Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-03
Items About the Mines and Min. eraI Development Culled
 From Exchanges,
TREASURELAND OF AMERICA.
Reports From Many Districts in the Territory, Telling of important Discoveries, Active Operations and the Organization of New Companies, Auguring a Prosperous Year.

William Parish, one of the best known and reliable mining men of the Rocky mountain region, declares that Arizona is the richest area in minerals of any like area of country of this continent. He likewise declares that this will be the most active mining re zion for many years to come of any section of the Rocky mountains, MT. Parish is looking forward to wonder ful mining discoveries and develop ments in Arizona. This is good au- thority to bank on, for those who are considering the future. Star.
 The Pacific Union Smelling compa- ny, of San Francisco, are putting in a 50-ton furnace at Lordsburg and pro pose to be ready to receive ores by last of next month, and Lena Mining X Milliag company are putting in 25- ton furnace and l5O-ton cencentrator and propose to be ready to receive GUS tom ores by the first of November With these plants in operation Lords burg promises to become one of the most important mining centers along the Southern Pacific railroad,
 ThOs. HOatson, of Calumet, Michi- gan, was in Phoenix yesterday, en route from the southern part of the ter ritory, north. He is the underground superintendent of the Calumet branch of the Calumet-Hecla mines, the larg- est copper property in the world, and has charge of at least 1000 men. He has just been inspecting his company's interests in the Calumet Arizona mine in the Copper Queen district Mir. Hoatson is friend of Martin Hoar of this city and although he has business in Jerome this week he will return to Phoenix Sunday and spend the day as Mir. Hoar's guest. Enterprise.
 Jack Wrath, miner from Gleeson, in conversation with reporter of the Tombstone Prospector, predicts that the Gleeson properties will develop into a magnificent mine. The smelter is completed and will be blown in about the first of October. A water supply is being developed and an under ground reservoir is being constructed, whereby sufficiency of that most pre- requisite will always be at command Although the workings in the Copper Belle mlne have attained but something over 200 feet, Mir. Wrath states that large reserve of high-grade ore has been blocked out and from all appear ance the mineral body is inexhaustible. The mine employs abou forty-ive mi ners at present, is white mans camp, good wages are paid, the accommoda- tions are good, and Gleeson is an ideal place in which to live and labor
 Mir. F. B. Gage, who is reopening the mines of Tombstone, accompanied by MT. Staanton, superintendent of the Congress mine, has been in town for the past several days. A thorough ex- animation of the workings has been made, and the gentlemen express themselves as highly pleased with the progress made. The shaft has attained a depth of aoout 450 feet, and is being sunk as rapidly aS three elght-honr shifts can make their way to the GOV eted gosl-the 600-foot levei--w where water will be encountered and the ore body penetrated. When the water shall have been reached stations will be cut out at intervals Of loo feet and system of pumps installed, after which the mine may be said to have been opened up; systematic exploit ation will be inaugurated and large | force of men employed. The boiler, a | mammoth piece of machinery of 800 | horse power, and weighing 45,000 | pounds, has been ordered and will be | on the ground in the near future. The | pumps that have been specially con structed for this work--two in number | have a capacity of 1, 700 gallons per minute there are two station pumps | of capacity of $50 gallons per minute each, five sinking pumps of normal | capacity of 500 gallons per minute with the capability of being pushed up to 1000 gallons per minute. The sta tion pump is tripleexpansion condens- ing, and is the most powerful yet | brought into this district. .-Prospector
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