Arizona silver belt., 1901-02-28
PLANS FOR CANANEA MINES
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 From NacO to Mines.

From NacO to Mines.
 From the Phoenix Republican,
 Geo. Mitchell, who with other officers of the Green Consolidated Copper com pampany, have assembled in Phoenix. spoke of the plans of the company to a Republican reporter yesterday. There ae some problems to solve be- fore the litigation, which has occupied the attention of the courts Of this country and Mexico for two years comes to close, but the end IS m sight, and when development begins on the Cananea holdings, iamillarly known as the Cobre Grande mines, they will be converted into one of the greatest copper producing groups in the world.
 Mitchell was for several years smeit- CT superintendento of the United Verde, but he severed his connection wlth that company tO go into the Cobre Grande Copper company and was sue ceeded by his brother. He is now gen eral manager of the Green Consolidated Copper company
 We are arranging for the develop ment of our Mexican mines on an eX- tensiye scale, said he. The long drawn-Out litigation is about to come to a close and so far as We are con cerned it is so nearly over that we are paying more attention to contracting for machinery than to litigation. "
 The general manager will shortly leave for San Francisco to contract with the Union Iron works for shelter with a daily capacity of l,20O tons, consisting of the largest blast furnaces and conyerters in the world. With two 2O0-tOn stacks, now at the mines. the combined capacity of the smelting plant will amount tO HOO tons daily, a greater production than that of the United Verde, and on account of the richness of the ores. which aver age at least eight per cent copper throughout, and carry enough gold and silver and bi-prOductS to deiray smelt- ing expe nses, the value of the prOduc- ton also will exceed that of the United Verde. On account of the large de pusits of iron the company intends to erect an iron furnace to manufacture all the iron required for machinery. A narrow guage railroad, six miles in length, will connect the workings with the shelter. Work will be com menced immediately on broad guage railroad from Naco, in the southern part of Arizona, running i2 miles to the mines and creating an outlet. A survey on one section has begun.
 The Carnegie Iron works of Pennsyl- vania will likely be awarded the con tract for the overhead travelling cranes for the cOnyerters and the material for the converting building. Edward P. Allis. engine builder of Milwaukee, has been awarded the contract for en- zines to be used on the broad and mar row guage roads.
 The Cobre Grande mines are located in La Cananea mountains of sonora, Mexico, and are surrounded by an abundance of timber and water. The massive iron capptng is traced over the mountain for miles, and the property known as the Cobre Grande mine, Is seven and one half miles in length and from one to three miles in width. In this area are many shafts, ranging in depth from 100 to $50 feet and almost every hole is in great deposit of sul- phide ore which thus far has been found too extensive to outline. Dia- mond drills will be employed to deter mine as nearly as possible the extent of the great ore bodies