Arizona silver belt., 1904-02-18

the run being attended with delays
 The run is for experimental purposes
 principally, in the development of the
 mine, to determine the amount of val
 ues which can be- saved on the plates
 The ore runs about $l5 per ton. of
 which SIP is saved on the plates. It is
 estimated that there are 36, 900 tons of
 ore in sight. Prescott Courier.
 Yelled Prophet Copper Co.,, Limited,
 IS the title of new Clifton company
 which has just made it's advent into
 the mining world for the purpose of
 developing the Yelled Prophet group
 or hve claims located in the Greenlee
 district. The claims are all patented,
 are in the heart of the mineral belt
 ana are in close proximity to some of
 the best known producers of the camp.
 Development work, under the manage
 ment of Ben NJ. Crawford, a well
 Known local mining man, will be com
 menced next month, and will be con
 tinued without intermission until the
 property has been we'll opened up.-
 Clifton Copper Era.
 Development work is progressing
 steadily on the old King mine owned
 by the New England & Clifton Copper
 company. The vein has been uncov-
 cred at the SO0-foot level for nearly 300
 ieet' showing continuous body of Il
 per cent sulphide ore as far as the
 work has progressed. No croSscuts
 have yet been run from the drifts, but at the bottom of the SO0.foot shaft orosscut was run which showed the ore to be 20 feet wide. The King gives promise of becoming one of the big mines of the territory before another year rolls by.-Copper Era.
 At Senator ClarkS Iron King prop erty, a few miles south of Jerome, the new smelter is nearing completion, and will be blown in as soon as the present shortage of coke can be overcome. The smelter will have daily capacity of 250 tons. Ore will be carried from the Inire to the smelter by tramway, the distance being about three -fourths | Of mile, and the incline sufii cient to operate the tram by gravity alone. Four large ore roastS are in operation and will be ready for the smelter by the time it is finished About loo men will be employed in the mine and shelter when running full blast.
 Freight teams loaded with an II ,OOO. pound pump for the Superior mine passed through here this week. The company also has on the way one of the largest air compressors ever brought into the territory. It will probably reach Casa Grande next week. There are about thirty men at work on the mine now and as soon as the new compressor is ready for operation this force will be doubled. The con- pany, under the sound advice of General Manager Sieboth, will pursue the wise policy of thoroughly opening their mines before installing reduction machinery. Blade.
 The old Yuma mines, fifteen miles west of here, are proving themselves large rich gold as well as lead prop. erty. The shaft is down 40 feet and croSscut at the bottom 20 feet, all in solid ore and walls not reached. The average of ore is IS per cent gold. l5 per cent lead. Two carloads of ore have already been shipped to the smelter at Fl Paso and three cars will be shipped weekly as soon as men enough can be worked on the proper. ty. Nothing but ore is coming out of the shaft on development. The mine is located six miles from Jaynes sta tion, where the ore is loaded on the cars. Judge William H. Barnes is the fortunate owner of the proder ty.- Yuma Sentinel.
 It is rumored that Phelps, Dodge & Co. are ambitious to become the largest producers Of copper in the United States, and to that end will endeayor to gain control ofthe copper producers in Arizona. In 1903 this company produced 7O,0O0,0Oo pounds of the metal in this territory, mostly from the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee. The acquisition of the Old Dominion and working agreement with the United Globe will increase this output to 100000, 900 pounds. Recently, this invested sl50O00 in Greene Consolidated stock and 1t is said that it is their intention to secure the ep. tire issue of $2,S00,000 of new bonds which will be issued soon by the Greene company.-Prescott Herald.
 W, H. Black returned yesterday from trip to the mining district northeast of Morristown where he went to look at a property. On sun- day ha took his pun and utroIlad ont