Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-02
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.


 very fine ore from the Silver King country. The ore is to be shipped to Fl Paso for reduction.-Tempe News
 The Ray company are pumping the water out of the Shark deep shaft so that the large body of low grade ore exposed by this shaft can be inspected and also as protection to the mine.
 It is reported that Messrs. Geo. H. Sarrick and Geo. O. Eaton have bond ed their copper properties, situated twenty miles east of Florence and re. ceived S3,OOO down. It is also reported that Charlie Lucas has sold the Zelle- wager properties which are located near by. The particulars are not yet obtained.-Blade.
 The St. Charles brothers are extract ing ore from the seventy-foot level of the Midnight mine. The ore streak at this point is very large and the ore of good value. The mine has been opened to depth of POO feet and shows great bodies of ore of moderate value. With the right kind of reduction plant the mine ought to become a big pro ducer.-Mohave County Miner.
 The Yuma Consolidated Mining & Milling company, new corporation composed of Mir. Alfred Skeels of Phoenix and several Denver and De- troit gentlemen, has acquired half a dozen claims in the Plomosa district and is preparing to develop them. More attention seems to be directed toward the Plomosa section of the country at present than any other Sun.
 The McCabe mine, one of the most valuable in Yavapai county, was sold April 23. The figure is in the hun dre ds of thousands of dollars. It was formerly owned by Judge E. w. Wells, Hugh McCrum and w. C. Parsons. IL was purchased by Illinois capitalists. The new company is also owner of the Model mine in that county. Exten- siye improvements and large smelter is to be added imme diately to the Nc C,be property.
 Freighter Eli Sears returned from the Silver Bell district, south of Red Rock, and reports business in that camp quite lively, says the Florence Blade. The Old Boot shelter is run hing a sixty.ton jacket full time and keeps twelve large teams hauling cop per bullion from the smelter to Red Rock. The teams load back with coke and other supplies. The smelter is distant from the railroad about twenty five miles.
 James Shumaker, who has been ex- plotting a copper claim, adjoining the Troy claim on the borders of Kelvin, has made an important strike. He started a shaft on a stringer of ore about fourteen inches wide. The shaft has reached depth of 100 feet and the bottom of it is all in high grade ore, rich in both copper and silver. It is a shipping proposition, but the owner proposes to leave the ore on the dump for the present and continue sinking Blade.
 Work is being pushed in the Gold Coin mine, south of Phoenix, night and day and the enthusiasm of the owners of the property increases as work progresses. A number of sam ples sent to the university recently re- turned most flattering assays. The specimens taken from the bottom of the incline shaft gave an average re- turn of $44. A. per ton. In all assays made the deeper the specimens came from below the surface the richer were the results.-Republican.
 In conversation with Star reporter President Greene said that 300-ton smelters would be added to the Greene Consolidated plant in La Cananea from time to time and that the limit would be 5,000-ton capacity per diem This looks big, but Mir. Greene as. sured the Star that it was correct. There are now over 1,50O people in the camp and the number will in- crease to 5000 by the end of the year. There is plenty of water and some 2 'iDg to waste; also timber in abun dlnce for all needs and this under con- tro of the company.
 N. A. Douglass of the Arizona Giant c per company, whose extensive O. rations near Ehrenburg have re- ceived favorable mention in these columns on several occasions, last week filed a deed from Thomas W Hamilton and Mrs. Laura A. Pendeii to himself for the Golden Giant and Sultan mines. The consideration named was s2,500. The Golden Giant min a are situated about eight miles east of Ehrenburg, and are contigu-