Arizona silver belt., 1902-11-27

grip that he will not forget very soon However, they became good friends at sight and in the long conversation which they held, it is safe to say Dell Lewis did something for statehood Senator Dillingham; referred often af- terward to the fine specimen of Ari- zona manhood he met at MaricOpa. - Tucson Citizen.
 Bisbee has the finest hotel in ATiZO- na; BiSbee has the largest mercantile establishment in Arizona Bisbee has more and better paid miners than any other city in Arizona; Bisbee has more determined, enterprising and progress sive business men than are to be found , in any place of it's size in the south west. It is growing rapidly and des- tined to continue its growth for many years to come. Bisbee Review. How about the best daily newspaper ? You are too modest, Brother Kelly.
 John l.. Alexander, of Fort Thomas, was in Solomonyille Monday on busi 1 ness before the board of supervisors. He some time ago leased some school | land from the county which adjOins his Indian Hot Springs property. This | land he wants the county to put him in possession of. Parties are on the land who refuse to vacate, and MT. Alexander makes demand that the county force them off Bulletin.
 Among the new business enterprises of Bisbee now under contemplation, will be a hrSt-class modern blaming mill Parties are in BiSbee looking over the field, the machinery has ben ordered and the site agreed upon. The company will do all kinds of mill work, and in connection will establish a sash and door factory. The person. nel of the new company will be an- nounced in a few days -BiSbee Re- view.
 The great lime formations cOnStitut- ing the mountain ranges of southeast ern Arizona bear very clear marks Of their birthplace in the bottom of the ocean in the fossils that are to be found, both in the heart of the moun- tainS and on the surface. Fossil fishes have been found by some of the miners on the llO and 2OO.foot levels of the Copper Queen mine. Douglas Inter national
 The Calumet & Arizona smclter at Douglas blew in on the 10th inst. The Bisbee Review says The output is l2O bars or about B GOO pounds Of cop per bullion for three days run. The shelter is running in fine shape and as the motive power Of the entire plant is electricity the expense Of handling ore is reduced to a minimum The smelter is one of the finest in Ar izona and modern in every partic- ular.
 On the 3OO-foot level of the Minnc- sota- -ConnOr this week another big body of rich gold ore has been cncoun- tered, one foot of which runs twenty eight ounces of gold per ton, while tive feet of ore at the same place shows value Of five and a half ounces gold per ton, besides running high in slIver. This mine is making a great record for itself these days On the 100 the ore bodies are immense and StopeS fifteen feet in width in some places are being opened up.-Arizona Arrow.
 The warrant case against Apache and Navajo counties, which has hung lire for some eighteen years, and is fa- miliar to all residents of the coun ties and nearly every one in the territory, has at last been settled, and, we hope, for all time to come. Judge Kent, in rendering his decision, has given Mrs. Earth judgment against the cOun- ties for $l,3l3 90, with interest for eighteen years, amounting in all to $3,5S4. 93, says the WinSlow Mail. Information comes from the lower valley that the people of that section have determined to divide Graham county at the coming session of the legislature. The people of the valley realize that division is inevitable, and they believe it is to their interest to divide the county before the Gila Val. ley, Globe & Northern railroad comes in for taxation, as this will give them much the best of the settlement witt the new county, which they have here tofore opposed, but now propose tC create Copper Era.
 Of late a few carloads of Slag were pulled away from the old Copper Queer dump and used for ballast. Mature investigation, along with careful as says, developed the surprising fact 1 that the whole dump, embracing thou sands of tons, raL over 10 per cent. il copper. Go along the foot of tn, dump and you can sort out tons O matte that will run over 40 per cent in copper. The company has finally awakened to the fact that they hay, scattered thousands of tons of valua ble material along their grade be