Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-12
 ACTIVE IN ITS
 MINING LIFE
McCABE HAS TAKEN ON ITS OLD TIME PROSPEROUS CONDITIONS, THE MINE HAVING NOW A FULL COM ELEMENT OF MINERS.
The McCabe Extension Prosecuting Work Vigorously With Bright Pros- pects---Work Also Being Pushed on All the Claims of the
 McCabe Lode.

The Journal Miner editor is in.
 debted to Judge Reese NJ. Ling for a visit to the McCabe mining camp
 The camp has been noted for years as
 one of the most active in the county,
 but during the past few months it
 has doubled up in activity and if it
 were located in Colorado, Alaska or
 almost any place outside of Arizona
 it would be designated as experienc-
 ing boom.
 During the past week the Model
 Mining company, which recently pur-
 chased the McCabe group of mines,
 has increased its force to between
 sixty and seventy employees, and at
 present the mine is being worked on
 a larger scale than ever before, and
 the force will be still further increased just as rapidly as places can be made
 for men to work. The company pro-
 poses to sink to depth of l5O0 feet
 before stopping, but in the mean time
 the levels already opened up will be
 worked and new levels will be run as
 the work progresses. Another thing
 proposed to be done also is to cross
 cut the claim its entire width. Rich
 as the ore Is and extensive as the ore
 bodies are in the vein now being work
 ed practical mining men believe that
 the claims contain parallel lodges
 which will prove equally rich if not
 richer than the one upon which all the work has been done. These par allel lodges are known to exist on the claims, but so far nothing has been done looking to their development,
 hence their values are yet an unknown | quantity.
 The ore which is being taken from
 the mine is being sorted and the first
 class ore is all shipped and the second
 class Is being piled up on the dump.
 Heretofore the second class ore was4 milled and the concentrates shipped | to shelter. It is doubtful, however, if the mill will ever be used again. but in its place a smelter will be erected. or the ore treated in some near by smelter without being crushed. This will not only be more economical. but a larger percentage of the values can be obtained, as practically all values in the ore can be saved. At present there are about 5000 tons of tailings on the dump, which are said to be worth from SS to Sl0 per ton. The company has also under contempla- tion change in its hoisting plant, by which the buckets which are now used for hoisting ore will be taken out and a cage substituted. At pres { ent they are averaging car load of ore per day for shipment.
 The McCabe extension, since start ing up, has made remarkably good progress on its property. A hoist house has been built and one of the finest hoisting plants in the territory has been installed on the mine. The hoist is of sufficient capacitysto en- l able them to sink at least 1000 feet. The old shaft, which had been allowed : to fill up, has been cleaned out and : enlarged to depth of over sixty feet, $ and has been thoroughly timbered from top to bottom. They are now down nearl y to the bottom of the old and the shaft will be sunk S as rapidly as possible to a depth of I probably 800 feet, with levels opened i up at convenient distances. It is ex- I pected to have to sink about 300 feet I before the ore body known to exist in the McCabe mine, and of which this c Is an extension, is encountered. Like the McCabe the McCabe Extension { has number of veins in their ioca- 2 lions and at proper depth a cross cut a will be run to catch them, as some of e them give promise of producing very O -ich ore. t
 The shaft now being opened up on the property is within 150 feet of the u end line of the McCabe and within W about POO feet or less of the t md of the level in the McCabe prop- e srty from which the richest ore is ob- b aimed, so that the prospect for strik- C ng this ore body is very fattering. b
 The property is being worked sys- and in business like b manner, and at the same time as r, economically as it is possible to do so n Is the company is getting full value r, or every dollar expended. Two shifts f, Ire being worked on the McCabe Ex- ension claims and the company has b IlsO let contract for certain amount fl 'f work which is being done on the $ ieo. Washington claim owned by the $, company. t,
 There are four steam hoists in oper- O ltion on the same ledge all in sight r, )f each other, being on the McCabe. D McCabe Extension, the Kicker and f, he Rebel claims respectively. Be W 1ween the McCabe and the Kicker tl s the Gladstone, owned by Hugh f, McCrum and w. c. Parsons. which a s also being worked, a whim being a Ised to hoist with. The shaft on this tl 'laim Is down 200 feet and five men W are at work on it and are taking out e bout S2O,OOO per month, the ore be- ng shipped to the smelter as it comes b rom the mine. While the Gladstone h 5 located on what is known as the McCabe loGe, the shaft from which u hey are taking out the rich ore is on f, )ne of the parallel lodges spoken of fc lbove, in connection with the McCabe lC nine. It demonstrates that in one is ,laim at least all the rich ore is not b .ound in what has heretofore been st considered the main ledge.
 It was learned on this visit that iuite large number of claims have been bonded in this vicinity recently. k mention of which has never been n made yet. Among the number is the c Elizabeth, owned by Judge Ling, Ed c Wager and others. It is located on n the Gopher lode, which runs at right d angles with the McCabe, and the end W line of the claim adjoins the side line r, 'f the Gladstone. With the small o amount of development which has h been made on it the showing is very n good and development work will be q under the bond taken. i,
 Within radius of four miles 1f the McCabe camp it is safe to say