Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-26
OUR NEICHB0R FINAL
Timing News Reported by the Ari-
 zOna Blade


 zOna Blade
 General Manager Siebotn, of the Lake Superior & Arizona company, returned Sunday from Prescott, where he had been on mining business. He left Monday for the company's mines at Superior.
 As soon as Manager Twitchell, of the Big Lead company can get the whim, now water-bound at Kelvin, up to the copper mines he is developing at Ray he will let a contract for more shaft work and for cross-cuis and drifts. The ore bodies in sight in the present workings are magnificent and he is anxious to prove their extent.
 It is reported that the Superior com pany has made satisfactory traffic arrangement wi tn the Santa Fe and will build a railroad from Superior down to the P & E. track, reaching the latter at a point about halfway between here and the north Butte. The Superior trains will run from the junction into the North Florence de- pot over the P. x F.. track and the two companies will have a union de- pot and warehouse a North Florence. By coming into the P. X E. track at the point named they will not only save several miles of grade and track, but will also skirt the Mineral Hill and Reymert mining districts and thus encourage development in those districts tbat will give the railroad a vast amount of local traffic. The won- derful ore bodies uncovered in the un' derground workings of the Superior not ouly justify this undertaking, but make it imperative.
 All the new machinery for the Woolley mine is at Kelvin but can not be gotten away from there until the Mineral creek and Ripsy railroad bridges are repaired. Supt. Stafford has bt eu pushing worT on the new wagon road from the mines down to the railroad and it is now about com pleted. The high water and bridge washouts will not only delay the de- livery of the new machinery at the mine from Kelvin, but will also delay the arrival of the fire brick to be used in the setting of the boilers. The new boilers are oil burners. A large oil storage tank to be placed at the rail road has been ordered and is now ready for delivery, also large wagon tanks to be used in transporting the oil from the storage tank to the mine. Two large boiler iron storage tanks are now in place at the mine. The new B b. p. double link reversible hoisting engine which arrived at kel- yin Monday was purchased by General Manager Sharp at the St. Louis fair grounds after it had been awarded the first prize for It's superior merits as a hoisting engine.
 The oy-Manhattan smelter made successful run of ten days, but ow- ing to the severe storms, which wash ed out numerous bridges on tbe Phoe- nix S Eastern railroad, was compell- ed to shut down pending the arrival of supplies of fuel oil and coke which is held up ou the road. With the re- sumption of traffic, which will be in in about two weeks, and with plen- tiful supply of oil and coke, smelling operations will be resumed c0ntinu- ously. Until the railroad is repaired supplies, other than those mentioned, will be freighted by wagon from Flor. ence. The steam hoist mas been re- moved from the Ninety One shaft to the main shaft and is now in commis- sion. The boiler from the Alice shaft has also been removed to the main shaft and with the others to be placed with it there will be battery of four. This plant will be the main power plant, and power for the other places worked will be transmitted by elec- f tr;c;tv