Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-11
Items About the Mines and Min. eraI Development CulIed
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Reports From 7any Districts In the
 Territory, Telling of Important Discoveries, Active Operation and Organization of New Companies

The survey for the big Black Hills tunnel project, in Yavapai county, has been begun by J. j.. Fisher and n corps of assistants.
 The Kelvin correspondent of the Blade says: "Elder and Nieman have struck body of rich gold ore in the bottOm of an so foot winze in the Vic toris mine.
 The United Verde Copper company has just declared and paid a dividend Of a cents per share This is the fifth dividend of this amount to be declared this calendar year, making di ,burse. nentS to stockholders SLIPS, 900 in 1901.
 A mining deal was consumm lted in Prescott few days ago on some min. ing properties in the Black canyon sections, says the Courier. T W. GasgOw took bond on Sam Parker's interest in some claims and sold the group to the Pickaway Mining com. pany. It was cash deal.
 s. W. Gleason has three shift, of men at work driving the tunnel on the Bunker Hill mine. He says the tun- ne is now in 45O feet ; the ledge is 6 feet wide and is carrying better val ues than ever before. An inch pipe and gasoline engine propelled blower supplies the workings with pure air. The net earnings of Greene Con soli- dated for June were $2l5, ,673 and for May practically the same, The total net earnings for the past four months were ss09,3il. At this rate Greene Consolidated is earning about 30 per cent on its capital stock of ss,640, 900, and is declaring dividends at the rate Of IS per cent per annum.
 Harry Alexander, superintendent of the COchise Consolidated, is at the Roy. He may soon remove his office here from Fl Paso. The occasion of hts present visit is to reach arrange ment with the Copper Queen custom shelter for treatment of ores of the OochiSe, which are now going to Fl PsSo.- Douglas Amer can.
 The Prescott Courier states that the Pfau Mining company, operating pre- perties on Cherry creek, is maki' 2 ready to put in an ore-crushing plant having daily capacity of l25 tons per day. The values will be extracted by cyanide process. In one tunnel the com. pany is said to have POO, 900 tons of ore in sight which carries an average value of F.5O per ton.
 Ralph Cameron was in the city this week from the canyon. He is making pTeparationS to patent several mi ming claims on the rim, on which is located the Bright Angel hotel. He has had men driving tunnel in the face Of the wall at a depth of About one hun dred feet below the rim, on what ap- pears to be d good lead, though small. After about fourteen feet had been driven the ore body had doubled in width, and carried good values in gold and copper. From indications, he says, the drift will all be in ore, shortly Williams News.
 We learn from the Mohave County Miner that workmen are at Berry sta ton, six miles north of Kingman, building the large ore bins and chutes for the Fletcher Mining com pany. Owing to the softness of the valley, teams have had to haul to Kingman the past few days from the Fletcher mines at Stockton hill. The mines are Outputting large tonnage of ore and SO far all the teams that can be put on the route are utilized. It is PrOphsied to have several thousand tons of ore on hand at the smelter when it is blown in.
 J, D. Jordan, who has been at work on the Golden Gem mine fo m )nth or more past, has completed his con tract and returned to Kingman Mpn' day last, says the Miner. The con tract covered 300 feet of drifting on the 300 and 4OO-foot levels. It is re- ported that the drifts on these levels passed through immense bodies or gold bearing sulphide ores. The dri ts followed the hanging wall and 1t is said that on the footwall far richer Ore is to be had. Another contract IS tO be let to sink the main shaf6 Of the nine to a depth of 600 feet.
 Manager Stevens is now laying a track in the tunnel of the Chase Creek cOmpany's property, which will be great convenience in handling the ore coming from the breast of the tunnel The tunnel has now penetrated the Ore vein about thirty feet. Recently IL ~1