Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-29

perience boom never seen before in it's history"
 The Range News Gleeson cores pondent says; 1.-The Copper Belle mine is employing large force of men and are taking out regularly a good quality of ore. A good share of the output is being roasted at the mine before shipment to the shelter, and the rest is being shipped un- roasted. The work on the smelter is being pushed with vigor and it is ex- pected to be ready to blow in in the near future. Mir. Gleeson is now sinking in the gulch below his resi- dence for water East of the gulch on small eminsnce overlooking the town he has erected tank and water will be pumped from the well to the storage tank and from there to the shelter Pipes will be laid from the tank to Mir. Gleeson's residence, the store and corrals,"
 Thomas Ewing, formerly general manager of the New England Arizona and New England and Nevada Mining companies, is in Boston trying to eff feet deal looking to the consolda- ton of the two companies and the re- opening of the mines. It is Mr Ewing's intention, should the deal be consummated, to install water wheels in the Colorado river for the genera tion of power to operate the mines aud mills The company will probably defer to Mir. Ewing's views and the effort to solve the problem of cheap power on the river made. The mines would undoubtedly become big payers were it not for the fact that fuel is very dear in that section and that some cheap power will have to be ob- tained before the mines become a financial success Mohave Miner.
 MT. R. \ Anderson of Fl PaSo, is registered at the San Xavier Mr Anderson is interested with the Gregg Mining & Investment company of Denver Colorado, in the Tip Top group of copper mines at Helyetia, formerly knC VII as the Little Hel, vetia group. They have bonded leases to these properties including the Bull dozer mines, md are just commencing development work on them. The Bulldozer property is owned by Mre. NJ. A. Paul tt San Francisco, whose son, k. J, Piul, IS connected with the Tucson Stat les of this city. Mir An derson makes his headquarters in Tue son and visits the miues at frequent intervals. Il do not believe in flashy newspape' talk about mines.r said Mr. Anderson to reporter of the Citizen. Such talk usually does more harm than good to the proper ties. We simply have the property and intend to develop it. We regard it as very promising. Citizen.
 A correspondent of the Phoenix Re, publican says: An immense propo- osition that is being pushed along with the development of the mine is the Poland Lynx creek tunnel. When completed it will make this mining region famous. The Poland-LynX creek tunnel is now in over 7eO feet. being already 6l5 feet beneath the surface of the mountain range crest. ! The tunnel will crOsscut the big mountain range between the Big Bug and Lynx creek districts and when 1 finished will be 5000 feet long. 1t will pass through the Mudhole mine at Walker and issue from the bottom of Lynx creek. The tunnel is sxl2 feet and will carry double track, and small cars run by compressed air will afford the means of transit and loco motion. The Poland Lynx creek tun- nel is to serve two special purposes that of working the rich Poland mine to better advantage and that or giv- , ing the Lynx creek district railroad connection for it's importatious of products necessary to the district"
 Francis M. Hartman and Thos. Selby have returned from their trip to the Princess gold mines, says the Star, about sixty miles northerly from Will