Arizona silver belt., 1904-07-07
p,ns About the Mines and Min eraI Development Culled
 From Exchanges.
rpEASURELAND OF AMERICA
u,corts From rlany Districts In the
 Territory, Telling of Important discoveries, Active Operation and
 organization of New Companies

inc Copper Queen smelter in Douglas,
 Lack of water is seriously interfer- ma with mining and milling opera ,ioD, in many parts of Arizona this season.
 The Orc Belle mine, in Yavapai .pnty. Is reported t0 have large ,,antties of rich ore, but ia unable ,o run the mill steadily on account of lack of water
 The safford Guardian says Fran ais II. Wilson of New York, president the Federal Mining company, ar. rived here Wednesday afternoon to ,,range for starting the compauy's ,mslter which will probably be done next Wednesday, the 9th.
 The Tiger Gold company is driving upnel from Castle Rock to Orc BsIle. about mile distant, with the rurpose of developing both ore and water. When completed it is the in. reption of the company to put in an electric railroad from Crown King to Castle Rock. Martinez News s-Herald.
 The Clifton Era says that Wm Essting, who owns sOms phenomen- ally rich mining claims in the Coro- pldo mountains near Mstcalf, recent Iy made another rich strike in one of of his claims. The ore is said to aver age 90 per cent copper 90 oz, silver and also runs something in gold.
 Deputy Sheriff Platt, says the Courier, has bonded the copper prop erty near Wickenburg, belonging tl Mrs. Rylaud, for $l0,000. The bond runs eighteen months One thousand dollars cash was paid down aud Mrs. Rylaud will receive $50 a m lnth for eighteen months, and at the end of that time the remainder of s40,00 will be paid. News HeIald.
 The Owl group of claims, in the Harqua HalaS, owned by J. P. Noel aud George SayerS, has shaft thirty feet in good gold ore It was the in tsnton to continue sinking, but the water gave out, sn they had to sus pend operations until cool weather. Sjme of the specimens assay s200 tO SjJ0 to the ton. NIT. Sayers thinks they have line property.
 A car Of ore came into the custom house today from the Roy. is fine stuff Shipments from this mine have for some time been going from 5000 to S1O0O tO the car. As soon as the present contract which the owners Of the property have with the El Paso shelter expires, which will be soon, this ore will come to Douglas for treat ment.-DOuglas International Ameri- can.
 J. D. Jordan came in from the Gold en Gem mine Wednesday last, says the Ktngman Miner. He reports that his contracts on the 300 aud 100 levels m that property are progressing rap idly, the drifts being driven ahead at the rate of 10 or II feet per day. On both levels the ore is feet in width aud the drifts take out the full wid bh or the ore. It is expected that the contract of 300 feet will be completed by the 10th of July.
 At the COD. mine 300 sacks of good ore have been made rsady on the dumP' and the old shopes in the mine are iu'l Of ore, Shipments will be udle to the Smelter beginning Mon uay oI 70 or 30 tons daily. The mine IS capable of outputting large toa- mage or ore from the old works, much VI "hIch Is very high grade. From V'e stockton llill mines ore is being HuPped in regularly and two carloads nave already gone to Needles from ''''e p'opertiea.-K Kingman Miner. The mineral properties owned by N'ptaln J. II. Teyis and others in the "''Neye district, out from Bowie, 1 ''o o'eh thrown together and incor. poI"V'u Tor $5,OOO,OOO by New Y.rk n anu Washington City capitalists '"o enterprise inciud ss a valuable ,"uon system. Captain Teyis retains 1 @n important interest in the proposi "ou' which will control large body !, 'Ir't1ry, and improvements and ~, 1'O'opment work will be commenced "' once -ProSpector.
 r,i lu reference to Mir. Fogg's proposed ",o'os' Irrigation and Transportation C""uGl ~ through the Black Hills. Mr. cn,ao nun Of Jerome, yesterday in
 ad asaS' 1'o'''on with the writer express.
 Gu great confidence in the snccess Q,
 te, nn..', ,', '"''ng' He is probably bet
 ,h.l po"'ed ou that section of country npad any man in Arizona, as he has ''''0 there for twenty.nine years and