Arizona silver belt., 1902-02-27

A man in the old placers, on thu santa Maria, known as "MormoI Pete" while dry washing, uncovered small streak of quartz in the schis bedrock that Is said to be more thar half gold.
 Gordon Mclean, for many years ir charge of the work in the mines of the Detroit Copper company, of Clifton, has resigned his position and with his family will remove about April l to Los Angeles, where he will establish an uhice.
 Mark Bedell, wealthy Colorado mining man, has been in this section for a number of weeks recuperating his health. He has improved so much since coming here that he now thinks of locating and engaging in mining here. -JOurnal.NIiner.
 The elevations of the mining camps in the vicinity of Wickenburg were given as follows by the United States government survey; Wickenburg, 2O5s Gilbert, 3,3C5; Constellation, s5lO; Ellis Peak, 4,l53; Denver Hill 4.3S5; Sam PowelPS Con Hassayampa 2,4jO; McAlIister, 3,67S; Keystone, 40l0,
 Superintendent Melarkey is work. ing thirty.fve men on the Gold Road. Drifts are beng run from the Poo and lOOf0Ot levels, all in ore of good av- craze grade. Clearinghouse, bunk aud powder houses have been erected aud things have permanent outlook. The power drills are the stuff to bore a hole They are the champion drill CTS. kIngman Mineral Wealth.
 The Golden Rule Mining company, operating in the Black Rock district in Arizona,iS ofiicered entirely by women, the only man connected with it being ". T. Hutchinson, the superintend- ent His wife is the general manager, and not long ago work was begun to develop the Laura B., Helen Gould, Grandview and Sulphuret mining claims. Clifton Era.
 There has been considerable excite, ment recently about rich gold strike twelve miles northwest of Wilcox, but there has not as yet been time to fully verify the report or the extent of the find yet information from a reli- able source confirms the fact that some very rich ore was found, but that the extent of it was somewhat overdrawn 'n the first reports.
 In the north drift in the Tennessee mine Chloride, new ore chute has been cut, the ore from which is very rich in silver and differs materially from that encountered in other parts of the mine. This ore, it is said, will run hundreds of ounces to the ton in silver There is talk of starting up the mill in the near future, but noth- ing definite can be learned. .-Mohave Miner.
 The mines in the Black Rock dis. trct, most of them are capped with iron and talking of the fact, the oth- CT day, Chas. Born, whose father was foreman of the great mines in Ger many recalled an old saying of the mines, and rendered it into English verse
 A mine is never good
 lf it has no iron hood.H
 Prospect
 The Prescott Courier says that the Penn Gold Mining company is work. ing about 100 men at the Mudhole mine, on Lynx creek, fourteen miles from Prescott, and the mills on the mine are crushing oyer loo tons of ore day Ibis company employs nearly jo0 men at it's Octave mining camp, Weaver district, where a forty stamp mill Is kept running steadily.
 Report has it that the IIomestake, now being exploited by R. J. Holmes, IS opening up one of the largest and richest ore bodies in the Gold Road country Every place where the vein IS ut ore rich in gold is being shown "r. In the shaft being sunk on .he property and in the crosScut great ore oOuies are exposed. Mining men de oiare the mine one of the best in Ari 1ona'-Kingman Miner.
 At Man moth 1 learned that the oamp was not idle because the mine was closed down There are about twenty-five men employed. The hammotb Cyanide company has fiji. teen men at work on it's cynide plant, ana Is working over the tailugs of the Mammoth mill. TLey are realizing handsome returns from this work. .harles Udall has introduced a new "ianch Of mining which is just now 'A'erestlng miRiug men. He discos