Arizona silver belt., 1902-05-08

It is said that $9,0OOOOO was paid in dividends by the various mines of Ari. zopa during the last twelve months.
 Exports of copper from tho'United SAtes during April were l6,275 tons, thus makirg total from January Co date of G5, L6j yonsragaiDst 2s, ,gST tens in the same period last year, a gainfsr this year of 36, IIS tons.
 Machinery continues to arrive daily at Che Tombstone mines. It is said there arc still thirty.hvo carloads to come. The foundations for the big engines are nearing completion, and everything points Go the early com mcnCcment of omining.
 Work .un the Douglas reduction works iS steadily progressing. The -cYoTk of CNcavaing the hugo ore pits has commenced, They are to Joe each i2 feet deep, 3S ieetwide and ,OO feet long It is calculated that the work of cXcayating will take at least ninety days, international
 The Bulletin says: "Prospector6 have discovered what is believed to be a big thing in the santa Teresa moun- taids, sixteen miles from Thomas, and have made a deal with Captain MeEu~ jry to work the claims,.s ,.six in number. Samples are very rich in gold, copper and siiver.h
 G II. Mushbr, one of the best known and most popular travelling men in Arizona, is a Tombstone visitor. Mir. Mosher is with the sipmouS Hard ware company, St. Louis. He is iu- teTeSbed in a valuable group of copper mines in the Dragons which promises fair of development aud'the same will shortly be incorporated and extensive work contemplated, -Prospector.
 Tie Home Copper company has struck a large body of gold and silver ore on their property just west of Mo- reuci, which averages over SIG to 5he ton. The company is considering the question of putting up a mill tn order tD work the ore. Tdere are about fifteen thousand shares uf stock left at thirty-fve cents g share. When these ale closed the price whl be raised to fifty cents per share.
 L. V. McCourt went out to the Casey group of mines Wednesday. He in- forms us that the new tunnel is BOW in 2j feet aml that ore is appearing in the face of it of good quality. This tunnel is l.OOO feet below the main shaft and will give a depth of at least 4OOIeet deeper than the Scanlon work ings. He was quite enthusiastic over the outlook. Mr. McCourt has the contract to do 600 feet of development work Un this property for Brockman X Barringer. r.-WilfcoX Range News.
 The Eureka Mining < Milling com pany.has recently struck a large body of rich ore in shaft. No. j. They will have their mil in operation in about three weeks and have enough ore in sight to run the mill for two years. The high.grade ore in the shaft runs over $2OO per ton, while the mill ore averages about $50. In fcw weeks shipments of the high-grade ore will begin. The property owned by this company is situaJed in the Hartford district, about five miles from the boundary line.-Bisbee Review.
 Tho now E, Pls1. shelter is larger than the old.one, and is modern in ey' cry particular. There is hardly belt in the whole shop to slip. again and cause trouble. Nearly all the machin' cry is direct action. A great many oi Q the smaller machines, which formerly received power fgom belts, are fow run by electric motors, the plant being supplied with one of the largest cleo trlc .poRcr producing machines in this section of the country. There are four teen large furnaces for smelting ore some being for reducing lead ores others for copper ores.
 JIou. l. T. stoddard came in yester day from Stoddard, where he has beer for .the paaJ week looking after hi' mining interests in the Copper noun tHn neignborhood. The tunnol whicI he has hecn driving for some years ii now in. 900 feet. This tunnel wal started to tap thyee ore bodies on th( northwest side Of Copper mountain The first of these ore bodies has jus been encountered. showing up face O good ore; the second shoot is in live ground. Iu both shoots two shitte ol men are steadily at work Naturally Secretary SJoddard feels someWha clated over the outlook TT Preacou Courier.
 The Roosevelt mine, in tho sln Car los reservation, has made extensive