the Walker. Larrimore group, near the Decatur. The ore averages fifteen per cent copper, and there are forty tons of it on the dump. The strike was made in a tunnel, and they have drifted forty-seven feet and are still in the same character of ore; they have also sunk ten feet on the | same, aud the strike still holds out These claims are under bond to Hooker X Mcfarland and John Loosely, and they inform us that they propose to do S3 900 worth of de- velopment work on the property at once. Jerome Reporter.
 The Bowie correspondent of the Range News says; The Buckeye Min. ing X Milling company, who has lately bonded some mining claims from Nj. E. Kinchila and R O. Ross, are having one of the best and broad est roaos built up the canyon that has ever been built III the territory. They have at present tifty-fve Apache In. dians al work on it. Mir. Wm. Tuttle, | the farmer from san Carlos, has charge of the Indians. The company have contracted to put in fifty ton concen trator as soon as the road is built to their mill site. They have a force of men at work sinking well to supply the mill with the necessary water.
 Rich gold strikes are becoming fire. quent in Arizona. They are So nu merous and so rich that some hesi- tancy IS made in recording them for the public lest it might be thought they were overdrawn But if there are those who entertain doubts, all | that is necessary to dispel disbelief is to examine the specimens referred to, or, better still visit the mines | themselves. The latest strike comes | from Canada del Gro. MT. Charles ! Bauer, at a depth of ten feet, has un- | covered ledge two and half feet wide of very rich gold rock. The ore has the appearance of honey -combed rock having been flied with melted gold; when broken the particles of rock are held together by wire gold, and is, in fact, nearly pure. Mir. Bauer does not exaggerate his property, being content to say that he has taken out only 100 pounds of the precious notwithstanding News
 The work Of installing the new smelter plant at Clifton was begun 8 { week ago The old smelter furnaces were about worn out and were en- tirely inadequate to the needs of the | Arizona Copper company, which is one of the principal factors in the cut put of copper in Arizona. The new | plant is modern m every way and | with it many new appliances will be | installed. When it Is ready c. go the smelling capacity of the company will be considerably Increased. The en- tire reduction plant of the Arizona | Copper company is one of the most complete and extensive iu Arizona, including smelters, cUnverters, con. centratcrs and a teacher, 6 sulphuric acid plant, etc. Superintendent Col quhoun has supplied every device and system for the economical reduc- ton of the very low grade ores which he finds in the mines owned by his company, and during the last ten years has brought a brilliant success to an enterprise that was staggering under a load of debt and poor man agement when he assumed control. = Bulletin.
 Work has been progressing most satisfactorily at the Standard mines j during the past two weeks, and con. siderable amount of very rich ore, averaging from forty to sixty per cent, is being taken out. Several old timers who recently visited the prop erty consider the showing of rich ore now made on the Standard equal to anything shown in the district in