Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-03

Mining sales and deals are coming th k and fast in this section, and there is a better time coming, for we haze the mineral country to make it. Courier.
 The Bisbee Review says that Super. intendent Walter Douglas has gone to N.w York to close contracts for the machinery for the smelter plant to be- erected at Douglas.
 T0mbstone district has produced lt.uOO 900 and the deepest workings IS 7.u feet With the lower levels drained and work continued on the ore bodies ba.ow, the bullion product of the dis tr.t will astonish the mining world prSpector.
 rus Packer group of five copper claims at Ash Peak has been bonded to an Ohio company for slO,OOO, the bond to run for six months. Develop ment work will be commenced at once I|e@t NldiLi0 cabN hdllNS Nopptl III considerable quantity in the surface workings.
 There are some very significant shelter rumors floating around Pres. colt just now. lt looks as if one, and verhads two smelters will be in oper- atiOn hereabOutS before very many moons have waxed and waned of course the proposed smelter at Del Rio is looked upon as a certainty, and the people of Prescott should move to have it here instead of at Del Rio Courier.
 The foundations for the Calumet and Arizona smelters at Douglas are being put in. The stone is being brought from a quarry east of Douglas, owned by the Calumet people. The railroad has been completed to the Smelters and the smelter machinery is due to arrive this month. It is the present intention of the company to be pro- dlcing copper before the close of the year-Bisbee Review.
 Report reaches Prescott that a DOT phyry dyke, which was encountered in the 2OO.foOt level in the Mohawk mine on Pine Creek, has been driven through and three feet of a fine grade of ore encountered on the other side of it. Chief of Police Prince, owns a north extension claim on the Mohawk ledge, and has been developing it for some months past. A recent strike is re. ported in this claim and the face of the tunnel is said to be solid ore Of good grade. Courier.
 A visitor from CanaDea yesterday says that a report is circulating at that place to the effect that W. c. Greene has disposed of his interests in the Cananea Consolidated Copper Com pany to New York capitalists. Here in Bisbee but little confidence is placed in the report. Greene is known to be taking an active part in planning work for the coming year, and it is figured that if he had any intention of step ping out he would not be working along the line he is at present. Bisbee Review. Greene has since denied that he has sold any part of his interest, or hIN any intention of doing so.
 The ClaCk syndicate, composed Of eight members, all high grade miners, ge9Iogists and metallurgists, have taken a years lease on the famous Nighthawk mine. There are no super IntenGents, boOkkeepers, captains, majors or rich mems sons out of job F kicked out of society in the whole ness They all shoot, muck and hoist water sort ores and sew sacks, bake biscuits by turns, and learnedly ex- ohange opinions on the dip of the ore shoot They have good shoot or water to commence on and when that ptacheS the ore is there in high grade ~'reaks.- Our Mineral Wealth.
 America led the world in gold pro oacliOn in 1900 and 1901, but in the latter of the production of copper 1t .'' only led, but produced more than
 1ther copper producing countries
 Hbined, The figures given in long 1ns show that the United States in
 D0 and 1901 produced respectively m and 2Sl,1l1, against total pro-
 e.ion of all other countries of PIT ,297 a0d 260,7OO respectively for the same vars. In the matter of the copper pro I0ctlon of America, 1t is interesting to note that more than one-balf of the total production of the century bas 'aen made from 1887 to 1900 inclusive, 'n 1901 the Anconda mine led the "Irld as an individual producer with "n output of 100000, 900 pounds. The a'umet-Hecla came second with
 ' 100000 pounds aud the Rio Tino