Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-20

siderable amount of work has been done on the property by F. NJ. Weaver during the past fifteen years. The Clifton Era is informed that the ex- perts who made careful examina- tion of the property, report S250, GOO worth of ore blocked out in one of the mines. Mir. Lawyer is thorough mining man, and is backed by strong company. The property will be de- veloped as rapidly as possible, after which plant will be erected on the San Francisco river about four miles above Clifton.
 A chart published by the geological survey gives summary of the min eral products of the United States for the past ten years. The aggre- gate values have increased by more than one-half in that period, and the figures for 1899 are greater than in any previous year, footing up the enor- nous total of S976,000,00 The value of the metallic products of the year is given at S527 ,2iS,O OS4 and Of the non- metallic at S447, 790, s62 The latter class includes, of course, the coals- Sl6S, 900, 900 in btuminous and S8S, ,000,- 900 in Pennsylvania anthracite-S S64,- 600, 900 in petroleum, S20, 900, 900 worth of natural gas and large value in stone, brick clay and cement, with various other minerals. Of the metals, our pig iron is worth almost as much as all others together, the value of the product in 1899 being given at S24j,- 900, 900. Copper comes next with Sl04,- 000,O00, and the S71 ,000,0 900 in gold is third. The market value of the silver produced in 1899 was about S33, 100000 and the lead and zinc together were worth about as much. Quicksilver, aluminium, antimony, nickel and platinum are the other metals that figure in the table.
 The Republican announces this morning the absolute sale of the Hen- rietta mine in Yavapai county, by which sum estimated at from S10O, 900 to Sl5O, ,OOO will be thrown into the territory, and what is more to the pur- pose of mining men just now, oppOr- tunity will be given to prove again that Arizona mines are the best on earth, Within the last sixty days not less than 2,0O0, 900 has been paid for well known, though not fully devel- oped mines in Yavapai county alone. A much greater sum in the aggregate has perhaps been paid for smaller mines, some of which may be said to be only good prospects. But in every case there has been more than enough ore in sight to warrant the purchase. There was never before such an era of investment in Arizona mining prop erty, but We predict with confidence, that we are only in the beginning oi the era. The business is now gone about in business way and it Is bet ter for all parties concerned. Pur- chasers are receiving their moneys worth with probability that they will later receive many fold the pur- chase price. The hunt for and the de- velopment of new mines has been greatly stimulated, giving profitable employment to thousands who were idle, and meanwhile proving the great ness of Arizona as mining region - Phoenix Republican.
 With regard to location upon 8 lode discovered on tunnel, the land office has held that no patent can be issued without a surface location and that this location must include the apex. This view, which has been fol. lowed in some judicial decisions, and which Curtis Lindley maintains with much force and clearness, seems to satisfy fully the text of the provision that the tunnel owner shall have the right of possession to the same extent as if discovered from the surface. For under the present law a surface dis covery gives no other right than of To- cation. The discoverer must locate a claim, and if he locates so as to not cover the apex, his priority of discoy- cry will not cure that defect in his title. The law gives to a locator on the surface rights in all lodes apex