Arizona silver belt., 1902-03-06

Douglas, Lacey x Co' hdNe oo1i menced hauling ore from their Big Bug mines to their concentration plant at Val Verde and the latter will be kept in operation continuously now.- JOurnal-Miner.
 Ex.Senstor Stephen w. Dorsey ar. rived in Yuma the first of the week on his way to Picacho, where he went on bnsiness connected with his man. moth mining and railroad project at that place.-Yuma Sun.
 Ex-Senator Richard F. Pettigrew of south Dakota, arrived in the city the first of the week and, in company with Captain F, S. Ingalls,, left last evening for Hargua Hala on some mining business.-Yuma Sun.
 Professors smith and Ginlel, with a party of students from the University of Arizona, spent some simern Moren- ci recently, making a study of the min ing and processes of reducing copper olts, for which the camp offers unusu- al advantages, as both companies have fnely-equipped plants.
 David Hunter, an old and we'll known miner, was instantly killed last week by blast in the Gold Gem mine at Cerbat, by having trouble in spit ting the fuse on one of four holes. The shift boss warned him to leave the hole but he refused to leave it until it was too late.
 The Happy Jack company operating near Patagonia, has gone to work in a sensible and practical way. The man. agement seems to take that effective way of blowing it's hot air" into the ground instead of into the unrespon- sive air The company have some fine mines and are developing them in ex- ceilent shape.-Star.
 That the Amalgamated people have not lost confidence in copper as a good investment is evidenced in their seek ing for copper deposits in different parts of the world. It is stated that they are negotiating for copper prop critics in RhCdesia, South Africa. They have just made a final payment of $i00, ,O0O on the copper Boss Tweed group in MUntana.-Ex.
 Ben Blanchard has brough in large sample of ore from the Gold Rope mine in the Bill Williams Fork country, which is a remarkably fine looking specimen. It is a sample from lot of which he has five carloadS,and con. tains Ii per cent in copper, F ounces in silver and from SIP to $22 per ton in gold. The mine is owned by a syndi- cate of Kausas City millionaires. - Joufnal- Miner
 A shipment of four cars of ore was made from the Standard copper mines to the Arizona Copper company which averaged 3S.7 per cent copper. This is perhaps about as rich a shipment oi ore as was ever made from mine ir this district. Another shipment is now ready at the Standard which is expect ed to run even higher than the ship ment made last week.-CliftOn Era. 8 Henry c. Carr, of the Hendy Iror works, who visited the Gro Grande or S Thursday after banning all over tht dump, said that ore of that quality, il N one-tenth the amount, would brin! # 10000 people into any camp in Cobra N do within two months. It is hard t, understand why such a difference be tween Arizona and Colorado exists il < this day of enlightenment. Wicken burg News.
 The "Roosevelt Gold and Coppe Mining company is the name of ney N company recently organized in Cochis county for the purpose of developin, some valuable miniug property on tn
 White Mountain Indian reservation VI ''S ''ND' POldOplS dTb W. VT. NC DOD a.d a contractor; J. II. Jacks, lumbe dealer, and E. Jones, formerly super lutendent of the Gila Valley, Globe 3 N"rIhern railroad The company ra"dtaIzed for $500, ,OOO, divided int """ ,0OO shares of the par value of 5 each. Phoenix Gazette.
 The Val Verde shelter started u VI yesterday under the supervision of K E. Brethorington, who is here fror Colorado to take charge of the plan
 Iong run of the shelter is assured as there is plenty of ore on hand an the supply in sight is ever on the il crease The starting up of this gres custom ore plant is loug stride t' ward the long-predicted prosperity 'hls great mineral belt Jerome R M porter
 Report reaches town that Superil t'ndent Plckrell has his shaft down B
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