Arizona republican., 1901-09-21

| which the lowest grades will be run to facilitate their handling.
 The geological formation of the claims is chiefly limestone and deco:n- posed iron and the ores are heavy sui-- phides in the limestone and the oxides sf copper together with native copper in the iron ores. This is a happy con- hinatlon as the ores can be fed in pro- per proportions to be self fiuxing. thus doing away with the expense of provid- ing fiuxss. Such ores as these are also generally soft ores and very easily worked both in the mines and in the process of smelting and yield s,ag which separates nicely from the matte
 The matte now being shipped assays a shade over 50 per cent copper. with careful attention. But the foundation and parts of the walls are up. the pits are dug, and most of the machinery is on the ground. for a first class con verter plant which will accommodate six converters in operation and abou; twice that number in rhe process of repairs. cleaning and refining. This plant is being built some 90 feet from the furnaces and win ext md along a line parallel to them so that each fur rae will have converter directly opposite it. The matte will be trans- ferred from the furnaces to tine con
 
 rarrisge operated by electricity. and s1 constructed that it will have two nc ticns. one along the line of furnaces and one across b5tween the furnaces and converters. From the convsrters which are of the latest and best pattern. but lion of slightly over 9sI1 per cent pur- ity will be obtained.
 The South Blsbee shaft. on the south side of the same ranSe in which the (~rw. r. about 500 feet and few prospect drifts have been run into the hill without any results. but this is not su u-prising as tn shaft is sunk with the intention cf meeting the same mother veins as ap- pear In the Spray and Czar shafts in bisbee- To do this a ..epth of l5O0 to zubO feet mus be reached as the dip of the veinsas they make tin ir appearance -sthe latter mines is aooat 10 degrees Tas shaft is steadily being excsvated to this end and if the enterprise is sue cessful it will mean another big copper producer duplicating the Copper Queen. The Bisbee West shaft is now down 800 feet and orders have been re- ceiyed to sink 800 more the intention being the same as in the case of the South Bisbee, as these two claims are nearly contiguous and the formations on the surface are nearly the same. The owners or the last named have filed on twenty-two claims surrounding il and if successful in their venture in- tend to deve'o op the property into large producer. The White Tail Deer south- west of Bisioee some 15 miles. is being pres pected and has been reported to have shcwn up some good copper veins. Whether the ore occurs in paving quantities is not yet known but the prospect is promising and the owners will soon know as it is bsing rapidly opened up The property comprises q series of 9 claims and is very favor ably situated for mine if development work reveals such.
 The Phelps Dodge people have com pleted their standard gauge into Mor- eEci and are making regular shipments of bullion from their shelter and mine there The engineer corps has been moved to Deming. N. NJ. as wol k is to be pushed from there to both Fl Paso and Bisbse. The Southern Pacific company Is tearing up q large portion of its track between Benson and Tue son and is laying s0-pound rails. The lighter rails taken u2 will be used on the branch which is now under con- struction to connect with the Cananea TCaI at Naco. It is current report that the Southern Pacific has recefvei assurance from the Greene people that i. will be allowed to handle all Cananea freight.
 LESLIE GILLETT