Arizona silver belt., 1904-02-18
Items About the Mines and Min eraI Development Culled
 From Exchanges.
TREASURELAND OF AMERICA
Reports From rlany Districts In the Territory, Telling of Important Discoveries, Active Operation and
 Organization of New Companies.

The DragOon Mountain Mining com ptny Is a late organization of Chinese who will operate mines in the Ora goons, a short distance from Tomb stone.
 The old King mine of the Arizons Copper company, at Metcalf, brought in rich streak of ore last week. The strike is reported to go 50 to 50 pel cent copper Morenci Standard.
 E The Copper Queen company, at Bis. bee, ia rapidly increasing it's force of miners. Four hundred more men are now on the payroll than were em- ployed during the month of January.
 Eight cars of coke have arrived at Cochise station and are being forward ed 10 the Black Diamond, and as soon as there is coke enough in sight to warrant them run they will resume work.
 The Coronado railroad is the busiest piece of track Tn Arizona. Twenty-four trains day are now passing over it. With the exception of two mixed trains, these are all ore and mine SUD- ply carriers. Morenci Standard.
 Work on the new section being added o the shannon concentrator, doubling it's capacity, is progressing rapidly. A portion of the new plant will be in running order by the 18th and the balance ready for business thirty days later.-Morenci Standard
 Mr. z F. Rawson, superintendent of the Worlds Fair mine at Harshaw, was amongst the visitors at NogaleS on Wednesday. His company is en gagged in sinking a 1000 foot shaft on the famous silver pr0perty.-NogaIes Oasis.
 Excitement runs high at Gold Road, MOhaye county, over the numerous rich strikes of leaSers on the Billy Byan, 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.- Mineral Wealth.
 Wednesday evening about 1 o'clock s about an acre of the mines at Pearce caved in, says the Wilcox News, mak- ing big hole in the top of the hill. IL has been said that if the cave in the mine occurred they could go to work again. Now that the cave-in has come it is hoped by all here that they will soon go to work.
 The Mammoth, which was thought played out some time ago, is again shipping ere to Clifton. Quite a large body is reported to have been brought in recently and the mine is looking most as we'll as it ever did It affords another proof of the fact that mines do not run out in this district, at least not at any depth yet reached. .-Morenci Standard.
 It is reported that the Campbell Bros, who have lease on the RefugiO mine, near Morenci, have recently made a big free gold strike. The ore Is said to be fabul ,uSly rich. Some of these days Clifton people will begin to realize that this is gold as well as d copper country. The Clifton Morenci district has produced large amount or gold in years past, and when the main quartz leads are developed, she may astonish the world with her out put.-CliftoD Copper Era.
 The great gravel beds on the Colo rado and Gila rivers. in this county, are rich in placer gold and will some day be worked extensively. There nave been millions of dollars taken out of them by hand in days gone by and DOW several parties are figuring on putting in heavy pumping machin- cry and forcing the water to the hills Tor Sluicing the precious metal out. No doubt a fortune awaits the com pany that first takes advantage of the opportunity Sentinel.
 Theodore Crandall, who is operating the property of the Confederate Min Ing company, in Tonto basin, arrived here yesterday for short stay. He says everything is progressing satis- ldctorlly at the mine, but the country lS alarmingly dry. There has been but "Vtie snowfall, not enough to take into account. There was a covering of aoou5 three inches on the Four Peaks, ouU TOT the most part the Mazatzals, ''errd Ancha, aud in fact, all the mountains are bare. Phoenix Repub- liCan.
 Lon Hill, of Prescott, brought bar V, sold bullion from Groom creek last nonuay. The ore from which it was % .aAen From the Alma mine, being ope- '"''o oy the Arizona. Groom Greek