Arizona silver belt., 1903-10-29

] men toned.
 Speaking of the Consolidated mines
 the Tombstone Prospector says:
 "Since our last weeks report the
 work of cutting out the big station on | the 700fOOt level has been completed
 with the exception of a part of the
 stump. This work is progressing rapid
 ly. The foundation for the big pumps has been started, and the sand, gravel
 and cement is now being mixed for | the concrete which will be used as
 the bed for the machinery. From all appearances the pumps will be in | place and ready for the steam to
 be turned on by the first of December. | During the past week car of ore a
 day has been shipped from the big
 shaft, most of which comes from the winze below the 600. The shipments | from the Comet have been regular, | live cars being sent out, and next week will see that amount increased. At the Emerald the workmen have now reached the 500-foot level with
 the retimbering of the shaft aud are
 making excellent headway and but
 few more weeks will be necessary to finish up the work of the next hun dred feet. At the other properties of
 the Consolidated company the usual
 progress has been made.
 Our Mineral Wealth, published at
 Kingman, Mohave county, says: Tn
 the face of the 500 foot tunnel on the Samoa the value of the ore has in. creased wonderfully. Nearly solid chunks of black metal are being taken out and sacked for shipment. Gold predominateS but the value is also large in silver. The face of the tunnel is 100 feet under the crOppings. There is almost continuous ore the entire length of the 800 feet The late rich strike on the Lucky Boy was made loo feet under the croppingS The ore is of new character with value of nearly 5000 a ton about equally divided in gold and silver. It is a very important ind and makes the samoa aud Lucky Boy rivals as producers of the highest grade ore in Arizona. ShraumS Peak is scanned and scared with mineral bearing
 Assures and the Lucky Boy and Samoa are heavy producers"
 w. <. Fletcher, who, few weeks since, purchased the Weedin Bouviolle lead.Silver mines at Mineral Hill, known as the Golden Culver group, has decided JO erect SiXtyton smeItiug plant on the Gila river, near Florence, for the treatment of the ores ot said group aud also for the treat ment of gold concentrates and rich gold ores which he will ship from his gold mines in MOhave county. He closed the deal for the Mohaye mines last week and arrived here Monday from those mines. He is very much pleased with these gold properties. A large per cent of their ores, he says, show masses of wire gold. The richest of this ore he will ship to his Florence smelter and the lower grade will be concentrated. These concen- tratcS will also be shipped here for treatment at the shelter. After get. ting his own mines on a paying basis Me Fletcher will add to the capacity and equipment of his smelting plant with view to handling all classes of custom oreS.- Blade.
 Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, has returned home after a pro traCted stay in Arizona The tucson Citizen says he has placed the manage. ment of the affairs of the Twin Blu ties Mining X Smelling company in charge of his stepSon, Mir. Blakely, who is there for his health and now resides in Tucson. After the machinery is ready tO start in motion there will he an increased force set to work. Mr. Rose expects to return in a short time to give further attention to min ing especially with reference to the Twin Buttes properties. It is under stood that the original owners MeSSrS Baxter, Ellis and Irish, still hold an interest and will be associated in the work now in progress at the Twin Buttes. Mir. Rose has devoted almost his entire time at the Twin Buttes mines since he went to Tucson last month and then closed the deal ending in the transfer of the Twin ButteS. properties. Mayor Rose is president of the company,
 The Amalgamated Copper company seems to have eifectually solved the smoke problem after no end of expep- sive litigation with the ruralists of the Deer Lodge valley and after mak- ing improvements at enormous cost.