Arizona silver belt., 1903-10-22

The Gro Grande mining company has erected five stamp mill on its property at Wickenburg, and expected to start it up about October l5.
 A cyanide plant has been construct ed at Wickenburg to treat the tailingS of the Vulture mine, on which James c. McNaughton, Jr, has secured a lease.
 The Tombstone Prospector is in' formed that the Empire Smelling company plant at Benson Is nearing completion and the shelter will prob ! ably be blown in within the next three or four weeks,
 The first shipment of tin ore ever made from Alaska, consisting of ton lot taken from the New Hampshire N mine of the York district, arrived at Seattle a few days ago. The ore is said to be of very fine quality.
 The latest gold brick to come in from the Braganza company'S Hen rietta mine and mill is valued at S5, POO This was the result of a fifteen days run. Ore shipped from the property during about the same period is said to have yielded S4,OSO: this being at the rate of $50 per ton. Prescott Courier.
 The excitement over the wonderful strike in the Eureka property con tinueS The striking of a mine that pays from grass roots is not an every day occurrence in the mining world, and is naturally an interesting event. The Eureka is one of the few poor man s mines" discovered in copper diSlrlct-Jerome Mining News.
 R. H. Renfro, of Troy, has been stopping in Florence for several day 8 past, says the Blade. He has just re. ceiyed long list Of assays of the ores from his Troy properties, and these assays show that he has a large amount Of proht-yielding ore which he can handle when the Phoenix N Eastern railroad reaches Riverside and gives him shipping facilities.
 The long lost Adams diggingS have again been discovered, this time by a ranCher named Russell. Mr. Russell was in town last week with some spec imens which were almost half gold. lle states that he made a shipment of 300 pounds of ore, which brought him about 5000. He was very reticeut as to the location of the find bGt left the impression that it was on the north side of the ESCondido mountains. He reports that he found the cabin, and also the skeletons of miners who were killed by the Indians in the jO's. Clifton Copper Era.
 The September results from the Lake mines are, on the whole, entirely satisfactory, says the Michigan Min. ing Gazette. The figures of product ion would indicate falling off, but it is clearly apparent that with a few possible exceptions there is no desire to better the OutputOf recent months. The remaining quarter of 1903 will witness but a very small comparative increase, SO that it is safe to predict that the Lake Superior output of re. lined copper for the year will not ex. ceed 10000, 900 pounds, which breaks all previous records, and cOmpares with lI5, ,OO0O 900 pounds for last year
 The MocteZuma mine of Sonora ie now said to have the largest depoSi, of copper ore in the world, says the Mexican Herald. It was purchased by Phelps, Dodge X Co. from the Gug genheim Exploration company fol $l,OOO, 900 cash and 5000 900 has beer expended in it's equipment and devel opment, and $l ,OOO 900 in the conStruc ton of twenty-eight mile railroad tC NacoZari. A tunnel has been driver 3,3OO feet, and from the heart of the mountain two other tunnels have beer driven on either side 300 feet at righ angles to the main tunnel. Severa veins of high grade ore has been cut there is no barren ground anywhere and most of the ground will average two and a half per cent copper.
 The Consolidated company are stll moving forward and are beginning tC get some ore from below the watc level, at points that were never reach cd before in the history of the camp and the ore is said be of high grade carrying considerable gold and silver The work of cutting tbe station ol the seven hundred is progressing a rapidly as could be done, and there i but little doubt but that it will b, completed in the time expected b, supt. Walker. Three ears of ore wer shipped from this shaft during th