Arizona silver belt., 1903-10-29

II. ]. Allen has been appointed gen eral manager of the United Verde Copper company, vice Joseph l.. Gi- rouX, resigned. The office of assistant manager is abolished.
 The Calumst X Atz1na is said to have more than $7OO coo in cash and copper on hand This has been ac compiShed, together with the liquida. ton of debt of S3jO,OOO, since the first smelter was blown in on the 10th of last November. The mine is mak- ing net about $2OO, 900 month. It probably will begin the payment of quarterly S2 or $2.5O dividends in Jan uary.
 a new ruling has been made hy the Mexican government which allows American pTospectOrs to enter sonora and have ninety days to prospect in without paving the duties on their pack uutfitS and prospecting tools, says the Review. The new law has gone in- lo OhtIl dbu VIII Oo tiNth hNNdhldEt of by a large number of American pruspectorS in this section.
 A check for $3OOOO, final payment due on the Azurite copper mines prop Grty, was drawn and made payable No vemOer l. Deeds in escrow are in the bank, these to be delivered when said check is cashed it. favor of L. Zecken- dorf X Co. The prospective owners of the Azurite are working the Old Glory in the Gro Ranco district. They are Detroit people, a MT Baker being in charge of the gold property.
 IL is reported that operations will be resumed at the property of the Helvetia Copper company by Novem- Der l, A company of capitalists from Michigan and other eastern states has been organized to take hold of the helvetia property, and development work will be started on several of the patented mines of the company. No great amount of money will be ex- pended at the present time nor will large force be put at work as the object of the new company will be Iu develop the property and open up the ore bodies Tucson Post.
 George B. Upton, uperlntendent and one of the main owners Of the famous OrD Grande mines, near Wick enburg, visited Prescott last week, and the Herald says he had bar of gold worth probably $500 taken from d mill run of only five hours with five stamp mill. The mill is running to test the ore. It was the intention of the company to put up l0O-Stamp mill if the test run proved satisfactory. It now seems that the run is more than satisfactory. With the big mill built, it is predicted the Orc Grande mine will take it's place as one of the gre tt producing gold properties of this section of the mineral world.
 The Douglas Dispatch says the ad- vance in the price of silver will be of great benefit to Arizona. While we have immense deposits of gold and copper ore that are yearly turning cut millions of dollars, we also have great silver lodges and mines that have lain idle for years. The counties of Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Gila, Final, Yava- pal aud MOhave are dotted with mines that have been closed for years Ow. ing to the changed conditions, these mines can be worked with as much profit with silver at 6l cents as they could years ago with silver at 90 cents, the Dispatch thinks. With a revival of silver mining in Arizona, the change would be marvellous.
 Yee Shaug, one of the Chinese mer- chants of Tombstone, has gone to San Francisco on a business trip that may result in company of Chinese capitalists taking hold of group of copper claims in the Dragons with a view of working them. Not long since, Shang acquired half interest in six claims in that range from W. w. Dunbar, and has also been given power of attorney by Mir. Dunbar to handle his interest in the group. The claims are located near Middle Pass, in the Dragons, and quite showing of copper ore has been developed Shang is not to be claSSed with the average of Chinamen. He was born in California and was educated in the public schools of that state, after wards taking additional courses, one Of which was chemistry, and in which he is said tO be very proficient. He understands and speaks Chinese Japanese, Spanish and English, and has on number of occasions acted as interpreter in the district court, He