Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-30
ERRONEOUS REPORT.

ERRONEOUS REPORT.
 The many Calumet holders O Portage ake & Bisbee stock are pleased at the news that ore ha been struck in the shaft as they wer' not prepared to hear such news fo eight or ten months yet.-Calrme Journal.
 The report that ore had beer struck in the Portage Lake was tele graphed from Bisbee by Horace Stevens, who had been mis5nformed No ere has been struck in the Portage Lake. The shaft is only about IF Feet down. Water has been encoun tered, and pumps will have to be ir stalled before much more progress car be made in the shaft No ore was more surprised at the above repor' than the Portage Lake people then selves.
 MITCHELL DEVELOPMENT co.
 A correspondent writes from Bisbee to the Daily Mining Gazette, a Houghton, Michigan, the followirf concerning the Mitchell Development company:
 "The Mitchell Development com pany's property is located in Monte xuma canyon, Huachuca mountains 1t is about twenty five miles south west of Bisbee and twenty miles from . railroad, with fairly good wagon road 10 the place. The camp Is nice ay situated in & grove of scrub oaks. The surface showing and old work ings on this property are certainly very encouraging, there being ore in sight that runs high in copper. silver. Sold and zinc. 3ut the veins, which can be traced for two miles or more across the property. are small. as far as they have been prospected. which is only a short depth. Whether or not this will be a paying proposition depends on whether the ore veins gtdep in going down.
 Two shafts, one and 6 half com partments each. and several tunnels at different points on the hillside, are being pushed through to tap the ore veins. several hundred feet from the surface, to prove the property
 Carl F. Moore, formerly of Hough- ton county, is superintendent of the work. There are about sixty men employed. Everything about the property looks business-like. and the company is getting the best of deyei- spment for the money expended" ssss
 sMEtTER FOR WickEk5uRG-
 wiekenburg is to have a smelter after all. and have it in short order. fn fact the promoters of the enter prise say that if nothing unforeseen occurs 1t will be ready to blow in on She morning of July 5.
 The company few weeks ago pur- chased a thirty-ton water jacket that was shipped into Phoenix some years ago and has never been set up or used. perfectly new plant They desired to make some changes, how ever. and for the last three weeks have had it in one of the Phoenix machine shops. or al least the parts necessary to reconstruct. Last week ii was shipped to Wickenburg and ts being erected on the west side of the railroad track there. and about 300 yards south of the depot. A good bailer and all other necessary machin- cry has been purchased and the work Of erection will proceed without de- lay. There Is already carload of coke on hand, and they are promised that sufficient ore to start with will be hauled in during the next few days This- 4s- net. a-large plant. but the pro motors. Tom Elder, w. 8. Rees and associates think it will demonstrate whether or not that town really wants c smeIter and If it can be made to pay, its capacity can be increased. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES
 The Legislature of s Michigan has passed a bill appropria..ng si71.- 0o9 for the Michigan College of Mines at Houghtou. for the biennium beginning July next The most i'm portant item of this appropriation is that of s45, 600 for the construct ion of q metallurgical laborsteryl2 9'h& col