Arizona silver belt., 1902-01-23

The trouble at the Gleeson camp, Turquoise district, has been settled, Mexican labor being barred.
 Fl Block sold 1000 shares of Mer- chlnts' Mining company's stock at the depot to passengers on train during the brief stop made by it. Eingman Miner
 W. Y. Price returned from Phoen nix Tuesday, and left for Troy the next day to look after his big teams, which passed through here Tuesday, loaded with some of the l2,0O0 horsepower boilers for the Troy company. Blade.
 The big Minnesota Connor eoncen- trator is about ready to turn it's wheels and go 10 producing, Chloride will give a big blowout in honor of the event when the wheels turn. The miae and mill will employ at least 100 men Mineral Wealth,
 Chls. D, Reppy, late editor of the Florence Tribute, will leave soon for his copper mine, situated ln Cocl iss county, and while there will probably make arrangements for thorough de. yslupment of the same. He has been interested in the property for years and has the utmost faith in it's value. Blade.
 Mining operations in the west end of Graham mountains are quite act. i've, said T. D. Morris, of Fort Thom- as, to a Bulletin representative. A short time since MT. Morris visited his claims in these mountains, tweuty-six miles from Fort Thomas, and spent several days prospecting,
 They have struck good-sized vein of gray copper in the drift which is being run in the san Juan mine at depth of 200 feet The piece of ore we saw wIll average at least 60 per cent in copper. Encountering this class of ore at this depth is certainly very encouraging g.-Safford Guardian. 
 J. R Richardson, miner, was ai- most torn to pieces at his mine, tive ty miles west of Kingman, by the ex- posiOn of box of caps while he wa placing the cover on the box. Ills brother, \. NJ. Richardson, who was standing close by, was also filed with pieces of the caps. Although blinded and terribly injured otherwise, J E. Richardson is still alive. Miner.
 Harry Lane has sold his interests in the copper mines, twelve miles east of town, to John Westfall The Westfall Brothers now own large group of copper claims in that district and are at work on them When the railroad shall have been completed to this point, they can ship sufficient ore to pay the expense of development, and this will enable them to put their property into first.class marke table condition.-Florence Blade.
 What is puzzling miners in this sec tion just now is the discoveries of ore showing up 80 largely in all three met als-gold, silver and copper. This has only been noticed in the past two years and perhaps the reason is that "cam- paign of education" and investigation has been going on among our prospect Ors. The fact, however, is at least en- couraging. -Nogales Vidette.
 A smelter is to be erected one mile from Douglas by the Calumet & Ari- zOna company, in consequence party Of surveyors are at work surveying Tor short spur from the Fl Paso & Southwestern railway, to the site se- Iected for the smelter in order to con. 'ey the heavy machinery necessary at present and later on for the convey. anee of ores. Prospector.
 Cheering news comes from the Cop per Bullion Mining company, operat- Ing Tn the Dragoon mountains. Two development shafts are being sunk, both or which have revealed encour- aging ore deposit. Drifting has been commenced at the 200 foot level of the main shaft and the management feel elated over the work thus far prosecu- ted from that depth. A full force is employed, aud sinking and drifting is the order of the day Range News. Articles of the following corpora. tons were filed in Phoenix last woek |: Mineral Creek Copper company capi. la! stock, Sl 300, ,OOO incorporators, c. G' Laybourn, G. Merchant, A. w.. Force and w. II. Dawson, of Mime apols, PiDal Mountain Copper com. pany, lmitC d, capital stock, Sl 2 Q 900: \ incorporators, E. l.. DeLe.ytry, l.. Nash, F. J. Metzgar, c. F. StlpIes. c, $. Bowlby and c. Wainman, of St. Paul. U, W. Holmes, who with c. w. Cum mings owners of the new stike ia the