Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-09

The Helvetia smelter, in the Santa Ritas, Pima county, was blown m May 1, and it is expected the produc' tion of copper at that camp will be steady.
 Toe commissioner of the general land office at Washington has ruled that limestone Is "minerap within the meaning of the United States min ing law, and that, therefore, 1t may be located and patented as mining claim.
 The immense lodges of antimony which are found in both western and southern portions of Yuma county, could now be worked at a profit, as the ore is in active demand, good prices being offered for it in eastern cities. Arizona Sentinel.
 Messrs, Frye and Crowley have se- cured bond on the Greenback group of mines in the Greenlee district, near the shannon mine. They will com mence development work on the prop erty at once. The consideration in the bond is s5, ,OO0.-Clifton Era.
 A gentleman just in from Groom creek says the showing made in the Midnight Test mine there is something remarkable. He says it has all the ap- pearances of becoming big mine, and he thinks Groom creek will be the Cripple Creek of Arizona. ournal- Miner.
 J. w. Ellison displayed some very fine specimens of copper, taken from the hills near his place. The Pleasant valley country is destined to be one of the best ore producing sections of Ari- zona, and when the boom comes Mir. Ellison will be right in the centre reof.-Holbrook Argus.
 Attorney T. E. Flannigan has ob- taiued bond in the interest of eastern capitalists, an option on bituminous coal claims near Camp Verde for SlO,- 900, from William Merwln, who To- cated them three years ago. The mines are about eighty miles north east of Phoenix.-Republican.
 The Quijotoa mining district bids fair to again become centre of de- served attention. The Weldon cop per mines, of which much used to be said some eighteen years ago, are about to come into prominence. They are being developed with marked sue cess. The bodies of ore are very large and of good grade.-Star.
 A correspondent of the Prescott Courier writes from Harrisburg, Yuma county, that the Harqua Hala mill is now running twelve stamps day and night. This old and well known mine is on the verge of a sale at good price. It is known that new work on the Harqua Haia group has developed a surprising amount of ore at a com paratively shallow depth.
 The present indications point to re- markable mining activity all through Arizona during the next twelve months. This interest and activity is not just setting in, neither is it con. fined to any particular locality of the territory. North, south, east, west and central Arizona is feeling it's ef- feet of renewed activity in mining -- Star.
 It rests with the owner of a mining claim to do the Sl00 of assessment work, and against the possible mis- conduct of an employe in neglecting to do the work, though fully paid to do it, and making affidavit that he had done it, the owner must protect himself by knowing that the Sl0O of work was in fact performed. Failing to do this, the claim is open to be To- cated.-Mining & Scientific Press.
 P. Wiseman, superintendent of the shannon company, and P o. Wells, chief metallurgist for the same com pany, were in the city Monday, en route east for the purpose of purchas- ing smelling plant for the Shannon company. They expect to have the plant shipped by the time the railroad is built to the smelter site, and the site is graded. Mir. Wiseman informed the Liberal that he expected to be mak ing copper before the end of the year, and he expected to make it very cheaply. Liberal
 It is reported that the Silver Queen mine, fifty miles south of Tucson. has been sold to Colorado aud Wyoming men. after an idleness of many years. The mine is said to have produced s3,0OO,OOo in silver. Most of the ore was taken out in the early sixties, and the high grade ore was exhausted. The methods of mining silver then would not per