Arizona silver belt., 1904-01-28

oionai iorce employed, as 1t is proposed
 to keep the smelter busy twenty. four
 hours day hereafter. The company
 which now owns the smelter has enough ore alone to keep the plant run
 ming, and there will be no occasion for
 It to be closed down an hour after they
 take charge of it.-Journal-M Miner.
 J. G. Pritohard, president of the Gold Nugget Mining company, loca ted in the eastern portion of this county, and near old Fort Bowie, in the Bowie mountains, has been in Douglas for
 the past two days on business con nected with this property. The Review
 learned last night that a deal was about to be consummated whereby a group Of Douglas capitalists were to assume control of the property. An ouer had been made looking to this end, and MT. Pritchard, who had ex. pected to return home last evening
 will remain over in the smelter city
 for another day.-Review.
 Jules Baumaun ia in town from the
 Baumann Copper company where he has force of men at work developing that property. He says that during the past few weeks development work has been most gratifying as he has en- countered some remarkably rich ore in the Swiss Girl, Arizona, Baby, and Laura claims. He has taken out lot samples for exhibition at the St. Louis exposition, which are very fine. It will be remembered that samples from these claims wereiawarded a diploma and medaliat the Chicago exposition. -Journal- Miner.
 Excitement runs high at Gold Road, Mohave county, over the numerous rich strikes of leasers on the Billy Bryan, one of the company mines. While ore runs up into the thousands the average is said to be, by miners coming in from there, 5000 a ton. Even the saloon keepers are closing or selling their fountains of youth and joining the leasers. Jim Carter has disposed of his place to J. N. Cohenour who left this morning to take charge. Such wonderful ore iu quantity was never before seen in this county. Many leasers will make their stake while the Gold Road company reaps golden harvest. Mineral Wealth.
 The Prescott Journal Miner is in. formed of an important gold discovery in the Welcome mining property, sit uat ,d about five miles from Martinez, halfway between Congress and Octave A small stringer of rich ore was fol- lowed until it grew much stronger and yielded several tons of fine ore. A tunnel was then run to tap the vein at greater depth and when the ledge was intersected it proved to be wonder fully rich. Wells H. Bates, the Jour. nal Miners inform ant, says he banned out some of the ore that went as high as sl.50 to the ounce. The vein was encountered at d'pth of about eighty feet from the surface and the miners are now upraising. Ths width of the vain in some places is nearly two feet.
 The installation of a large custom reduction plant in this valley is no longer question of doubt. The site for such plant was selected and pur- chased this week by Mir. W. s. Fletcher, prominent citizen and capitalist of Pasadena, California. The necessary machinery has been contracted for and as soon as it can be completed and delivered on the ground the work of asse embling it will be begun. The Phoenix & Eastern track is now with. in three miles of the shelter site and will have reached the latter by the time the machinery is ready for delivery. The primary purpose of the plant, of cQnrse, is to treat the ores of the Golden Culver group, of Mineral Hill district, this county, aud large gold group, biUudUtu Ill mOudNC COuhUy, both of which are owned by MT. Fletcher But the initial plant will have sufficient capacity to handle GUS tom ore in addition to the output of the Fletcher mines.-Florence Blade.
 The Bisbee correspondent of the Mining World writes Improve ments extraordinary are in progress at nearly all of the shafts of the Cop. per Queen company |; the old dump at the Spray shaft is being regarded to make room for more modern buildings and to furnish more dumping ground. At the Holbrook shaft of the same company massive bins are being cree. ted, the intention of the company be- ing to make this shaft more the cen ter of their various workings than it has been heretofore. It Is but short time since the shaft at this mine was enlarged from three to four com 4.