Arizona republican., 1903-10-21
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MINING INDUSTRIES
TIE TOMBSTONE DISTRICT.
Rapid Progress in Development-~Wa
ter Level Greatly Lowered.

ter Level Greatly Lowered.
The Prospector reports that during
th. past week considerable Roadway
has been made IL cutting out the big
station on the seven hundred foot
level of the Consolidated Copper
oomrany'.s shaft at Tombstone. 1t WAS
expected that the holes drilled by the
3urleighs Saturday would be the last
to be put in on what is the station
proper. or where the pumps are to be
placed. This station will be 16 feet
wide. IA feet high and IS feet long.
while the stump INTO which the water
viii he pumped will be 1Gvl3x40 feet.
The work on this part of the ST.. ,
ton was started Monday morning
and Foreman Saunders is of the opin-
ion that the work will be completed
by the first of November so that the
work of putting the pumps in place
can he commenced.
The ore bodies recently uncovered
still continue to increase in size as
depth is reached and the usual ship
ments have been made during the
week.
AT the Emerald. the work of clean
ing out the shaft is moving along nice
since our last report. 1t will not be
many weeks before Foreman Clark and
his men will reach the bottom of the
old shaft. The work has progressed
rapidly considering the condition that
the shaft was in and the obstacles that
the men had to contend with.
AT the Comet the men under Fore
man Pritchett are rapidly getting the
three hundred foot level in good shape
md will soon be ready to start stop
ing out the ore from there. -Four cars of
ore have been shipped from there dur
ing the week.
At the other properties of the COM
rany everything is reported as rum
ming smoothly. At the Silver Thread
and Tranquility the men are still
working III the ore bodies and ship
ments will soon follow. The ore bins at
the former have been repaired and the
ore is now loaded directly into the
wagons which saves snoveling. that
being done when the shipments first
commenced.
The flow of water in the big shaft
has been about the same through the
week. the pumps handling about q
$4,000 gallons daily, and are slowly
but surel! reducing the water level OF
the camp. 1t is now stated that it has
been lowered some sixty odd feet
since the pumps were started and at
the present flow they have not the
least trouble in handling that coming
into the shaft.
Considerable activity has been shown
in the camp during the past week on
properties outside of the Consolidated
company's. Several more men have
been put 20 work on the Brown proper
~ and are taking out considerable ore
Ben Rybon and his associate. Mr.
Milligan. have begun the development
work on several claims near the old
Stonewall and in the vicinity of the
Little Devil and have shipped two cars
Of manganese ore during the past
week. They have small force of men
working at present and hope to make
regular shipments to the shelters.
The Benton company are still at
work on the Little Devil and are ell
colntcring some strong ore bodies and
expect to begin shipments before long.
The Nesstlerodes company which is
working the Benton Wilson property.
are still al work drifting on the three
hundred foot level TO the north and
are finding that the ore body extends
in that direction. and is about the
same extent as was found in the bot
tom of the shaft. Supt. Johnson, who is
In the east. is expected back shortly
and upon his return it will then be
definitely known whether the present
bond on the property for $4,000 will
lie taken up The bond has but q
short tire to run.
Gus Gottschalk and his brother are
busily engaged in working their claims
IN the vicinity of the Ground Hog. ana
are at present at ork on the ole l;ass-t
claim, which at the time was consid
cred one of the richest claims in the
district. Mr.. Jack McCU;l. Il well known
miner from Bisbee. came over from the
copper camp during the past week and
will become associated with Mir. Colt
schalh i'll the development of Ei.;
Claims.
At the Bonanza, Col Herring has 4
small force ut work at the present
time cleaning out the shaft and drifts.
and getting ready for doing some eX-
tensive work. Col. Herring has been
here for several days during the past
week looking after his interests.