Arizona silver belt., 1902-02-20

terday. This is said to be the second one in he last two weeks. The Fun lire is located about seven miles south of Prescott. Courier.
 J. w. Francis, M. s. Beal and Jack Wright left Thursday for the Navajo reservation mines. Mir. Francis and associate owners have some fine cop- per properties on the reservation, and they are pushing development on their claims.-Flagstaff Sun.
 Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has new mining bill before congress. This one will limit holders of mining claims to single locations, the senator's object being to prevent, if possible, the location of number of claims upon which the required assessment work is seldom done.
 Mr. Hudson, aged I6 who has placer mined in Yavapai county for about thirty years, died on Lynx creek last Wednesday, at the cabin of John Der rie, at the Buzzard mine. The old gen teman had been visiting Mir Berrie for a few days before his death. Last December he had an atrack of Ia grippe and had been ailing for some time pri- or to death Courier.
 About five car loads of machinery for the Tombstone Consolidated Mines company have arrived at Fairbank during the past two days. Over fif- teen carloads more is due to arrive in rapid succession. Much of the pump casing and three of the smaller pumps have arrived, together with some of the heavier castings for the mammoth pumping machinery y.-ProSpector.
 John T. Farley, ex-chlef of police of Denver, is visiting Tucson. He is making trip of observation through the territory. MT. Farley was in Ari z9na thirty years aSo. He was located at Bowie when there were but three towns Tn Arizona Tucson, Yuma and Prescott. Now he sees cities, villages, farms and mining camps everywhere. He will visit all of the principal places in southeastern Arizona before return ing to Denver.
 The 200 ton cOncentrator of the Phil. adelphia & Arizona has had steam up this week making short runs to adjust the tables to the ore. About next week she will begin for steady months run. The water question is being gradually solved by a steady increase c. x. Hassan has charge of the mill, and A. NJ. MacDuff-e the metallurgical department The people of Chloride have reason to feel that their long wait for better times is about ended.
 Kngman Wealth.
 private letter received by party in Kingman this week conveyed the information that the Gold Road mines were again to change hands and that w. $. Mccormick, of Salt Lake City, one of the present owners, had started for Paris to make transfer of the prop erty to a French syndicate. The price to be paid by the new company is stated to be Sl GOO, GOO The mine is won dcrful one and it would not surprise us in the least if the statement of the sale at this figure was true. Miner.
 Within the past week Jas. Boyd has made good strike in his mining claim sixteen miles north of Phoenix, near the Union mine. At the depth of 13O feet a ledge 4l feet in width and carry. ing $50 per ton in gold, was enco un- tered. Samples of the heavy granite ore may be seen at the Commercial hotel, where it is on display. The edge seems clearly defined, and being 80 close to Phoenix, it can be worked at reasonable cost If the vein goes down it will be one of the big mines ut the territor y.- Enterprise.
 Ernest Hall, of Wickenburg, Is in Phoenix today visiting his parents and r"newing his acquaintance with bis many friends. He says Wickenburg is n" coming town of northern Arizons, twenty-five or more different pr1psr ties being at present doing large devel. 0pment work. Mir. Hall says that nu- luerous enterprises backed by Phoenix capitalists are being pushed, among which he made special reference to ths White God company and the Lime Creek Copper company The latter, he says, are at work on the Dark Horse and Right Bower claims and expect soon to increase the force ol men at work Gazette.
 9Ihe many friends of J. J. Pearce, one of the original owners of the Common "ealth mine at Pearce, will be pleased
 -o earn that he is opening ap another