Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-17
Items About the Mines and Min, sra| Development Culled
 From Exchanges.
TREASURELAND OF AMERICA.
Reports From Many Districts io the Territory, Telling of Important Discoveries, Active Operations and the Organization of New Companies, Ausuring a Prosperous Year,

The rich strike of ore recently un- covered in the Lowell mine con tinues, The average of all the ore taken from the shaft is from fifteen to twenty per cent, copper. Review.
 A Prescott dispatch states that Hugh McCurra and w. C. Parsons have sold the Gladstone and Sink to Rise mines for Sl50, 600 to Col, Duncan M. Hood, well known for his achievements in the Spanish war, and the son of Gen. eral Hood of the Confederate army.
 The Clifton Era says The Phelps Dodge company has lease and bond ou large number vf claims at Fierro, Grant county, N. M,, upon which they are rushing development work with their usual energy. They are taking out large amount of good ore. IL is understood that the company will draw large amount of it's tluXing ma terial for their various smelting plants from these mines when their railroad is completed to n Dlming.
 The latest dividend declared by the Crowned King mine, in northern Ari- zOna, was two cents share, The total dividends of the Arizona Copper com pany, at Clifton, up to July l, 1901, amounted to S16l.42S. The Uuited Verde, at Jerome, has paid dividends to the amount of S7 .S61 ,ls0. On Sep tembcr 9, the Fortuna gold mine, in Yuma county paid five cents per share. Tue total amount paid in dividends by this mine to July l was Sl, 900, 900. Ari zona mining stocks are very high in the eastern markets. s.-TucsOn Post
 The strike of petanque, sulphide of silver, in the Miser's Chest, reported be the biggest strike ever made in Grant county. Work has been contin- ued in pushing the tunnel through the ore and the end has not been reached. Yesterday the tunnel had been driven in five feet, and the solid sulphide of silver was still in its face, and the bot tom of the tunnel was also the same material. The petanque does not tii tue tunnel, being but three feet wide. The ore taken out IS carefully sacked and kept under lock and key
 A dispatch of Oct. 9 from Wicken burg to the Phoenix Republican says: One of the biggest strikes ever made in Arizona was made today at the Sa- huaro mine, two miles northeast of town, owned by Messrs. Nickless, Mil Ter & Bremen. The ledge, which is over twenty feet wide, was accident ally discovered between the two shafts on the mine, and at three feet from the sunace shows large Jumps of pure ma tive silver. One lump about ten inches square contained so much silver that no man in the camp could liftit Great excitement prevails and many are go- ing out to locate the ground m the vicinity.
 J. F. Wardner came down from Chf- ton Friday, and took the east-bound train for New York. While in Clifton he negotiated deal for the Keating properties, which lie between the Horseshoe, one of the Coronado group, and Norenci, lying parallel and some too feet from the Horseshoe. There are some six claims in the deal, the Bueen Lil Blackboy, St. Panl, Com massee, Deep Down and Keystona There is five.fOot Assure vein, which runs high in copper. The last ship ment made from the mine was of ten JDnS, which ran B per cent. in copper. The deal was made on basis of $50 0O0 The people whom Mir. Wardner repre- sents are Massachusetts capitalists who are largely interested in the shannon company and want to invest still fur her in the Clifton district
 A map of tn, CiifJon- Morenci min Ing district has just been published, and is invaluable to all parties havin z an interest in the district. The map shows seven hundred claims, which includes all the locations made up to the time the map was sent away for engraving. some few months ago. This ls the first map ever made of the Cliff -Moreuci district. It is a fine piece Of work, and reflects much credit upon Messrs. R. J. Young and Lamar Cobb, dr., who spent much time in it's prepa- ton. The property of the Arizona Cop per company ia printed in yellow, that Of the Detroit Copper company in sal mon, the shannon company in plum, and the Clifton Consolidated company ln light blue. Other companies pur- chasing the map can color their prop erty to suit their taste.-Era.
 Several of the large stockholders in the Gold Road mine arrived on the flyer yesterday morning and departed fol