Arizona silver belt., 1904-04-14

not ulnicult or expensive one. Re. lining at home, however. would never.
 the less make large annual saving
 to the company and is certain to
 sooner or later come about Standard
 The Journal. Miner states that the
 Monte Oristo mill, on Groom creek,
 mas again started up, after having had
 It's stamps hung up for some time. A
 force Of miners has been at work in
 the mine for some time taking out ore
 for the mill, and on Thursday the mill
 started to pounding. The activity in the Groom creek district is increasing
 and that section promises to soon be
 one of the most prominent mining districts in the county.
 The Cuprite Copper company is the
 latest organization in the district for
 the production of the red metal. It
 is composed of I. N. Stevens, 0. E..
 Stevens, F. c. Alsdorf aud Frank B.
 Laine,and will develop group of sev-
 enteen promising claims near Metcalf,
 adjoining the Santa Rosa and Stevens
 properties. The claims are said to
 have good surface showings, and sev-
 eral lodes cross the property having a
 value of $l0 in gold and 20 per cent
 copper. Eastern capital is behind the
 enterprise, and bright future is pre-
 dicted for the company. .-El Obrero
 E. B. Gage, president of the Tomb. stone Consolidated Mining company, stated to a Bisbee'. Review repor ter that the new shaft is now 25O feet be- low any of the old workings, and that
 the water Is slowly but surely giving
 way to the big pumps. The outlying mines are practically dry, aud active production on large scale will soon start. Ore is now being taken out at T. mostone for shipping to Douglas,t be used in the pig Copper Queeo smell ters, as the Tombstone ore is just what is required to help smelt the Copper Queen ore.
 A miner in Prescott from the Brad shaws confirms the report of big strike of ore in the breast of the tun. nel of tee Grey Eagle mine. He states that the entire face of the tunnel, some , feet high grade ore. This strike, taken Tn connection with the large ore bodies previously blocked out, makes the Grey Eagle one of the very finest gold mines in Arizona. The New ter sey mine. which is only half mile from the Grey Eagle, is being con tinu- ously worked, and has streak of gold ore ot such richness that it is it to make into jewelry Courier
 At the Joplin mine, in the Santa Rita mountains, within one mile of the Wandering Jew, Mark Lulles has uncovered big body of ore, into which he has cut 50 feet without reaching the end, and he is getting four kinds of pay rock out of it, viz: chloride of lead and silver with gale. na, steel galena, black sulphides of lead, copper. The Joplin is an old mine with a record of production of more than s30O, 900, and it was worked in 1880 by S.rgent & Moffstt, of Jop- IiD, Mo-, for whom John II. Campbell was superintendent Mir. Campbell bought out the old Goldtree mine from Mir. Lulley about that time. - Oasis.
 c c. Burger, consulting engineer for the New England and Clifton Copper company, arrived last week to lay out plans for the erection by the of concentrating plant, and also forthe erection of a gravity tramway to convey the ore from the mines to the millsite, says the Era. for the tramway site, and for the concentrating plant will com. mence at once. sThe development work in the mines is being pushed as rapidly as possible. It is expected that connections will be made from the mine with the tunnel of the old Clifton Consolidated company within six months. When these connections are made they will begin to take out ore for the new plant, which if not in operation at that time will be in readiness soon thereafter. The com pany already has large tonnage of nigh grade ore on it's dumps which was taken out while doing development work.
 From many arrivals in Prescott in the last few days the news it given, says the Herald, that the operations on the Peck are mainly confined to easers, and each is making progress Dn the different locations on that belt In the performance of their work. Last Sunday, however, the news was given out to visi tors to the camp that another discovery had taken place,