Arizona silver belt., 1902-12-25

who wish to make large investments iu the country is in regard to taxation and when told that the rate averages more than per cent in every county they quietly pack their grips and go over into Sonora, where there is no direct tax on property and where la- Dor is much cheaper than in Arizona.
 At Bisbee, the Orient roulette table was bilked out of $60 one afternoon last week in peculiar manner. A player came into the house and laid down the money on the black. It came red, and he grabbed up the mon- ey and rushed out of the house. The Review says "The house has no re- dress and cannot prosecute the player for committing any kind of an offense. Gambling is not legal" Why not isn t 1t licensed
 The Bisbee drilling experts are now in training to attend the contests that will be held at Fl Paso next month. For the double and single-handed matches, the carnival association will give a total of $2,000 in prizes. Those who will go from Bisbee are Malley and Ross, the Tarr brothers, McGowan, Lyons and King. Others who will be there are McNichols and partner, Chamberlain and partner, and Con- nelly.
 Many of the Colorado cyaniding plants are handling ores at cost of less than 70 cents per ton and tailing loss of but so cents per ton. A plant of this character in COchiSe county ought to handle ore at cost of not more than $l per ton and tailing loss of practically the same as in Colorado. In many localities We have big depos- it's of gold-bearing ores that will run on an average fully S5 per ton, and these ores ought to be handled at big profit. ProSpector.
 F. T. Perkins, who has charge of the work of the geological survey between Yuma and the Grand Canyon, along the Colorado river, was in Kingman | few days ago. A corps of engineers will be placed in the field at Cotton wood island and that section mapped. | MT. Perkins is an enthusiastic believer in the great possibilities of the Colo rado river as an irrigation source and his report is liable to cause the govern ment to put in the dams on the river that he recommends. Miner.
 A Santa Fe, N. M., dispatch pub lished in the Gazette says Ut was learned here that the officers and man. agerS of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, the AtchISon, Topeka X Santa Fe Railr, ad company, and the Rock Island Railroad company and other big corporations in the south. west have recently held secret con ference and agreed among themselves to send delegates to Washington on or about January l, 1903, to work among f republican senators now opposing statehood for the territories and try to get them to vote for the passage Of the omnibus bill"
 Charles Lynch, who has been in | Kingmau several days this week, re- ports that the drift from the 3O0-foOt level of the C, O. D. is now in $50 feet from the shaft. At that point break in the vein was found where the big 1 dyke was encountered. This dyke was followed south 90 feet, where the bro ken vein was again taken up. The ore was of an oxidized character, showing that at one time the grOund was eX- posed to the atmosphere. As the drift was driven in beyond the dyke the old ore returned as rich as ever. The ore shoot IS now one of the longest ever opened in Arizona, being nearly 1000 feet of pay and shows no signs of breaking up. For nearly 600 feet the ore has been carrying big values in gold.-MOhave County Miner.
 Many observing people in the south west have undoubtedly noted the ann ethyStine tint taken on by bottles and other glassware exposed to the rays of the sun. It is supposed that the color is taken from some mineral coloring in the earth, the chief component part of which Is radium. In the volcanic re- gionS of the country the change of white glass to amethyst is quite rapid and it is in these localities that this phenomenon is most observed. In the basin in which Kingman is situated every piece of glass exposed to the rays of the sun few months is sure to take on this beautiful tint. To the Scien. titic student this phenomenon should prove an interesting study. In con nection with thIS 1t is claimed that the binOXide of manganese carries the matter that the rays of the sun attract to the glass the purplish tint.-Mo have County Miner.
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