Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-10

n PA"uuction, Seven O ,nem are in this country, the rest ii,
 Mexico or Europe. In the subioined ."o'e, 'heir ascertained production Tor 1900, In pounds, is given, Aro nda,'Montana, lO7, 900, ,O0O;Rio Tinto Spain, so,o3e, 6so; Calumet X Hecla
 Michigan, 77,76l, ,3s2; Boston x Mon. tana' Montana, 66,2OO, 900; Mansfield aermany, Hl93,6OO; United Verde Arizona S9,97O,l93; Copper Queen Arizona, a,3S2, 309; Boleo, Mexico 2,7o2,oOo; Mountain, California 23 eoe,Oo0i Montana Ore Purchasing com. pany, P, 25I I563.-E
 The Republican says: Mir. yicto, Lamb Of Goldfeld, reports big strike made m the Bonanza mining claim. belonging to Lamb brothers and Flu. gene ONeill of Phoenix. The owners have been doing considerable develop. ment work on the Bonanza and have felt sure from the indications that shere was mine there, but it was not unul last week that they had an idea Of the value of the claim. AL the hihety'foot level they struck the main lead of very rich ore that runs from S2o to 800 per ton and they have a body of it twenty five feet wIde be- tween well defined walls, The strike Is considered an important one, and considerable interest, if not excite. ment, Is being generated over the strike.
 In Cochise county, at the foot of the great Chiricahua range of mountains, very important discovery Of placer gold has been made within the past few weeks, The gold.bearing gravel extends along the foothills q distance Of five miles, and down toward Sul- phur Springs valley for three miles The gold is coarse placer gold, of high grade, running over SIS per ounce at the mint, It resembles the best placer gold of California and looks as if it had been washed q long distance. But little work has been done, only a few openings, and none of those in the main washes where placer miner would look for the greatest results In one place small trench of about fifty feet in length, two feet wide and eighteen inches deep, has been run in one of the depresSionS or small gulches on the hillside from which nearly Sl.o0O of beautiful, bright gold has been taken out by banning. The hills surrounding the gulches are all pros pected.-Star.
 Improvement continues tO be the watchword in this noted mineral sect. ion says the Clifton correspondent Of the Bulletin. The event most import ant to miners is the fact that within two weeks the SmclterS of the shannon Copper company will be blown in at Clifton, where the extensive reduction works are located, The mines owned by this company are located at Metcaif and compose a large group, of which half dozen or more claims were purchased from the Arizona Copper company. This company was organized nearly three years ago and the principal officers and stockholders are Boston people, They first pur- chased the Hughes and Shannon mine at MetCalfe from Hon. c, NJ, shannon and afterwards acquired other proper ties, some to give them outlet facilities and others rich in copper. For more than two years the company has had a good force of men developing the mines and putting them in shape for economical work. The plant is one of the most modern ever erected It now consists Of Smelters only, but a con centratOr and converter plant will soon be erected. This bids fair to be a successful mining enterprise and will add to the prosperity as well as the population of this famous Graham county mining district