Arizona silver belt., 1902-02-27
Favorable Reports From Many of the Mines Adjacent to
 Globe.
BLACK WARRIOR ACID WORKS
They Are Now in Successful Operation Twenty. Five Tons of Acid Manufactured Last Week Marked Improvement in the Yo Tsmbien Work on the Mercer Tunnel.
LOCAL MINING NEWS.

Forrest J. kaldenberg was in town Sunday from the Live Oak mines, near Oak spring.
 J. Schlinger was in town last week from his mine near the Bloody Tanks, where he is taking out some ore very rich in copper and silver.
 Wm, Mill Williams returned Friday from the Miller gold mines an the Gila river, near Kelvin, in which he is inter cs'ed, and returns well pleased with the outlook for the property.
 John Rains, an old.time Colorado miner and prospector, and one of the original owners of the gold property on which the Bobtail Mines company are now erecting a stamp mill, K spending few days in town. He states that the mill will soon be ready to start up.
 w. J Larsen, who formerly lived m Globe for number of years, was in town the first of the week on bnsi ness visit He now has charge of the mines of the Buckeye Mining X Mill. ing company, at Dos Cabases and speaks very highly of the Gres, work and progress of that camp,
 It k reported that the people whom
 Dr. King represented in the Grand Prize Mining company have refused to come to his aid and that be will have to extricate himself out of the mess in which he got himself through promises of his packers - Jerome
 News.
 \. A. Parnall, formerly of Globe, was passenger on the incoming train on Tuesday, en route tO Tucson, where he is now making his headquarters Mir. parnall was formerly superintendent of the Old Dominion company at Globe, but later has been examining mining properties in southern Arizona and Slnora for an eastern company. Bisbee Review.
 l.. NJ. Teal, superintendent of the Pinto Creek Mining X Smelling com pany, was in town sunday from the lo Tambien mine, on middle Pinto creek. He reports that the shaft and drift are looking good, and that in the shaft they have recently encountered the best ore they have found since they commenced sinking. The vol tune of water is increasing considera bly in the shaft, which will necessitate the installing Of hoist. which the company are now preparing to have put in place.
 Supt. F. D. dams. of the Bobtail Mines company, came in sunday from their gold property in Spring gulch, one mile and half below the Ray mine. He reports that the new stamp mill would have been ready to start l operation by this time, had they not been delayed in getting lumber on the i gryund. the delivery of which is Sev- | cral weeks behind the time it was to . have been delivered He has gone 10 . visit the company's copper mines, near the head of Mineral creek, from which favorable reports are being received Dr. J. F. Force, president of the com pany, is expected to arrive here this week.
 From reports received, the Black Warrior acid plant is proving pro bounced success, they having mauu- actured about twenty. five tons of ulphuric acid last week. The ore low used for making acid is being hipped from Bisbee. as it is all that ould be desired for acid making, aud sufficient supply can always be ob aimed. There are, however, a num- 'er of mining claims in this district hat contain ore with acid-making qualities, but they are not at present opened up to ineure large upply continuously, yet some of hem will soon be in shape to furnish
 limited amount. It is now expected hat the teaching plant will he put in operation within short time on the ire from the company's mines in that 'icinity.
 Bert Ford a prospectvr and miner. yho has uaveled practically over ev- ny foot of ground in the territory. vas in town Sunday on his way to the dazatzals and Pays0n section on a and mining business trip. ie has been prorpecting and min Dg in the territory for over twenty ears, and he is the man who was with Frank Alley several years ago, when they burned rats nest in which boy lercules powder was ach q he } ory of which was edtUd in tlts Globe Times bv Mir