Arizona silver belt., 1902-01-09

our mlnlng industry. Look out for this predictions Arizona is the coming gold region of the United States. We have it here. All that is required to demonstrate the truth of this state ment is prospecting and development. -Prospector.
 On saturday, Dec. q, the finishing touches were put upon the new samp- llng works of the Arizona Gold X Cop per company at Patagonia, and the plant is declared by experts to be the finest and most complete one oi the kind ever erected in Arizona. It has a daily capacity of fifty tons of ore. | Manager c. w. Grove informed the Oasis man that shortly after January l the company will begin buying ore. With the present. demoralizatIon in the metal market it is doubtful wheth- CT any of the mine owners in the vi- ciuity will part with their ores. More like they wilt hold for better prices. While doing assessment work on the Ben Harrison mine recently, Eli | Hilty and Joe Anderson struck six feet of exceeding rich gold ore. These gentlemen together with West Frazee and w. D. Tooker, own a group of four or five claims which give promise of a splendid property when fully opened up. There is something pecu- | liar about the Gold Road country that upsetS all the old time traditions. In most places in the county, if a mine does not show values on the surface, it is generally condemned, but in this section, in nearly every instance, val ues are encountered with depth. Any one holding claims in the district need not be discourag ged if they do not fiud pay ore in the croppings. A lttle muscle judiciOusly expensed is likely to bring rich reward to the investor. Arrow.
 The Black Warrior copper mines are grouped with the big mines of Ari- | zOna. James A, Fleming is president, and he has placed the company on a | solid financial basis, so that its future will line up with the Copper Queen, i Arizona Copper company, Old De- minion and others. Jules Maurel of Globe, who is in the city as witness before the land court, is an employ e at the Black Warrior mines. From him the Star learns that the big acid plant will soon he completed, ready to run. It is expected all of the reduc- tion works will be in operation in thirty days. The ore reserve of the mine is large, and the company will make plenty of bullion, as it has the ore and the plant to do the work. Tucson Star.
 Since putting the air compressor at work at the Horse Shoe Copper Mining company mines, they are sinking their shaft at the rate of six feet pel day, and timbering. As they go down the formation gives better eYide nee oi ore bodies underneath and the man agement is consequently very much pleased over the prospect. More miners are being added to the force al the time and only white men are now employed. While doing some work on one of the company's properties ad joining the Great Eastern, the other day, the miners uncovered a fine veir of very rich copper glance ore nea the surface. No particular attention will be given to this property, how ever, no matter how rich it is, unti the Great Eastern is down 300 feet which will not be very long. g.-Grahau Guardian.
 From reliable sources it is learne that Mir. Frank Murphy, president 0 the Development Company of Americi is trying to get control of the old Vul ture mine near Wickenburg. It is be lieved that the property can be madei valuable one and Mir Murphy is mak ing the effort to secure the mine fo !. the Development company, which i now doing such wonderful things fo Tombstone. The Vulture mine has hat considerable trouble here of late, ow ing to the actions of the people wht operated the Vulture Gold company MT. Murphy, however, will have noth ing to do with the last-named concern as it is in no way connected with th' Vulture mine. The Wickenburg dis trict is rapidly coming tothe frontas ; mining camp and some of the miner and others of that section claim tha it will soon rival Tombstone and Pres cott. The section is particularly rici in gold, silver and copper, and is eas fly mined Just how far the negotia tions between Mir. Murphy and th' owners of the Vulture have proceeded is not known, but it is the general be lief that the Vulture will in the nea future become the property of the Dc velopment Company of America, -Gf zette.