Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-11

clation of the United States, held in
 New York, Mir. stanton, secretary of
 the association, said: "rbe copper
 situation is very sound. Prices are
 very steady, and 1 hear of no com
 plaint. Lake copper is selling for F
 cents a pound, and eectrolytic at 16s
 cents. There is no shading of these
 figures. The consumptive demand is
 good. The producers are certainly
 satisfied and so the consumers appear
 to be. The volume of exports is fair,
 although not up to the phenomenal
 figures of last year"
 A considerable amount of claim
 jumping is reported in the Greenlee
 district, which is the best evidence of renewed mining activity, says the Copper Era. Many prospectors, so it
 Is stated, have been holding vast sec tions by relocating, and often do not
 go to the expense of recording, but re-
 locate every three months. This is a
 most dangerous practice. As the ac-
 tivity in the district increases the i property becomes more valuable, and
 the greater the risk of it being jumped. i from now on it would be well Tor those
 who really value their property, and
 want to hold 1t without trouble, to see
 that the law is fully compiled with. | If ia Ths only ssf,a uay
 The Gold Road Mining company is
 sinking two shafts on the Gold Road
 mine. One of the shafts stands at | depth of 80 feet and is all in ore of
 value of siO per ton gold. The other shaft has cut the ledge at depth of 10 feet and the ore is said to be far richer than any taken from the prop erty. It is the intention of the com
 pany to press work on the property as
 fast as it is possible and when It is fully opened up big plant will be in- stalled for the purpose of working the ores. The Billy Bryan and the Gold
 Line mines will be developed and put on paying basis as soon as the other mines are m condition to output ore for market. -Mohave County Miner.
 The Golden Rule Copper company, of which w. II. Lake is president and manager, is operating quite exten- slvely near Oracle, in the Santa Cata- linas, and it is understood Is making a fine showing of ore in the lowest workings. The holdings of the com pany embrace some F claims, and the ores are principally gold and copper sulphides, carrying also silver values, which have been increasing with depth, recent assay showing 10 ounces of the white metal. Three shifts are being worked on different parallel veins, and as soon as develop ment justiiies q concentrating plant will probably be erected on the com pany's ground or contiguous thereto.
 NJ. C. Sbarpneck recently filed one handred and sixty-four placer loca- tions with County Recorder Hibbeu, supposed to cover deposits of platinum. This week A. A. Coapland filed one hundred and twenty-four location mo- tices which are also said to cover platinum deposits. The notices em- | brace l60 acres each. The platinum | dep sits are said to exist on each side | of the entire length of Cataract can | yon. The locations are made by rep | of eastern parties and | cover approximately a quarter of i million acres of land. If these loca. i tions are really platinum deposits, the supply Of this mineral for the world will ere long come from Coco nino county. The price is likely to be lower, but the use of the metal will be extended. ed.-Coconino Sun
 On the 5OO-level of the Minnesota Connor mines ore ranging in value to 5, QUO Is being taken out. This ore is a silver sulphide and is of the same quality as that taken from the prop erty in years gone by, when the mine was considered one of the richest pro- ducers on the coast. The bodies of ore now exposed are bearing out the faith General Manager Loy has always in it. Samples of the ore now being produced are being sent to points for treatment by the various processes, and when the right one IS obtained d big reduction plant will be put in. In connection with this big mining enterprise it is also that the taking over of the A. X U. railroad is in contemplation and it's further extension to connec. ton with the Utah & Pacific at or near the Moapa reservation on the Muddy. -Mohave County Miner.
 The Gold Coin Mining company was incorporated yesterday for five hundred thousand dollars The com pany is composed mostly of Mesa peo- pie, and the property is said by those who have looked over the grounds. to De one of the richest large bodies of