Show ARIZONA wilcox news george E ames arrived from his san francisco headquarters sunday and is at the mascot property mr ames has charge of the installation of the new machinery recently ordered and is in consultation with superintendent E A ely regarding the preliminary details kingman miner M R gear of alle aghany pa J H hoffman of pueblo colo and L hoffman of kingman departed the first of the week to the mines of the arizona southwestern copper company in crown canyon where they made an examination of the properties mr gear is president of the company J H hoffman general manager the gentlemen found the mines in a most promising condition the third level now being in splendid milling ore kingman miner the gold road mill is pounding away on rich ore and the results through the tube mill and new automatic filters are said to be all that could be expected only a few cents now escape in the tailings the recovery being well above ninety per cent dan bosque basque who has charge of the cyanide department is one of the most experienced men in the business and it is through his intelligent effort that the company is enabled to place in commission one of the most perfect mills ever installed on the pacific coast the new plant will have a maximum capacity of tons of ore daily and the mines are capable of delivering this quantity from any one of the shafts on that great property clifton copper era bra jack who has the contract for the carpenter work on the new gold mill being erect edon the gold belt property returned to clifton to day he reports that the mill is being rushed to completion but on account of delay in arrival of some of the material the plant will not be in running order on the first but it will be ready in a very short time thereafter he says however that mr Backst backstein eln is having everything done in 0 a substantial manner and it will last for many years like many others who have been on the property he is of the opinion that the gold belt is a sure winner and in speaking of the new gold discoveries he is confident that a bonanza will be the result when the wheels begin to turn the gold belt will have many visitors as there are several hundred local stockholders clifton copper era the new keystone churn drill is now located on the celtic kroup group of mining claims which property will be developed at depth by the copper mines company of arizona the machine Is 11 set but the manager of the company will devote all attention to the installation of the other drill on the keystone group when this work is completed which maybe may be about three weeks both machines will commence digging morris owen who has been connected with the keystone drilling company for many years and who has had twenty years experience on drilling machines arrived in clifton last night to take charge of one of the machines another experienced driller will arrive shortly to take charge ot of the other machine these drills have been the source of much comment in local min ing circles and many are interested in their success |