Arizona silver belt., 1902-12-04

lower, so that the water must be pumped the distance of five miles and elevated LOO feet. The water costs the company one-tenth of cent per gallon, and aside from labor is one of the greatest continuous expenses Tn operating the mine.-Yuma Sentinel.
 The latest reports about the building of the railroad from Cochise station to CanaDea are to the effect that 1t will not commence as soon as expected. There has been halt in the rush that has hitherto characterized all proceed ings in connection with that enter prise. It may be that the men who , are at the head of the road will make an effort to undo the work accom- pliShed by the Naco men at the City of Mexico,-Prospector.
 The matter of the assessment of the United Verde mines and improve mentS iL Yavapai county will proba- bly, have to be settled in the courts. The company has offered to settle on basis of S22, GOO, but the levy against that property runs over $4s,000. It was thought that there was move. ment on foot to compromise the mat ter with the Clark company, but the supervisors remained firm and in- structed the county attorney to pro- ceed with the suit
 The Coconino Sun, published at Flagstaff says of the recent storm : "Snow varying in depth from two to four feet now covers the entire pla- teau. The snow extended as far west as Blackberry, east to the Little Colo rado, and south to Wickenburg. It is the heaviest snowfall that ever oc- cured in this section so early in the season. With the recent rains it gives a precipi tation of about seven inches, and means an abundant supply of wa ter for next season, and will be Of great benefit, not only to this vicinity, but to all Arizona.
 Bisbee is represented in the miners drilling contests at Prescott by Ross, of the team of Ross X McNichols, which broke the championship record of the world last Fourth Of July. Ross is accompanied by Malley, of the old team of Chamberlain and Mallev. The Tarr brothers, formerly of Globe, and eX-championS, are also entered from BiSbee in the double handed contest. Bob Lyons will try for the prize for single-handed drilling.
 The progress of Douglas is one of the phenomenal features of the south west. No one visits there without be. ing profoundly impressed with her splendid possibilities. There is prob- ably no city in the world which, with in the period of few short months has builded into substantial city. There is perhaps no town in Arizona today, with the same number of peo- pie, which has the elegant and sub Stantial buildings, nor is there any city in the territory that is doing one quarter of the building.
 Pedro Michelena met with quite a severe accident at Metcalf one day last week. He was crossing the rail road kr;d,,a and mat o pucbnar IooJad with sacks of grain. He stepped to one side of the bridge to allow the car to pass, and was struck by one of the sacks of grain which protruded from the side of the car. He was knocked off the bridge, falling about fifteen | feet. His left leg was broken and the left knee badly fractured. He was at once put under the charge of pr. Prick of Metcalf, and is getting along as well as could be expected. He will be laid up for some weeks. Copper Era.
 The first carload of Arizona oranges was shipped out of Phoenix last Fri- day for New York. The shipment was made by the Arizona Orange Growers 1 association. The Gazette says that, while the crop is no larger than it was last year, still the quality of the orange is so much better that fancy prices are being offered in New York for the Arizona product. Several let ters have been received by the associa. tion almost begging for shipments of oranges, and offering as high as sS per box, something unheard of in this sec tion. The prices on all grades run from s7 to $S, while last year the very highest price received was $7.25 peI box.
 Bisbee seems to be under spell oi some sort. During the past few weeks there have been number of accidents that have resulted in deaths, and oth CTS where the victims have barely es capped with their lives. This afternoon about o'clock another employe of tn, Copper Queen company met his death Joe NeiJherland, carpenter, was or the 500-foot level of the Spray shaft and looked up to see if the cage wa coming, and before he could draw hi
 head back the cage struck him, knock inc him back on the station He wa