The Weekly orb., 1899-06-11
WEEKLY MINING REPORT.
What Has Been Accomplished by the Plck and Drill in this District
 During the Past Week.

| To an outsider who comes into our busy camp he gees but little going or outside of what is being done by the Copper Queen company. There are at present no less than five distinct com. panies at work developing claims beside good number of parties who are doing more or less development work on their l own claims. There are at present in the neighborhood oi 2,0O0 men at work in this district engaged in mining and its branches.
 The Cochise company's shaft is now down to deptl, of SIP feet and is being sunk at the rate of two feet per day. At present there are three small stringers of ore in the bottom of the shaft, while in the face of the drift at the 300 foot level there has been encountered body of sulphide ore. Superintendent Mu- helm is very much encouraged over the outlook. Grading for the hoisting works has been completed and the ma chinery will be shipped from the east in the course of q few days. The sale of stock in this enterprise still continues and during the past. month several thousand shares have been purchased by citizens of our camp. The company has just issued new and artistic pros- pectus, giving complete description of their claims as we'll as & map showing where their claims lie with regard to the Copper Queen and the town oi Bis bee. The outlook for the company is indeed encouraging, and it will not be long before the whistle of the, Cochise company's hoist will mingle with that of the others that awaken the echoes of the adjacent hillsides.
 Work has been stopped for the pres- ent on the shaft of the Lowell and Ari- zona company, pending the putting in of the new hoisting engine. The shaft is at present down to depth of 200 feet with a good body of ore still in the shaft of the same character that was struck some time since. During the past week a great change has been made on these premises. The whim and oppertinances have all been removed and in place thereof large gallows frame has been erected and the foundation is being laid for the hoisting engine and boilers which arrived Thursday and will bs hauled up to the works tomorrow. President Hanchett of the company is here and is personally experimenting the placing of the machinery. It will take several days to fix things in run ming order but the end of the month will see the hoist ill trim and the whis. tie added to the already increasing chorus on the hillsides.
 The progress made by the South Bis bee company has already been stated in these columns onlya few days since. The shalt now only lacks few feet of the 700 foot level when the drifts will be star ed. The company intends to patent number of their claims in the near future, which shows that they wish to discontinue the expense of continual assessment work and thereby save a considerable amount of money each year.
 Tom Higgins is still at work driving the tunnel on the Twilight group and is otherwise developing this property with the hopes oi soon placing it in the hands of eastern capitalists. This group of claims is one of the best in the district and will some day be one of the heaviest producers of copper bullion in the district.
 No work has yet been done on the group belonging to Martin Costello, but a representative of THE ORB was recent ly informed that work would be started during the month of August and wonld be rapidly pushed. MT. Costello has already received numbeoof good of fers for these claims since the decision of tine |. $, supreme court was received awarding him the title. There is al- ready developed on these claims ore enough to guarantee the erection of shelter and it could be kept running for some little time from th.s ore.
 . On the other side of the divide, the North Bisbee company and Mir. Hewitt are still opening up their properties. The force of men at present employed is not as large as it has been owing to some misunderstanding in tbe manage ment Of the affairs of the company, but it is expected that the force will 500 n be increased. A small body of ore was recently uncovered in the tunnel on MT. Hewett's claim which will assay 90 per cent copper besides some gold and sll. yer.
 In the vicinity of Solomon Springs quite a number of miners are at work doing development work and finishing up assessments.
 The district as whole is enjoying pros Lerity that it never has before and the outlook for the Warren mining dis. trlct is indeed promising and will at- ract the attention of capitalists and all for some time.