Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-10

Washington says Mark Smiths bill allowing settlers to locate mineral claims on the Indian reservations in Arizona was reported favorably to the H.uSe,
 Directors in the Cananea Consoli- dated Copper company are said to be arriving at Cananea, where directors meeting is soon to be held A large amount of important business will come before the meeting,
 The Fl Paso shelter ill open for business about the 18th inst, It is practically new plant, and a great improvement on the one burned down last fall, The new plant will employ nine hundred people and disburse Eau0o per month,
 \ Boston press dispatch says; EX. Yorts uf copper during the tirst three mnths of the year amount to over . ,. N0o tons, which is twice as much as Vas exported in the first quarter of l0l and exceeds the banner record of 13uO by over 6,0OO tons There is strong bullsh sentiment both here and in New York, and we look for higher prices all around.
 Never at any time during the past twenty years have there been as much prospecting done as at the present time all over this country. The result Of all this prospecting shows up on the daily records of the recorders office N9t only are new claims being To. clted, but there is an increasing de- mand for partially developed proper ties, and sales are being made every week.-JOurnal- Miner.
 0n April 2nd Judge W. w. Hawkins and others, of Eden and Thomas, sold their Copper Bell group of mines to Capt. McEnirY. Consideration, sl5O,- U0o Work will soon b. commenced n this group, where there is an abun- dance of good grade copper ore, with gold The vein is 100 feet wide, Pro Igrty is located near camp St. Joseph.
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 The pumping plant of the Copper queen company at NaCo will be in uperation within the next 60 days. About 30O, GOO gallons can be delivered ia Bisbee every 2i hours and as not more than half that amount will be required to supply all the needs of the company, there will be a surplus of l-o00} gallons daily which the water companies will undoubtedly secure for tuo use of our citizens, so the cry of an insuficiency of water will soon cease, ,-Bisbee correspondence of the P5O5pector
 Wm. Keatiug, one of the most ener- getic prOspectors and miners of this section, has disposed of his seven rlaims known as the Heating group, to the Detroit Copper Mining com pany, and while the consideration has not been made public, it is known that Mr. Keating will be independent for the rest of his life time, The claims arc on the Colorado mountain, and are parallel to the celebrated Horseshoe mine of the A. C. Co. Copper Era.
 B would startle the alfalfa growers Of Naricopa county to learn some fine day that big mine was in their midst. Tae Gold Coin mine is surely destined q make Phoenix a mining center With a dike forty feet wide carrying values that will pay to mill, and an ore ,hute that evidently is permanent within twelve miles of Phoenix, the dream of pumpkinyille seems to be raaiized The bigness of this prospect m hardly be realized by those who look it over casually and is discredited Hy all not familiar with it. A trip over is a pleasant outing and good Tor the Phoenix business man. --DemOcrat
 Wr. James A. Fleming and Mrs. eming returned to the city yester- day after an absence of nearly year, .als the Phoenix Republican, A con -.uagable part of it was spent m the oa.. after which they went to the Pacific coast. Mir Fleming returned 10 Globe couple of months ago, since when he has been looking after affairs ar the Black Warrior. He says that operations there are running so smoothly that nothing is left for him [. do there He will therefore enjoy q Period of CD forced idleness in Phoenix. There are eighty men now employed .i0 the mine and teaching plant or the Black Warrior The plant has capa' r.ry Of l5O tons and is one of the most 'Hteusive in the territory.
 Following is the list of the world's @n largest copper mines based on the -gpuL of 1900 They produce De