Arizona silver belt., 1903-11-26


 private information of private nature
 is reaching here, for the feeling ia ex-
 ceedingly buoyant, and favorable to
 the Warren district.
 A. J, Doran, of the Arizona world B
 fair commission, reports the prospects
 excellent for magnificent mineral collection for Arizona. This is some
 thing that the mining men of the ter
 rit0ry should bear in mind and not overlook any opportunity to supply
 the commission with the best collec- tion of ores that has been made in the
 west, The eyes of the whole world are on Arizona as mining country and that will be the first thing the viS-
 ltors from all over the world will look about for when they come to the
 Arizona exhibit and thousands of peo- pie will make that a special feature of their trip to the exposition. Journal
 Miner.
 It is not generally known that a gem s.one can be picked up on the streets Of kingman, but such is the case. ! vein of dyke which runs through the country from Coyote Hill by the way of BeaIe Springs and passes just north of town, carries quantities of moon. stones, The float from this vein can be picked up in any part of town. Break it and bright stones appear which resemble opals, showing beau tiful colors. Grant McKessou, the watchmaker recently sent particles of the stone to Chicago lapidlSt, who pronounced them mOonstones, and placed the value at about $3 per carat. | Mr. MckesSon has a stone, which is | about half carat, in a pin, on exbibi- | tion at his shop.-Kingman Miner.
 The Enterprise states that Walter Creischen, representing the govern ment of SaXony, Germany, has made | the first pay ment of his government | on the Mcdowell bismuth mines. When the last payment is made the Arizona recipients will have been presented with a fortune of many thousands. o. D. Merrill Phoenix, and c. R. flakes, president of the Mormon church at Mesa received the German prOvince'S cheque. Other parties are interested with them in the mines. Since taking hold of the mines, four months ago, the SaXonS have taken SIG, 900 worth of biSmuth from them. This is the first and only primary deposit of bismuth discovered in America. SaXony controls the sup ply Of the world. The United States uses S225,OO0 worth of bismuth annual. ly. Of this amount about S2J, GOO worth is taken as a bi-product from ores in Ouray county, Col. The rest Is imported IJ is worth $2 per pound. The correspondent of the Mining Reporter says: In the Big Bug dis trict, south of Prescott, there is con- siderable activity at present. The Iron klng mine, which occupies the first place in that section, is gaining ln enviable reputation as big pro 1ucer. Recent developments in the workings of this wonderful property places it upon an equal basis with the great mines of the world Its history | Is one Of steady advancement, from a mere prospect to one of the most up- ( to-date and best equipped properties [ u the territory. It is stated that there Is enough ore blocked out to keep the mill and cyanide plant as well as the the smelter, running for many years to come. Among the contemplated , improvements for the coming year s the erection of complete | 'melting plant of large proportions md of the most modern type. The same authority states that the 1, Douglas Lacey company is developing I tS property joining the Iron King on q .he north, and from all appearances, ' .he ledge IS identical with that of the a ron King. Develop ment IS being | ,arried forward in the most system ' tic manner possible. Mat Hovick is I superintendent and has forty men un- ' Ter his charge. The main shaft has < 'een sunk something over l25 feet I through hard cement, at which point ,edreck was reached. Crosscutting ( vas then commenced and run 50 feet | ,O the east and 40 feet to the vest where a solid body of ore nearly 50 eet in width was encountered The holdings of the DouglaS-Lacey com , ,any at this place comprise nine claims d md townsite. The ore will be taken I lirectly from the main shaft to the I Val Verde smelter and Standard mill, [ which belong to the company, and z which are only one and one-half miles 8 iistant from the property.
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