Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-02

right to the surface.
 Supplies at the Higgins are reasona bly plentiful. and though sickness among the men, and other causes have
 retarded somewhat the progress dur
 ing the past month. the record for the coming thirty days. 1t is anticipated
 will be very good.
 Superintendent Parnall. who re
 turned from a short visit to Fl Paso
 last week, feels well pleased with the conditions at the present time.
 l
 eiseEE WEST.
 The Bisbee West Copper Mining
 company. organized by Los Angeles business men three or four years ago. { was one of the very first of the newer companies to do any development work in the district.
 Sometimes the assertion is offered l that they are rot doing much" and ! in a way this is true. but to one who , investigates the conditions and ob , serves the apareut intentions of this company. it becomes apparent that ! they are in the game with every inten- ton Of proving up their property in thorough maner. Their property lies on the further end of the mountains and just where they overlook the wide Dlateau. along which the international boundary stretches east and west. and he Bisbee West is. as it's name im- plies. the most westerly group of the active properties in the Bisbee dis trict. being some six miles distant from town by the wagon road. The twerty-two full claims are owned out right by the company. and by virtue of their location must be conceded 10 belong to the favored lisr-
 Lying directly south of the new Red Jacket & Bisbee, and about 6.00e feet from the Higgins. the Bisbee West joins the Copper Queen on the east and is very near to the Wolverine & Arizona and the White Tail Deer.
 MT. J. A Smith. the manager. resides at the property, and MT. f. l.. Dwight. the superintendent, spends much Of his time here The other officials are A. s. Robbins, president; A B. Cass. vice president; Harvey Sturdeyant, secretary; Daniel James. treasurer. These mostly reside in Los Angeles.
 At present the company is making very good progress iu its new shalt. working two shifts. The first work undertaken was the sinking o ia one and one-half compartment shaft on the southwest end of the group. and this was let down to a depth of 73o fee-. when an overabundance of water came in and the scene of activity was shift9i 1 to point some eight or ten hudret feet east, where the new three com partment shaft is now down 96o feet, and going down steadily. no water as yet showing.
 The company has ample facilities in the way of hoisting apparatus and working outfit. and though no ore bodies have been encountered in the present shaft, traces enough to give assay values have frequently shown as well as much iron stain.
 On the surface the iron and DOT phyry breaks through in various places and there are porphyry breaks that have brought ore to the surface run ming high in value. On the old shaft many stringers and pockets of ore gave much satisfaction. and tho:- ough examination of the surfaces m the entire neighborhood give assuf- ance of marked probability that at depth on the Bisbee. West the most satisfactory results RiI be obtained On this presumption it is said that the West people will go to great length in proving up their property. and though their regular business interests on the coast occupies most of their time, they assert that they have the most unwavering confidence in their proposition near Don Luis. and will prove it up thoroughly.
 This organization. though capitalized at four million dollars, appears to have many of the marks of a close corpors- ton. and judging by all that can b. learned, it will have au extensive an- interesting career.