Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-24

. be lined with concrete, and will have a capacity for nearly 1000 tons of ore. In each of the pits will be a travelling steam shovel that will hoist the mixed ore into cars on treaties 1s feet above. At the shelter the ore supply tracks will be 50 feet In height, and thence the main work oI handling the charges will be by gray ity.-Copper Era,
 Wal:er Douglas, superintendent of the Copper Queen company, came In this week. Superintendent Douglas went to New York several weeks ago
 Tor The purpose of comforting with the directors of the company there, and arrangidg for new machinery to be l placed at Douglas. He was asked about the reports that the Southern Pacific has offered to buy the Bisbee road and that the Copper Queen com pany would purchase the Cananea road, and he made the same reply to both questions. saying that there was no ground for either report as far as he knew, Superintendent Douglas will be in Bisbce for some time, and las large amount of business to at. tend to.-Review
 The Stevens copeer company of Clifton, was organized by Bridgeport, Conn, people to take over the Stevens group of 30 claimS, located about two miles above Metcalf. The claims are in three groups, the original stevens group" consisting of sixteen claims upon which about 1000 feet of devel- opment work was done by the locat- orS, l. N, and Chas. E. Stevens, who located the claims in 1897, and, togeth- CT with Mrs. J, c. RamSdsll, of Los Angeles owned them until they were transferred to the company few months ago. The Copper Era says: "lhe new company commenced work on the property about month ago with small force, and are extending the main tunnel, which will cross cut all the veins, and when driven 1000 feet farther will reach the granite wall, thus opening up the entire prop erty, at depth of 400 feet from the surface. Cross.cuts will then be run along the ore veins, aud stoping com menced. It is the intention of the management tQ put in air drills and rush the development work as rapidly as possible. The property is showing as much good ore for the amount of development work done as any other group in the camp Chas. F. Stevens Is superintendent
 Mir. D. NJ. Barringer with Brookman Of the Commonwealth and Senator Penrose snd brother, Colonel R. A. F. PenrOse, are backing their judgment by substantial mining investments in this section, and doing much to aid in the general development In speaking tO PrOspectOr reporter MT. Blrringer stated himself and associates had se- cured a bond on the Casey copper geOup near Dos Cabezas. Considerable work is proposed on this promising property and will ba crowded forward as soon as possible MT. Barringer also confirmed the report that nego- Jiations were closed for bond on the Powers group or Worlds Fair proper ly, at Harshaw, and although he did not state the figures, it is believed $500, 900 is the sum involved. With the opening of this property another famous producer will be added to the list of southern Arizona dividend pay CTS. Of the railroad from Pearce to Coehise Mir Barringer stated that the outhern Pacific company was serious iy considering the building of the road and it's advent would be vel comed and encouraged by his com Dauy, From this it would appear that the impression that the Common wealth company would build the road tnomselves is evidently erroneous, and instead the Southern Pacific is intent on reaching out and traversing the rich mineral sections of the county and extend it's line to Tombstone, Naco l and Bisbee. Tombstone ProSpector.