Arizona silver belt., 1904-01-07
Items About the Mines and Min eraI Development CuIled
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TREASURELAND OF AMERICA
Reports From nany Districts In the Territory, Telling of Important Discoveries, Active Operation and Organization of New Companies.


 Clark, Senator Clark's eldest son, is expected in Jerome to take charge of the United Verde mine.
 On Christmas eve fine body of ore was encountered in the CatOctin mine, in the HaSSayampa district. The rich ore was found in the drift on the l0O- foot level This is not new vein, as the drift was being run in ore, but the value of the ore encountered is much richer than it had been previously, running about $lO0 to the ton.-Jour- nal-Miner.
 A big strike of rich ore was recently made by the Arizona Copper company on the south bank of Chase creek, at LOngfellOw, where they had been quar- rying out silica for converter Innings for some time past. The strike is only a few hundred feet from the property of the Chase Creek company, and con- firms the opinion of many that the lead extends through the claims of that company Copper Era.
 Fire destroyed the hoisting works and entire timbered shaft of the Cop per King of Arizona, last week. The origin of the fire is not known and the loss is estimated at from s25, ,000 to S3O,OOO The property is in litigation having been awarded by the district court to Peter Johnson, default being entered, The Copper King company has since appealed the case to the su- preme court, asking for retrial, and decision is expected at the January session. n.-ProSpector.
 The Leland fortystamp mill is to be started up this week for a trial run. Steam was gotten up last Saturday and the machinery mOveo and found to be in fine shape. Forty or fifty tons of ore are being hauled daily from the mine to the mill and as soon as the new locomotives are received 150 to POO tons will be transferred to the big bins at the mill. The ore is said to be of an exceptionally good grade and yields high percentage of its values on plates. The concentrators will be used later on, when the ores become baSer.
 We understand, says the Mohave County Minor, that the Standard Gold Mining company has opened up fine body of gold ore in its mining claim at Lookout mountain, Chemehuevis mining district. The ore is of such value that it will pay the large haul age expenses from the mine to the shelter and leave good margin of profit. Work on the property will be continued and if the ore body continues down to depth of several hundred feet it is probable that water will be developed and mill installed. Messrs. Nelson and Jonas have charge of the property for the company.
 The Quartette Mining company last week shipped s40,0O0 bar of bullion to the mint, says the Mohave County Miner, this being the first shipment of bullion since the closing down of the property several months ago by req son of the strike. The mine is now being run by smaller force of men, but thlS force is said to be adequate to keep the mill running, although no new ground is being broken or reserve added to. The Searchlight is one of | the big mines of Nevada and is dee | tined to become the peer of any thing in the Tonopah country.
 Things look good at the United | Verde smelter and mine. In the smell | ter two 200 ton and one 250 ton jack cts are turning out bullion to their | full capacity. The capability of the | force now employed at the shelter un- der the direc tiOn of Shelter Superin- tendent Taylor and Master Mechanic Ross was demonstrated on Monday last when the second of the two 300 ton furnaces was blown in. This large furnace was built anew from the foundation up, and was first blown in on that day, yet 1t did it's work from the start, just as if it had been in com. mission for years. This shows prOfic- iency of high grade. The News is informed that there is less percent. age of coke being used for smelting ores than ever before in ts history Jerome News.
 No better proof of the fact that there is still plenty of faith in the flu. ture of the development companies organized in the copper country and doing business in the Bisbee district, no better proof of the fact that money for mining operations where chances of dividends in the future are fairly good is easy and not tight could