Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-04

mOrt utNeiopneub WOrK. piece OI the rock is now on exhibition at Sid Harris saloon and excites all at its wonderful richness. Mr. Mitcheson says the country for miles around has all been located.
 A new company has entered the mining field in Clifton and from all appearances it will have brilliant fu- ture, says the Copper Era. The Stand ard company has started work on the claims which they recently acquired, known as the New England group, Formerly owned by l. N. Stevens and others, and situated east of Chase creek south of Metcalf. The work will be done mostly by contract. The capital Is said to be from England, al though the company Is purely an American organization recently incor- porated under the laws of Arizona with capital stock of $500, 900 The company paid spot cash for the prop erty and now have ample funds on hand for development purposes, which will be pushed with energy
 D. NJ. Biordan of the General Elec- trle company, accompanied by Prof.
 Marsh, arrived Tuesday and last night were joined by Prof. Lawrence Austin, noted expert and metallurgist of New York, who is one of the most noted authorities on pyritic smelting iu the United States. Prof Austin, in company with Prof Marsh, will make thorough investigation of the ores of the camp, treatment of same, etc,
 tie Will also make thorough eXami
 nation Of the properties recently pur chased here by the General Electric company. As soon as this has been done Mir Riordan expects to com
 mence exploiting the property on an extensive scale.-Copper Era.
 Mining X Scientific Press, answer ing question as to what constitutes an annual assessment on a mining claim, says: The law requires Sl0U worth of work, aud not any number O. | feet. In several Colorado districts it mas become customary to call 10 feet sufficient compliance with such law, but the federal law is supreme, and, ii ! required, the holder of an unpatented
 mining location must be able to show work or improvements to the extent uf sl0O for the year. Not to do Jhis s d rlsk. Of course, if he does only s5 worth of work or none at all, he can | go on if no one gives him trouble, but in case of dispute s99 worGh of work would not count If the matter were brought within the strict letter of the | law.
 , c. E. kuencer has just closed a dea for the sale of the Treadwell group of mines, near Boundary Cone, Jo New York people, says the Mohave | County Miner he transfer is said ! tO involve the pay ment of big sum of money. Next week Mir. kuencer | wIll put force of men to work on the | property and will open the mines up m good shape. The company IS sad to De one of the wealthiest now operat- | ing in Arizona and 1t is their intention to put big reduction plant on the | river for the treatment of ores. The mines are among the best gold prop critics in Arlzona and nave thousands of tons of ore in sight. They are situ- ated five miles from water, but the | road from the mines Is one Uf the best in the county, So Chat immense loads of ore can be hauled by team. The mines were owned by q. w. Roster, | F. L. Smith and Harvey Hubbs.
 | The most important mining deal | that has taken place in Arzoua in sew erai years Is that of the shannon Cop l per company by the purchase of eleven | mining claims from the Arizona Cop
 per company, which was concluded this week. his group embraces some | of the oldest ana pest known pro. ] ducers of the Metcalf group, namely: ] the Black Hawk, White Hawk, bark Horse, Key stone and Candelaria | These properties connect the original | shannon mine with the Yankie group lately purchased by the company, thus | giving them, in contiguous territory, an area of 600 acres of copper bearing land. The number of claims now con 1 Jrolled by the company Is 33. upon several of which development will be | pushed at once. since the commence meuU of operations here by the shan non company, including recent pur chases which added to the amount necessary to erect the plant, railroad connections and the purchase of other property, the company will have eX- pended an amount approaching sl,- 300, GOO. Copper Era.
 : Mir. G. $. Pitcairn, mining and met allurgical engineer of the Tharsis com
 pany of Spain, one of the largest cop Der mining companies in the world, arrived in Clifton last week and wil