Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-18

| run dil inuicaUiOnS the fourteen
 claims upon which the Calumet X
 Cochlse Development company have
 been operating, southeast of the pro,
 perty of the Calumet & Pittsburg company, will soon revert to the local
 parties from whom an option or bond
 TOT the purchase of the land had been secured. If such develops to be the case, It will be the first instance in this district where prospective com pany has given up the ghost and failed to make the necessary payments to acquire ownership of the mineral claims they had soughtto develop in to paying mine. Bisbee Miner.
 The Twin Butte mines, sou uthwest or Tucson, give employment to about l0 men, and have developed one of the largest bodies of copper ore ever found In Arizona. The property has been m continual operation for eight years, l and many thousands of tons of rich ores have been shipped aud in lots of 100 tons and over giving about 32 per cent in copper. During the year there will be more than 300 additional men put to work on this property, and 1t is thought that large 300 ton smelter will be installed. It is estim ated tha there are now more than 100 900 tons of ore blocked out. One million dol lars was paid for this group of mines last year. r.-StaI.
 A correspondence of the News Herald writing from Walnut Grove says that the Orc mine in the Miuuehaha sec- tion is being developed by Chicago company, with O. Stein as superin- tendent. The mill is not running at present., but will be within three or four months, as by thit time the com pany expects tO have su ificient water in the shaft to once more resume mill. ing. The company is sinking double compartment shaft to the depth of 1000 feet, with levels POO feet apart. The shaft was dry to about 370 feet, but at present, at 450 feet, ia making close to 10000 gallons of water daily, while On the main tuunel flow of be. tween 5000 and 5000 gallons has been encountered. Large quantities of ore are now ready for milling, aud there is tnquestionably grand showing throughout the mine.
 The old Silver King mine has been relocated by Deputy Marshal Wells, Dr. Jones aud B. Matley, upon the ground that there was not a sufficient amount of work done ou the mine last year to meet the requirements Of United States law, says the Blade. If this eau be established they will prob ably hold the property, unless the courts should hold that the salary of a watchman can be counted on assess mens work. Tas company, we under stand, has had watchntn regularly employed, aud, we presume, this watchm n was supposed tO have done the annual aSSs3sm ,nt work ou the property. Some courts have held that ths salary Of watchmau. uudsr cer- tain c)uditionS, cIn b. applied on the sl00 worth of work required each year on mining claim, aud othsrs have held tD the contrary.
 Twenty-eight miles west of Tucson are m my fiae cooper mines. The Col ony mines, about 10 in number, con sisting of gold, silver and copper, are very we'll developed have cOncentrat. ing plants and ship considerable ore, some Of ths silver ores g1ing as high as 1890 ounces par ton. Twenty m sn are employed at this property during the bnsy season. The Armagoso mines are also in this sam, raug, of foothills and c)nsist of twenty full copper claims. Mach work has been done on the property. Many deep shafts, crosScutS and dcifts have bsen m de, uncovering vast bodies Of sul- phide coppsr ores. Hundreds Of tons of ore have bsen shipped from this property, giving good returns. Con- siderable machinery has been put up on this property aud from to 20 men are continually engaged at develop ment work. These are the Wheeler & Perry mines. Tucson Star.
 Fred Harter cane in from the Gold Road country few days ago. He re- ports that the main shaft Of the Gold Road mine is now down about 460 feet and that within few weeks it will reach the 300, from which point a crOsscut will be run to cut the vein. Should the ore body be found as good on the 300 as it is on the 100 level, which is to be expected, it will prove the property to be the greatest gold mine on the American continent. At present the ore being sent to the mill is far better than from the levels