Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-25

o' oooh oOtnereu, the WaC6r pocket having drained off. In the up- per works good ore is being stopped out and several hundred tons are now on the dump, although the big teams are hauling considerable ore to the rail- road.
 D. W. Twitchell, the mining man, returned from the east Tuesday and left for Kelvin Wednesday to meet some mining investors who had pre- ceded him hither. He reports grow. Ing interest east in Arizona mining properties and thinks there will be a general investigation of this district this fall and winter by eastern invest ors.-Blade.
 The Copper Butte shaft attained a depth of 450 feet Saturday, and the miners were laid off temporarily pend- Ing the installation of an air compress sor and new boiler. The shaft has become too hot for men to work to ad- vantage in 1t without an air supply. There is no change in the formation at the bottom of the shaft. It is still in a mineral-impregnated breccia car rying gold and copper.-B Blade.
 Deputy Sheriff J. P. Gideon brought in two great bars of bullion from the Gold Road mill, the product of d two weeks run. The bars weighed 323s ounces and were valued at $55, ,000. This Is the largest shipment of bullion ever made at one time from the prop erty and shows the growing values in the ores and the ability to handle them. Within few weeks the new water system will be installed at Gold Road and the mill will be fitted up into a wet crusher.-Mohave County Miner.
 Photographic adyices from the super intendent of the Calumet X Arlzona mine received at the main office, give at 2,56S. 900 pounds, an increase over the June output of 30i 900 pounds. A meeting of the directors will be held at Calumet the latter part of this month, when the quarterly dividend payable in September will be declared. lt is estimated that the quarterly dis bursement will be increased from $l 50 to S2 per share, but this will depend upon the condition of the metal mar ket. t.-Review.
 1nstcad of being i've miles in length as originally estimated," the Journal Miner says, "the Black Hills tunnel, if built, will be about six and half miles long. It will go through under the Black canyon at depth of nearly HOO feet, the estimated depth at that point, without taking any measure ments, having been placed at from HOO to 1900 feet. It's depth under Ash creek, at the property formerly owned by the Yavapai Copper company, will be little over 1000 feet. The deepest point from the surface will be about 100 or 1900 feet.'
 The Orc Grande mine has started on a test run which will last for about three months, and about 5000 tons of ore will be milled from the different levels and drifts in the mine. Recent test runs have been made and the showing has been very iattering. But these runs were made on ores on the dumps, and as much as anything else to get the machinery in fiue running order. The ores have been free mill ing, and if the test from the various parts of the mine keep up to the stand ard of the tests from the dumps, the mill will be increased to loo stamps.- Martinez News-Herald.
 The continued decline in the price of shannon shares Is mystery to the people of this section who are familiar with the situation at the mine and the plant. It is said that the mine is in excellent shape, and certainly the plant is working most successfully The property is making success, the company is retiring its bonds, adding to It's holdings and also improving it's property. Intrinsically the stock is bound to be worth more money today than it ever was before. A large num- Der of people in this section have ex. pressed desire to buy stock at pres ent prices, and no doubt they are pick ing 1t up every day.-Era.
 The Amalgamated Gold Mines com pany is preparing to operate i ts mines at Quartzite on large scale, accord ing to the News Herald. The company will use traction freight wagons for moving it's machinery and other freight. As soon as the traction out fl arrives the work of moving 120- stamp mill out to OuartZite will begin.