Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-30
Items About the Mines and Min eraI Development CuIled
 From Exchanges.
TREASURELAND OF AMERICA
us,orts From rlany Districts in the Territory, Telling of Important discoveries, Active Operation and
 Organization of New Companies

The Copper queen company IS now sapding about thirty cars of ore every d,y to the Douglas smelters.
 The United Verde mine at Jerome, bos new superintendent, William ucDermitt, late of Putte, Montana.
 The Blade states that the Troy Man. haitian company has made applica- top for patents to three claims and later on will patent all the Troy Man hattan group.
 IL is reported that strong flow of gas has been struck in the we'll now sinking on the John Brown ranch at Mammoth. The oil excitement there is unabated.
 A report to the effect that large body of woltramite ore, carrying val ueSOf over sl00 per ton, has been en- countered in the Alice mine, at Troy, is current upon our streets, says the Florence Blade.
 Foreman Henry Witburn, of the Copper Buttes mines, reports rapid progress m the work of sinking the double compartment shaft at Copper Butte. The shaft is still in good ore and every foot of depth attained adds to the value Of the property.
 w. II. Hill has a force of fifteen miners employed on the property of the Anita Copper company, which Is situated north of Williams on the Grand Canyon railroad. A three com partment shaft is to be sunk as rapid ly as possible to a depth of 1000 feet.
 The Kiugmau Miner states that the Leland people are running ten stamps Of the mill on ores from the outside mines, the Midnight furnishing a large part of the tonnage. This mine is one of the good properties of the district and the company is rushing work oa it.
 r. P Clark, formerly metallargist for the Arizona Copper company, who is now in charge of the Benson smell ter, spent Sunday last in Clifton. To the editor of the Era Mr. Clark stat ed that the company's new smeltsr will be completed and in operation in about two months. He says it will be model plant of its size, and he is confident that it will make remark. able success.
 Charles Miller and John Sellmin own a group of six claims situated on the northeast side of Mineral hill and two miles from Reymert and the Florence road, on one of which they have sunk shaft 50 feet and crescent the vein IA feet. samples of the ore from the cross cut, according to the Blade, are almost solid galena and carry good silver values.
 The Gro Grande pipe line has been finished and pumping station put up on the HasSayampa river, one and one-half miles from the mine. The supply Of water is ample to meet all demands. The ten-stam2 mill is run nlgg and force of thirty msn is at work. The deepest shaft is down DO feet All test runs have been favora. Ole and l00'Stamp mill will be put up In about year. George Upton IS the manager The success of this mine is looked forward to as certain. -NewS'Herald 1:
 It IS reported that the dispute be- tween the two factions of the Crown hlhg owners has been settled and UhdV extensive work will begin on the "'he Soon' The Crown King Mining company will erect sampling plant Hoon and do custom work, in addition '' treating ore from it's own prop ''Vy' Most people believe that rail. ,oau will be built within a few years 'roW the Crown King west to the Hah'a Fe, Prescott and Phoenix, through this great mineral region m''h us great mining camps.-News Herald.
 Np1r W. A. Mensch, who is super ''O0uuIng work on the Fletcher "''ue" on Stockton Hill, is sending a ''"' ueal of ore to Kingman. In '"'ee ot the mines now being worked ,''u lead ore is being extracted. Ia 'u7 u'It' on the Star Soanglsd B tuner '' ,,,.,,, o'' streak is nearly three feet in '"''" while ia the TufaIllble the ore 'uo"'ng up big and strong. While ''' ore o)dy in the Alta is somewhat .'"'" the grad, i, exceptionally 1.' '' About twenty-five msn are u'" at work on the mines and more ~.y osln9 added to the force. King. man Miner.
 v, ,AGcordlng to the Prescott Herald w. F. r. Fogg has under considera. ''" an enterprise to run a tunnel