Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-24

advantage. and considerable of the de velopment must be done over. to se cure the best results. This is not the fault of MT Moore. the retiring super intendent. who was tied down. hand and foot, by arbitrary instructions. and given so little latitude in his work that he was scarcely better than a foreman. Captain Mitchell. the pres ident anl general manager Of the com- Tany. is one cf the best mining men in the Lake district. but lacking omni science, it is impossible for him or any other man to successfully manage the dsfails of development work from a distance of ? 300 miles. The main shaft has not been located, 10 the best advantage and c-her work has been done wrong. The evils from which the Mitchell has suffered are due main . ly to long range management. which 1 is irvariebly a detriment to any proD- erty. The man on the ground must he given general instructions as to what is desired. and then be left to work out the details for himself. Any ether plan invariably causes trouble in the end. Ii is 10 bA honed that Captain PiDer. who is first class mi per. will be given some real authority. for without if naither ha TOT arv other i man ear ncssibly make a success of the property.
 The ore at the Mitchell is in veins and not enough has been acccmpli sheC to speak with any degree Of certainty of the prospects of the Troperty. h
 fact but little more is known of it than year ago. A cOmfor' able camp has been built, but a better road to Bisbee is needed. for economical transportation of sup 1'ies in the rainy season. The gasoline hoist should
 be replaced by steam power. as the claims are well wooded. with fuel in sight for years. Considerable zinc Is found on the claims. ana while the zlnc blenoe Is fcurd in such profusion that 1t may prove source of trouble in reducing the copper ore. it Is by no
 means improbable that the zinc will
 be developed in sufficient quantity to
 make it commercial product of i'm
 portance. The cupriferous measures
 of the Huachuoas and the ranges fo
 westward in Santa Cruz county. are
 notably zinciferous
 The Princeton Copper Mining S
 Smelling company is doing develop
 melt work or a group oi claims in Ramsey canyon. about eight miles
 from Fort Huachuca. with Henry Ham,
 burg as general manager. the main
 effice being in New York. The prop
 erty was first explored as early as
 1880. and gives rich assays in coppe
 with silver values of. 15 to 15 ounces
 Der ton. Burk houses have been built and le-
 velopment is by tunnel. h this
 connection it may be stated that it is
 possible, in most cases, to tell almost
 al glance whether western or Mich iean people are developing a property.
 The westerner starts a tunnel in a |. mountain side. thereby securing nat
 ural drainage. obviating the need of
 hoist and machinery. and securing cheap working costs per foot of open
 ing. but sometimes missing the main ' ore bodies. which are apt to lie deep The Michigan man starts sinking a
 shaft just as raturallv as gopher or prairie dog digs hole. and by So do
 m me ic nrI- fo- thov- that of the westerner. who is accus toned to following the line of least resistence. Both plans have their advantages and disadvantages Tn
 mary fields the tunnel is preferable : while in other districts. as with the deep ore bodies of Bisbee, a shaft is the proper thing.
 The Huachuca Consolidated adjoins The Princeton. and is working about
 twenty men, attention now being con. centrated on driving two tunnels along , geld bearing quartz veins. The prop
 erty has an abundance of standine
 timber. not heavy by any means for a well wooded country. but very good for southern Arizona. and is also . blessed with ample water Consider able smelling ore was taken out of a shallow shaft on this property some ' years ago
 The Chiricahuahua Development company was organized in the spring
 of 1903, under Arizona laws. with 20. coo shares. par s10. Among the in 1. corporarcrs and principal sharehoid CTS are T. F. Cole of Duluth; w. G Rice. of Houghton. and the Kaufmans
 Of Marquette. James H. Knowles is superintendent
 < The property is held under bond ant l lease, at price said to be s75O.000 l but this figure is not confirmed, from 9 the owner, Captain Burns. of San Si