Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1905-05-11
c0cnIsE COUNTY
Where Mining, the Chief Industry, is
Very Active
From the International. American.

| Very Active
From the national American.
, On the payroll Of the Copper Queer
r company here and at Bisbee there ar
, the names of more than 2600 employees
most of them white men, and non'
| drawing less than So. so per day and tn,
, great bulk of them getting from So t.
SIS per day.
On single shift at the Copper Queer
smelter 300 bars of copper are turned
out. This is considered an ordinary run.
AS each bar is supposed to weigh 37C
pounds, the product of an eight-hour
shift is l00,00 pounds of blister cop
per- This is a pretty good showing for
eight hours work.
A stranger, on Saturday, picked up a
piece of quartz on G avenue which was
literally sprinkled with free gold. The
specimen was as big as quart cup and
there was at least SIS worth of gold in
it. Ten dollars was offered for the
specimen and refused. This piece of
quartz probably hauled in from the
hills with street or building material. 1t
only'indicates that there are some good
mining prospects within sight of the
smelter city.
The structural work on the extension
of the reduction plant at the Copper
Queen smelter is going up rapidly. The
material is now practically all on the
ground and the iron piers and Orders
are being swung into position from day
to day by skilled workers in that line.
The reduction plant will be almost as
long again as it is now when completed,
and there will be room for twelve con-
verter stands as against six in use. The
Copper Queen smelter will be one of
the largest, if not the largest, smelter
in the world when all of its extensive
improvements and betterments now un-
der way are completed.
From the Tombstone Prospector
Active operations are resuming at
Pearce. A. Y. Smith and associates
have taken the Commonwealth prop
erty under lease and 100 men will soon
be at work mining and milling the ore
from that celebrated property. Pearce,
like Bisbee, is long time coming to
the front, but it will get there finally.
The Monmonier property is a bonanza
on the surface, while the Little Jesse.
the Gold Cliff and Six Mile Hill will at
tract attention, being meritorious min
ing propositions.
From the Blsbee Review
A matter of considerable interest is
that of the proceedings against the
Black Diamond Mining company. Pres
ent indications are that the company
will be spared the ordeal of being
thrown into bankruptcy. The petition
creditors have been paid off in part,
and have withdrawn their petition.
Only one claim, that of N. o. Bagge,
who was formerly manager of the COM
pany, is pending. 1t is more than prob
able that Mr.. Bagge will accept bonds
for his claims against the company,
and when the matter is called up dis
missal will be had A meeting Of the
stockholders and directors of the COM
pany is to be held in West Virginia the
middle of the present month, when it is
expected that something definite will
be learned in regard to plans for the
future. The general impression here is
that an early resumption of work may
be looked for. There is no doubt that
with proper management the property
can be made payer