Arizona silver belt., 1902-01-16

pdnN duuuuuCc thdb d chott tihic VIII see their smelter in operation in Wick enburg.
 The Lime Creek Copper company is erecting a thirty-ton watel,jackct shelter at Alhambra. Besides treat ing the ores from their own mines, they will also do custom work, News Herald,
 President William Girland, of the Gila Valley Globe X Northern ailway, is expected to visit Bisbee and vicinity next week. The object of Mr. Gar lands visit Is to look at the gold prop critics of the Napoleon Gold Mining company, located eight miles from Naco. -BiSbee Review.
 r. NJ. Murphy is quoted lin a tele, gram to the Phoenix Republican as saying that he has taken no bond on the Nulture property, as reported by some territorial papers, and has had nothing whatever to do with it in any way, and hs does not contemplate ac- quiring any interest in the Nulture.
 The Azurite mine, one of the old copper properties m southern Arizona was jumped New Years by Phil Sher- man and A. w. James, of Phoenix. l. is believed that they are acting for Shirley Christy, who recently lost the mine in litigation. The mine was sold at sheriff7s sale to L. Zsckendorf & Co, merchants of Tucson, who have been doing considerable development work. Exchange.
 Superintendent Knowles. of the Ma raville Copper company, lefC for New York last Monday. He will remain in the east until after the stockholders regular meeting, which takes place some time this month in Boston. It is believed that as soon as MT. Knowles returns that work will be prosecuted more vigorously than ever by his company Safford Guardian.
 CIrl Wul5gsn, C. and VI E., who is at the head Or the company which will soon be operating on an extensive scale in the Ash Peak district, arrived in SolomOnville on Sunday, coming here to file papers on the claims he has purchased from the Hill Bros. MT. Wulsten is a man of wide experience in mining and is very jubilant over the future prospects of his claims. A more extended account of his mines is given in the mining news column of this issue Bulletin.
 The big custom smelter at Va Verde, on the Agua Fria river, was to have been blown in before the first of the year, but the recent cold snap played havoc with lot of water pipes, and the briquetting machine is in such bad shape that it has been neces- sary to telegraph for s. A. Bretherton, who superintended the construction of the pyritic furnace recently in- stalled as part of the Val Verde plant. News. Herald.
 William Kemp, formerly manager at the Rosemont, left Friday for the Warsaw mines, in the Gro Banco dis trict. This is an old property, gold, silver and copper, for which sl0O, 900 was originally paid, and on which s25O,OOO had been expended when operations were suspended many years ago. NIT. Kemp has few men at work on the mine, which is now the property of L. Zeckendorf & Co., Tucson Star.
 J. c, Goodwin has returned from Phoenix and Tempe, where he spent the holidays. He has resumed his duties in the mining department of the University, where he will con clude his course of study this term M'. Goodwin received share of six teen claims in Gila county, which he and P. J. Cole, ex- x-territorial treasurer, sold recently to St. Louis parties, who represent the Columbia Mining com. pany. MT. Goodwin is interested in Tour claims near the property sold, which are controlled by the Gro Cobre Mines company, Star.
 0. D. NJ. Gaddls returned this week from the Mocking Bird mine, Weaver alsJrlct, upon which property he is having the assessment work done for the year 1901 and 1902 In doing thi; work the miners drove into new ground, where it was found that the nat ledge had strengthened up and was gong down with d regular dig and mad also improved in value. The iedge had increased in width to three ieet and improving with every foot oi development. The vein was broken over on the surface and up to 1his