Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-02

ceeulngiy promising secuion, ana nave had sufficient work done on them to demonstrate their valeue.-Yuma Sun.
 The Gila Valley Copper company has been formed by John Greenough of New York. It will operate the group of mines formerly owned by the Arizona Copper Smelling com, pany. Since judgment was rendered in favor of Mir Greenough he has formed the new company. Oscar c. Stone is the resident director and headquarters will be in Safford De. velopment work has already begun. The intention is to sink working shaft first on the Reward mine. The shaft will be timbered as it is sunk. Machinery is now being placed in the mine.-Guardian.
 A large amount of work is being done by the Arizona Copper company at the foot of the Longfellow incline. Several large ore bins are being built, and a pumping plant will be installed to pump water to the new concen- trator at the Longfellow, where the low grade ores of the company's mines near Metcalf will be concentrated The regular narrow gauge railroad will be extended from Clifton to Long, fellow to bring down the ores stored there from the Metcalf mines, which will be transported over the ''baby gauge,' in addition to those brought down the Longfellow incline. Copper Era.
 Messrs. Walsworth and Johnson, the Ray and Kelvin merchants, have made an important gold discovery near Ray. They found small stringer of ore crossing the trail leading from Ray up to the mines east of the camp. It "horned" well and they went to work on it. A short distance under the sur face they found q vein about eight feet wide which also "horns" we'll. Neither of them are miners. and this is another case where the "tenderfooL" found a mine walked over by thou sand experienced prospectors. Thus will history go on repeating itself till the end of time--Blade.
 A syndicate is being formed for the reopening of the famous and ancient Mowry mines in the Santa Ritas, just north of the Arizona and Mexico boun- diary line. It is believed that he mine was one of the first operated by the Spaniards, early in the sixteenth cen tnry, and it is known beyond a doubt that during many years, and perhaps centuries, it produced many tons of silver and lead bullion. The Tomb stone Prospector say S that the primi- tive smelters used by the Spauiards are still standing ana as nearly as can be a-certained, they have not been used since the beginning of the last century. The mine is said to have been owned at one time by the church and to have produced many millions, which went into the Catholic treasuries in Spain. Tue jon Citizen.
 Ililery Dockson and Jacob Rush, two prospectors who went into the Navajo reservation when it was opened to miners two months ago, have found the famous lost mine of Red Rock. They were prospecting on the south side of the Carriso mountains, near the head of the Gothic wash, in the ex. treme northern part of the reserva- ton, when they cape upon the en- trance to shaft, hidden by large rocks and bushes. The two men fol- lowed the shaft down for fifty feet and followed a series of tunnels reaching as far in several directions. On all sides of the shaft and tunnels were streaks of goldbearing ore, some of it showed free gold in large flakes. From all indications no human being had been in the mine for years, but many wild beasts had made their dens there. The underground workings were foul from thousands of bats and snakes that had taken up an abode near the entrance.-Phoenix Enter prise.
 All these rumors about the Ray changing hands are groundless, says the Florence Blade editorially. The old company will retain the prop erty and will probably resume opera tions soon, but under an entirely new local management. Louis Zeckendorf and Albert Steinfeld retained a large interest in the property when the Ray Copper Company, Ltd, took hold of 1t, because they had implicit faith in its value. It has not returned to their hands for the simple reason that it has never been out of their hands, only to a limited extent. There was never any doubt as to the value of the Ray as copper producer. It was neither lack of ore nor want of Values therein that caused the ''shut down." but bad management. Twenty-dollar gold pieces could not have been mined at