Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-27

been owned by a Mexican years ago and ore was shipped from 1t to San Francisco by way of the Colorado river and Gulf of California. For some reason the mine was abandoned and all effort to find it in recent years was fruitless until Mir. Blakely and the Mexican, by accident, stumbled upon it. Samples taken from shaft 100 feet in depth give an average of seventy-five per cent lead and good values in both gold and silver. Four feet of the vein was sampled, so it is claimed, If this is true there is a bonanza in sight for Mir. Blakely and his partner, and we hope it is true.-- Mohave County Miner.
 Mir. J. x. Castle, who has bond on three mines near Turquoise, has some twenty miners at work on the prop erty and the development is exceed ing ali expectations. Since January shipments of rich copper ore have been sent to El Paso at the rate of one to two carloads per month, The re- turns also show that the ore carries high average, the shelter results being over twenty five and thirty per cent. The development work consists of several shafts, tho deepest l50 feet, and drifts, etc, aggregating o00 feet of work Mir. Castle has already made one payment on these properties to the owner, MT. Casey, and will tender another in a few days and take up the bond. It is also proposed to patent the group without further delay and continue work on large scale.-Star.
 The Golden Rule Mining company is novel corporation, as it is prob ably the only mining company in Ari- zOna organized and managed by women. It has but recently been formed and it's promoters claim to have most promising property The property is situated near Wickenburg, ard the company's prospectus an nounces the presence of mammoth vein cropping on the surface for long distance. A sample of the ore is on exhibition in the window of Goldberg Bros. store and is certainly 8 nice piece of rock. It is reported that men and camp supplies were taken out to the property the first of this week and active development work will be pushed. While 1t is yet only pros pecr it is situated in good mineral country and has yet before it the pos abilities of good mine, Phoenix Republican.
 W. b. Piles, one of the owners of the Gold Lode property, in the Cave Creek district, just north of Phoenix, was in the city, says the Republican. The Gold Lode was referred to few days ago as new discovery on which but few feet of work had been done, but which nevertheless gave promise Of proving to be a bonanza. The vein was then but twelve inches wide, but it was literally spotted with free gold. MT. Piles says the vein has now wid. ened to eighteen inches at the depth of twenty feet, and samples of the ore which he brought in show the nature of the rock to be unchanged as yet The samples were taken from the bot tom of the shaft and each piece of quartz has it's own little nugget in sight. In all probability the vein will widen with depth, but if its present richness is maintained the owners will be satisfied if 1t holds to its present size.
 Prof. Nelson was in Stafford this week, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Leila. MT Nelson is the re- ceiver for the Arizona Copper SmeIt- ing company and has full charge of the whole concern and will probably remain so, at least, until the property Is out of litigation. ln speaking of the work Mir. Nelson said it had been the intention to develop the ground through the Reward shaft, but after careful consideration this was aban- doned and the work is now being done in the large shaft begun by the old company. This shaft is now down 250 feet and is fine double.comparme