Arizona silver belt., 1902-10-30

the foundation walls being now well under way A force of about forty men are at work and a tramway has been built to convey the material to the site. The company was notified on Monday that the steel for the building had been clipped from Los Angeles. The building will be put together rap- idly and will be in readiness for the machinery in comparatively snort time. Copper Era
 At the meeting Of the live stock san itary commission at Phoenix last week 1 1t was decided among other things to subdivide the inspection districts so that the work would be more remun- eratiye and that the inspectors might | the better afford to carry out the pur- poses of the law. IJ was resolved also to petition the secretary of the inte- rior 10 officer the newly established forest reserves of Santa Rita, Chirica- hua, Graham and Santa Catalina. It was decided to adopt new form of hide tag, the present one being found inconyenient and unsatisfactory.
 The visitors from Jerome who were down yesterday on their way to BiSbee report that the process of putting out the fire in the United Verde mine by means of carbonic acid gas is proving successful The fire, while not entire ly quenched is not burning nearly so tiercely as before and within few days will be entirely put ont. As proof that Mir. Clark expects to resume operations there soon the gentlemen point to the fact that new machinery is being rapidly installed and the en- tire plant is being oyerhauled. Ga zeUte.
 Much excitement was caused at Douglas by the news of the finding Of some rich nuggets of gold on the prop erty owned by the Sonora River Placer Mining company. A few days since a | Mexican woman went to spring to get water for cooking and in digging along by the side Of the pool unearthed a massive nugget She took i t to her husband, who immediately went to Douglas with the find and was pad $500 for the nugget by merchant there A large number of proSpGctors are working in the new field, and n number are leaving Douglas every day Tor the placers. Citizen.
 George Abrams, one of the old-time miners and prospectors of Cochise county, has just returned from a year S trip through the northern part of the | United States, in the minlug sections, having visited Idaho, Montana, Wyo. ming, Colorado, northern California and British Columbia. aud in cOnver sation last evening with a PrOSpectol representative said Il found nothing ! up there that looked good to me and would rather take my chances in ATi zona than any place I have yiSited'
 He was asked on all sides about Arizo na and it's outlook, and states tbii winter will see a grand exodus Of min CTS from the north to this southern
 territory Tombstone Prospector.
 The United States Supreme court baS denied a rehcariug in the case 0
 James L. Utter and others, agaiuS
 the loan commission Of ArizDna. I'm
 is better known as the Pima count!
 bond case. The bonds were issucd b' the county in aid of the Tucson S Globe railroad, which was never built and payment Of them was resisted ol
 the ground that they were illegal They have been before the cour
 twice, the last time on appeal iron a maudamus proceeding Co compe . the loan commission of the territor.
 to issue territorial bonds in place c them. The decision which has jus been rendered directs mandate il the lower court, and the issuing c the writ of mandate The bond i, sue was $50, O0o, ,Semi-annual coupons interest seven per cent.