Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-05
COPPER GLANCE
 STRIKES WATER
IN QUANTITIES, SOMETHING sIMi
 LAR TO OLD HoLsRook.

of 400 Gallons Per Minute and To.
 day Shows That They An Gaining
 Considerable gossip and rumor was
 afioat upon the streets yesterday con
 corning the Copper Glance mine. The
 report vas that . vast body of water had been encountered, which the pumps were unable to handle. and af is customary in such cases. as the story passed around the water part of it grew with every quotaton from one person to another. In order to ascertain exactly the conditions at .nis pfoperty. and to which SO hsny eyes were looking. the Review, dis sRXGf dheporter 10 interview the officials rqf the company in regaf to the fhaHfr fs9 I \
 S. w. Clawson was seen during the afternoon of yesterday and gave to the, Review man very frank state rnent as to the precise condition of affairs Said MT. Clawson: Tt is true that we have come to quite a flow of water. but there is nothing to be con sition exactly was struck in the Hol- brook mine. and it was two weeks be- fore they could do a stroke of work upon il. and believe the same propJ- sition presented itself in the Calumet & Pi-tsburg. so that we have met with nothing we had not anticipated It is. If course. impossible for us as yet to ell just what we may have to do but in the meantime the pumps are throw ing out the water at the rate of 400 ton at least 10 know that yesterday at late hour a considerable gain had been made on the element We so much hope to encounter. and yet which we dread if il comes on us too heavily. We will in the meantime continue Dumping: with the pumps We have on the ground If it should be found that these are iradecuate to handle the wa ter the company is amply supplied with funds to procure others. and we
 
 with our work of sinking and with the same determination to put the Copper Glance down to the real stuff. which We believe to he there in no uncertain quantities. While we may be delayed at the point We are now at in the shaft We shall proceed at the 500 foot level and commence drifting. so that really the work as outlined by the company will practically not be delayed fer an instant"
 The water problem is one that is nara 10 apply to reasoning and it re- luires a very full examination to satis. y the minds of the best management as to just what to do under the cir. but the Copper Glance is Tn the hands of the most practical and mining men in the coun. try, and as Mir. CIawson states. while he extent Of the water is being as- 'ertained, work will progress in drift ing on the levels above it. and if the present pumps will not do tbe work here are pumps in the world that will. and they will be obtained if neces- ,ary.
 On Thursday evening at about II 'clock the inflow of water at the bot om of the Copper Glance shaft in- ;reased so heavily that the miners had O give up any attempt at further sink ng- The last previous blast had un- ,cvered seam from which a large mount of water spurted and for a ime the flow was so extensive tha, he stump started to fill and the min 1 IFS were compelled to retire to the '5OO tation, which is fifty feet above. the | haft bottom. The No. g singer and | he $50 gallon station pump have been l iepf going steadily since, and the wa CT has so far receded that the stump | now practically clear of water again ut for the present 10 attempt will be made to resume sinking operations.
 Nesterday MT. Beckwith and MT. Warner drove out to the shaft to in. estisate conditions and found that i ae heavy increase .ip,t water probably esulted Fom the water vhicu- was ischaEged frem the ,bdmps on the | urface Altering down through crey- res in the rock and back into the haft again. q, s .s a |
 Steps wer4 a once taken to carry be water tswS from the shaft by 'eans ofa Hume, and i. is thought i hat this will promptly affect the in- ow. It win probably take a few | avs to determine if this has been the ause: Should the flow continue as present. it is probable that steps i'll have to be taken to increase the uW piAfRetft | The matter of re b nnip R4 EYE ip the two drfftsg aA H