Arizona silver belt., 1905-07-27


From the Prescott Courier
Arrangements have been about com
pleted whereby 75-ton smelter will be
built on the Colorado river at Empire
Flats, near where the new line of rail
road will cross the river.
Reports come from Hassayampa dis
trict that Jim Chambers is working his
Good Hope mine and sacking ore which
carries $l97 ton and is taking hi:
second class ore to the Quartz Noun
tain mill.
Superintendent Harry Simington came
in Saturday from the properties of the
Red Cherry Mining company, on Cherry
creek, and purchased lot of mine rail
road iron and other mine development
supplies. He speaks very encourag-
ingly of the mining outlook in that dis
trict and says the Golden Idol people
are sacking ore for shipment.
William Deering was in Saturday
from the properties of the Thumb
Butte Mining company, where he is
working on an ore shute 100 feet long
and three feet wide and gives the value
of ore at from $500 to 500 per ton.
He has started force of men at work
on another claim of the same group
which shows up well in copper and upon
which there is now a shaft 10 feet
deep. This claim is at the head of Cop
per Basin.
From the Prescott Herald
Neither Ben Blanchard nor Tom Fitch
nor any person acting for them was
present in Referee in Bankruptcy T. c.
Jobs office Thursday morning to pay
over Sll5,0 and take the property of
the American Mining company at Blan-
chard. Their failure to be present with
the money led to the necessity on the
part of Referee Job of revoking the
sale, and issuing another order to Re
ceiver Rollins NJ. Hockaday that he
again sell the property at public auction
on the front porch of the court house
to the highest bidder. This second sale
has been set for August Is, and should
no legal complications arise in the
meantime to prevent, it will for the
second time be sold to the highest bid
der. Perhaps Attorney Robert +. Nor
rison will again bid. If it should be es-
tablished by the action taken already
in connection with the selling of this
property that Attorney Morrison can
bid it in without depositing any money,
there is nothing to prevent his being
present at the next sale and bidding
81, 900, 600 if necessary to keep any one
else from getting it.
From the Jerome Mining News
Some interesting changes are taking
place at the Cleopatra, especially in the
south drift, where black sulphides are
coming in thick and fast. The work in
the north drift and also in the face of
the tunnel are showing sulphides and
the whole breast of the drift is ore.
The successful placing of so, 900 shares
of stock in jerome by the company
that is to develop the Harryhousen
group has created good feeling among
the owners Of the property in the Je-
rome district. The preliminaries as TO
organizing the company are progressing
and diamond drill will be at work on
the property within ninety days.
Peter Boyd, of Pittsburg, Pa, a cap
italist interested in the Black Hills
company, was in jerome last week and
in company with j. X. Thomas, also of
that company, made thorough exam
ination of the property. He expressed
himself to the News as being we'll pleas
ed with The looks of the mine and also
said that the company would at once
commence the sinking of the main shaft
on the property, going down at least
500 feet more with it and even further
should it be deemed necessary to thor
oughly explore the group. New and
powerful machinery will be added to
plant already on the ground and work
will be pushed forward as rapidly as
possible with as many men as can be
worked to advantage.
From the Martinez wS-Herald
The Planet Saturn group,a few miles
east of here, has recently been bonded
to strong company that will soon un-
water the main shaft and commence
active development work. AS the main
shaft is already down over 1000 feet
and there is good sized body of ore
all the way down it will only be a ques-
tion of a few months when the mill will
be operated.
CLIFTON AND M0RENCI