Show MB LEFEVES EXPLORATIONS Veteran Prospectors Trip in Arizona New Mexico and Mexico Alex Lefeve the Iseslor of prospec t tois reappeared in the city yesterday morning after a pilgrimage through Arizona New Mexico and portions of the Mexican republic and will remain several I days renewing acquaintances at home During his expeditions Mr L fcve reports having como In contact with many faces with which mining circles In Utah are familiar and re ports the average doing well In the mliing camps of OKI Mexico no man sajo the visitor Is better known than is Maj J E Jackson who Is handling a larger volume of ore than any Individ ual In the country lie presides over the entire Interests of the American Smelting and Helming company in that domain and patriotic to the core Is looking to t it that no more Mexican Jad gets Into this country than is abso lutely necessary On the contrary he lias kept the stream pouring In the dl joctlon of foreign ports and It Is large ly duo to that policy that the American Smelting company is allowed to main tain the profceut lead market Although il Is not generally known Mr Lefevc says It is a fact that before the recent advances In load the American Smelt lug and Refining company to clear the 1 way for the figures that are now being 4 attained by tho producer found It ne cessary to rid American markets of no IOFH than 20lK tons of this metal This 1C did at a loss of 21 por ton or 72000 on the lot but It took It and made the present price iwsslble The story Is an original one and Mr Lcfevc says that MaJ Jackson Is serlnjr to It that there are no moro accumulations of this kind to be taken care of In the interest of the American protlucor At El Paso he met Messrs P IT and Thomas Kelloy formerly of this city engaged In operating a turquoise mine and shipping the gems that are pre pared for market to Paris France 3rom the industry the gentlemen are steadily piling up a fortune In addi lion to this they are leasing from the lamou Candclcrla company and ship ping us much as thirty cars of ore a moth At Washington a new camp In Arl zonrt he found Emmcrson Gee for movly of the Standard mine In the Cm ur dAlCMie country countryoperating a dry corctntrator on u i copper proposition and saving the metals with the aid of magnets lie Is making a success of Hi undertaking and Mr LeCeve won des that it is not employed In other localities where the camps arc short on water O B Hardy founder of several fling huu prupositlnns was met at Tomb 8lon Ariz near which town he Is i operating a copper mine In the Dragoon mountains and producing tjome ore after tv long period during which he took Ms refreshments at the expense of the Mexican Government with which IT l had a mild misunderstanding Mr Lofeve returns In excellent lumlth and may decide to enter tho Nome country before the close of the year |