Arizona silver belt., 1889-06-15
THE GLOBE COPPER MINE.

first tune, on Wednesday last, al
 though seemingly an interminablt
 one, was rendered pleasant and enter
 taining by explanations and attention:
 from Messrs. A. L.. Walker, Superin'
 tendent, and Niles $, Berray, foreman
 of the mlne. No one who has not
 made the trip can have tho least con
 ception of the vast amount of work re-
 quired to open the various shafts,
 chambers, and miles of tunnels and
 drifts. But what surprised us nest
 was the vast amount of developed cop
 per ore which everywhere presented
 itself, seemingly inviting the blastand
 pick.
 On the sixth level, far below the
 hum of upper earth, we were astoA-
 ished upon being ushered into eapa- cious opening of sixty feet, presenting
 to view breast eff ore its entire
 width, and though thousands of tons had been extracted and smelted, it may safely be said that the removal of that body of ore had scarcely begun, Before sur eyes had become accus- toned to the sight, our ears were as sailed by the echo of resounding drills from inconoelyable nosks and corners of the opening. Upon a nearer ap- preach of the lights we found ourself at home among . sturdy lot of ac- quaintances, energetically pounding the heads of drills, evidently intent upon making music with reseunding hammers, which like the bel! of St. Paul, sent forth common clang that resounded throughout tha wide and somber arch We reached that polnt, as we did many others, by rail, con ductor Berray having tho train in charge; the track was remarkably lev sl, rendering it quite unnecessary to whistle down brakes.
 At many of the stations the same industry in detachng the ore was wit messed, and if called upon to state where tue deposits began or ended we would be compelled to rely upon tue charity of the enquirer to ask us some thlng easy. 1.-the bill IS not a verita- ble body of copper ore, what is it? On the top it presents capping of ore where thousands of tons of ore have been mined, and many thousands re- main to be extracted. A single blast in this huge quarry has loosened up- wards of 300 tons of ore, sufficient to run one furnace almest a week. From this open cut and from tho stopes in the lst or tunnel level, the entire oyo- supply will be drawn for ths next two weeks, CT while the work Of removing -he hoistihg works to the month of ,Le Interloper shaft is in progress, which was begun this morning.
 The extraction of ore from the Globe nine is systematized, and that, as is everything else pertaining to the sue ,esshIl and econiniical conduct Of the business of producing copper ingots, !s under the direction of Mr Walker.
 While speaking of the Globe mine, t IS pertinent to mention also ihesay-4 eral claims which surround fl, least the Uninformed reader should erro- aeously suppose that tha Globe is our only copper mine. Chief among the adjacent properties is the Buffalo, which has been opened up to consiN- srable extent and in which recent de- have disclosed a large body ef rich ore. Several competent mining men who have examined the Buifaie, express the opinion that 1t will prove the equal of the Globe. The Hoosier is anOthsr mne which has produced fine ore and Is believed 10 be valuable property, and thsre are some half dozen or moro claims in the immediate vicinity, which while as yet only prospects, nearly all show ore of the same character as that taken from the Globe mine at the same iepthi and persons who are familiar with the various phases of develop nent in tho latter, are strongly of the opinion that at least some of the ad- Ieining claims will be found equally valuable when depth is attained, if
 indeed, as seems reasonable, the entire hili is not underlaid with copper in almost lnexhaustible quantities. Not only this, but copper is produced 50 ;heaply at Globe that we can compete with the mines Of Michigan and Mon iana, or any ether part of the world, and the producer here contends with iifieulties which anywhere else would be unsurmsuntable.
 Paul Johnson, who was in town from McMillen on Thursday, reports that hs is still running the mill at that camp on taillngs from the Stone wall Jackson mine. He is now sort