Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-06

yard. The test will be watched witt
 a great deal of interest, for if the in
 vention is a success the field for its
 operation in Yuma county is almost
 unlimited.
 l Attorney John w. Wright returned
 yesterday from business trip to the
 mines of the Arizena copper Hill
 company, near Oracle, Pinal county
 Speaking of the mines Mir. Wright
 said that the company, which is q
 Denver one, has very fine property
 A large amount of development work
 has been done, with the result that
 enough ore has been blocked out to
 run plant of POO tons capacity four
 years. The ore will average six to eight
 per cent copper. The company has
 had twenty five men at work on the
 mines, but have laid off half that num-
 Der temporarily. Large ore bins are
 being erected. The company has
 everything that is necessary to make a success-mines, water and fuel.- Star.
 Geo. E.. Buxton and l.. H. Landis
 spent Sunday Tn Wickenburg, where
 they found hustling, rapidly grow
 ing city which Mr. Buxton predicts
 will have population of 5000 in- habitants before two years. There is building going on everywhere there, principally of adobe and frame, and the place presents all the appearance of a typical mining camp on boom. It is destined to become the Cripple Creek of Arizona, says Mir. Buxton, and the formation is very similar to that of Colorado's big camp. Work is pushing ahead on the Gro Grande. MT. Hatfield has sold one-six tn in- tsrest in the mine for $50, 900 spot cash. Ha retains the other sixth, out has now enough money to be on easy street. Enterprise.
 The Clifton Era observes, aside from contributing largely to the terri tory's bullion output and adding ma terially to place the treasure territory at the top of the column of precious metal producers, the opening of the Tombstone mines will serve to imbue faltering operators with the fact that the mines of Arizona ''go down" and with depth the ore bodies increase in both quality and quantity. It is also A noteworthy tact that when the water level has been gained and passed the ores become richer and give evidence Of permanency not always manifest before this period is reached. These facts have been learned through deep workings of the Comstock, the Calumet and Hecla, numerous mines in Colo rado, Montana and California, but more notably 50 in Arizona.
 The Journal Miner is reliably in- formed that contract has been en- tered into between the Standard Smelling < Refining company and the Val Verde Copper company by which the two companies will hereafter work in harmony in the reduction of ores of this county, and particularly those of the Big Bug district, the firm of Douglass, Lacey X Co. of New York, having financed the venture. The necessary changes in the Val Verde Smelting plant will be made i'm nediately and large concentrating plant will be added by the Douglass, Lacey X Co. interests of sufficient ca- pacity to supply the present stack | with concentrates and ores to keep it 1 n operation, and it now seems beyond my question of doubt that the Big ! Bug section will have hot smelling plant before the end of the present year.
 The Gazette reports an important | discovery of copper ore ten miles south 'f Maricopa. It was made by three 'leXicans whose occasional trips to daricopa with rich ore excited inter. st. A mining man, said to repres ent W. A. Clark, visited the find nd purchased it. Secrecy is main aimed as it is on an Indian reserva- ion, but the ore is known to be rich 8 several tons were shipped to Fl 'aso and the returns were very satis-