Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-25
ltsms About the Mines and Min. eraI Development Culled
 From Exchanges.
rREASUREAND OF AMERICA
peports From rlany Districts In the
 Territory, Telling of Important Discoveries, Active Operation and Organization of New Companies

The Cochise Consolidated Copper company is making regular shipments or ore from their property near Para disc to the smelters at Douglas.
 Charles W. Platt has eight men at work on the claims near Wickenburg, in which he ia interested He says tbere are from 5000 to 10000 tons of ore now in sight, which is of a very good grade.
 The Journal. Miner says: "Tom Dil loo, placer miner, last week reported the discovery of some placer gold in a guch near the city reservoir. He took ont a small vial full of it, which he sold for S23.'
 The Era states that nearly all of the rnmpaEies in the Clifton Morenci dis. trict have side line agreements as to lateral rights, which will most likely do away with all litigation in the flu ure. Litigation has been the great curse of most mining camps, and has been the ruin of many companies.
 The sale of the c O D mine to the Fletcher Mining, Milling & Smelling company, which appeared to be hang ing fire for several days, was closed up in Los Angeles yesterday" says the Kingman Miner. "A telegram to that effect was received from w. II. Taggart, who was called to the city .o Straighten things out
 Electrician Bennett and his assist ants have been busy putting in place the new switchboard of the Detroit Copper compauys power house. The board is magnificent piece of work, and is eleven panels wide, 2l feet long The panels will be connected. making it consist of two swinging 0neS The cost of the board is said to be 5000 Morenci Standard.
 Roy Troxel came in from the Okla homa companyS camp at Mineral Hill, Tuesday, after a load of supplies" says the Florence Blade. He stated that the croSscut at the bottom of the 100 foot shaft has been extended II feet toward the hanging wall but neither wall has been reached yet. Both crOsscuts show good ore bodies. !" Few persons here, :" says the R. view, "are aware that the Copper Queen company are putting in one of the largest engines ever brought into this southwestern mining district at it's Gardner shaft. This is the one of all the Queen shafts which people have been accustomed to thinking of in in- terogation points, but time has re- yealed the wisdom back of the plan to tap the deep country lying between the Spray and Lowell districts"
 A survey of mining claims recently made in Cochise county for patent em- braced sol ,36I acres. In acreage this is probably the largest mineral survey ever made in the territory, although few years ago there was survey made in Mohave county embracing fOrty.twO mining claims and twenty milstes Many of the claims were fractional and the entire survey az gregated only 526,O7l acres.
 Mir. Thurston, representing the Fl Paso Mine X Shelter company, re- turned last evening from Benson. While there he closed deal with the Smelting company of that city, where by he sells them 260.tOn standard Smelting plant complete. This plant will be used for custom ores and will be decided assistance to the many mines in the vicinity of Benson.-In- ternational-A American.
 Lew Blakely has just completed a boat for tie purpose of navigating the Colorado river on a prospecting trip through Black canyon. He will be ac- cOmpanied by Will Cook, one of the best prOSpectOrs in the county. The gentlemen know Ofa number of places along the river that look good to them which cannot be reached except by water, and they will put in several months making careful examination of the ground.
 It ia said that work on the Dempsy O'Dea mines will be commenced by the Denver people who have it under pond, about the lst of September, at which time payment of S25,000 will ua made. The group is one of the rich est ever opened up in the county, and IS accessible by wagon and within two miles of a bountiful supply of water. lhe camp is only nine miles from chloride -Mohave County Miner
 ltis reported to the Mohave County Niher that the whole breast of the Alpha tunnel is in high-grade copper DIt, Since the first hip now of yate,