Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-18


 Arizlna mine, new ore bodies have been encountered in several of the shafts.
 It is reported that ]. A. Marshall who has been working claim near the foot of Volcano moun. tain, in NlOhave county, has struck a rich body of gold ore.
 Although four big teams are haul ing ore, there are more than 250O sacks of ore on the dump of the c o D mine awaiting shipment tO the shelter, SAYS the Kingman Miner. This ore is said to be of good smelling grade The Stopes show immense b ,dies of ore and at least thirty tons day are being sent to the surface.
 The Mohave County Miner says: 70. D. M. Gaddis paid visit to the Orc Plata mine last Tuesday and re- ports considerable activity at that property. Much high-grade ore is be- ing put on the dump aud it will be but few days until another carload of ten ounce gold ore is sent to the smelter.
 The Calumet X Cochise shaft at Bis bee, Arizona, was sunk 99S feet in hard sillcified lime rock in eight months. The highest record oi speed attained in any one month was no feet. The cost was $65 foot, divided about as follows: Labor, s20; timber, S9; powder, SS; and other items fuel was especially heavy making up the balance. Mining Reporter.
 It is expected that the sedles smel- ter will be blown in on or about the 18th of this month, says the Miner. Nearly one thousand tons of ore are on hand, and before week passes many huud red tons more will be on the way there. The shelter should be a great help to the development of Mohave county, Arizona, mines.
 The Prescott Journal. Miner says: Tt is reported that Col. J. F. Wilson, ArizDnas delegate to congress, has recently purchased big property in the Copper Basin mining district, There is said tO be half A million dol. lars worth of ore in sight in the pro- perty now. The price paid for the property runs well up into five figures The Rspu1li;in a few days ago an nOunced rich strike in the Bonanza. There really have been several strikes in that rich old mine latsly, but the last Is the biggest of all. Persons who came in from the Harqua Halas yes- terday said that great deal Of ore from the new eighteen-inch ledge of fabulous value had already been take n out and piled up awaiting reduction. Phoenix Republican.
 II. II. Barton and partner have made athirty.foot crosscut from the bottom of a 100 foot shaft on their property at Troy, and this crOssout, We are in i)rmed, is all in ore, thres stmples Ot which asslyed fro n SIS tD SD ia g)' d per ton, 30 to Il ounces silver per ton and from three tO five per cent copper. That Is a showing that ought to sat lsty anyone who IS not looking for bul. lion with governm bnt stimp on iJ. Florence Blade.
 valuable strike of ore is reported rom the PIttsburg x Sinta R)sa, ad- Joining the santa Rosa. The ledge opened Ia of good width and assays made show gold values ranging from NlOO tO $40 to the ton. The ledge crops out only about 30 feet frD m a ShAtt the Stnta Rosa is sinking. Tne olnta Rosa x Pittsburg clajm is owned by Messr,. Rsy, Cniss, Bsum Ter and Jones, of this city. D )uglas International.
 solomon X Co. are opening up g splendid showing of gold ore sout of N'ngman, says the Miner. The shafl haS been run down thirty feet in q 'ein having width of twenty feet ana the showing of gold ore is won dertul The ore is a reddish spar, car Iylng an oxidized iron, through which ,ce gold shows. They intend to sink 'ne shaft to a depth of fifty feet, al "'lich depth drifts will be run off.
 C' Potts came in from the Eldo ,auo mine Thursday last, says the Nngman Miner. He reports that the ur''tS are now in splendid ore and thai SVopeS have been opened up on two
 '''s' The vein is three feet wide ",' So''u ore. This ore will average aoouV Mo The tunnel to tap the veir "' depth of POO feet has not ye, reached the vein and crosscutting i,
 ~" in progress. It is expected tC "orA the mine entirely through thi,