Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-16

600 are now handled. Shifting the ma chinery about and putting in the new equipment will occasion much loss of time, though it is the purpose to try and run at least part of the plant continuously.
 At the annual meeting of stockhold- CTS of the Home Copper company, in Morenci Thursday night program was decided upon which may mean much for the property, it being deter. mined to put down at once deep shaft. It will start on ore on the Will Do claim, in the bottom of gulch ,at one of the most favorable points for development that the excellent prop erty affords. Suggestion of the shaft was made by N. l.. Jenkins, one of the largest stockholders in the company, who said he felt sufficient confidence in the result of the work to personally undertake the expense of the work That he might follow out his ideas in his own way he was elected superin- tendent on motion of John Molder, who retired from that position. - Standard.
 At Metcalf the Coronado mine sends 300 tons of ore per day to the Clifton smelter. Recently considerable sur, face improvement has been going on. twelve portable dwelling houses, a new store and other buildings have been erected. This and the Metcalf mines on the opposite side of Chase creek belong to the Arizona Copper compa. ny, which also owns the Humboldt, Longfellow, JOey and Yavapai mines of Morenci, all large producers of the red metal The sulphide ores of the Morenci mines are concentrated at the Arizona Copper company's coDcen. trator at Morenci and the product sent to the Clifton smelter by way of the Longfellow incline aud Coronado rail road down Chase creek. The possibi- tieS Of ore production with these companies are of wonderful extent Mining X Scientific Press.
 The Gold Road Mining X Explora ton company is now sinking below the 400, and expect to reach the 500 inside of sixty days. On the 100 the ore body is one of the largest ever opened in Arizona, considering it's great rich ness. The mine Is surprise to even the otli ,ers of the company, who were not looking for anything like the prop erty is proving itself to be. For more than 200 feet the outcrop is showing great values, and several shafts are in contemplation on the Gold Line and Billy Bryan locations. Atthe mill the new crushers are in place, and thor ough test of finer crushing and anal. gamltion will be had at once. Il the results are favorable wet crushing will be at once inaugurated, and the capac- ity of the plant added 10. The mill is sending out another big bar of bul lion today. Mohave County Miner.
 Eastern capitalists, through the agency of Judge F. NJ. Doan, have taken up the Durham copper mines, at Copper mountain, under a develop ment agreement. J. H Durham and wife were here Wednesday and signed the tinal papers. Under the terms of the contract the eastern gentlemen are to install a diamond drill and bore U a depth of 300 feet at different points on the property. When they shall have completed this work they are to take over the group at s60, GOO or abandon 1t and forfeit all machin' cry and improvements on the ground. Treasurer A. F. Barker and W. Y. Price, of Florence, are interested with Mir. Durham in the group. These properties lie in the Copper mour tai", about fifteen miles northeast of Red Rock, in Pinal county. - Florence Blade