The copper era., 1904-12-01
LOCAL MINES AND MINING.
STANDARD CONSOLIDATED.

] SI-AH DAkD tONoOl-iDAIfD-
 A representative of the ERA upon
 visiting these properties lately was
 surprised at the activity and general
 hustle in and about the mines. Es- peCiallv was this noticeable on the
 Standard and San Jose. There was
 however no attempt to unnecessarily
 rush production. the policy being to
 open up and develop the various
 properties of the company. The
 north drift. first level Standard. |.
 which is driving towards San Jose. ha, opened up some fine oxide ore l which looks as if the drift will soon
 be in large bodies of good ore. On the second level to the north q fine
 streak of glance has come in. All ! stOpes on this level towards the north
 are looking and producing well. To ! the south on the first level the Stopes
 and drifts have been discontinued until connections are made from be- | low. SO as to handle the ore by gray ! ity, instead of trammiug long dis tances as heretofore. On the sec ond level to the south the different drifts are all opening into ore bodies and are opening up one of the most promising pieces of ground at pres
 ent in the mine. It is expected that
 the southern part of the mine will
 soon become d large producer, the
 stopes now supplying large part of
 the product. On the third level d
 stOpe recently started on q streak of
 glance has opened to about twent~- inches. and is still widening with de-
 velOpment. The ore in this stope averages more than i1 per cent. cop
 per. Undoubtedly the most interest ing part in the mine is the bottom of the incline level, some 2J0 feet from the surface. Here q large fault has appeared which cut off the vein. This fault was predicted by Mir. 1 Frank Probert, formerly with Phelps. l Dodge Co.,. on his examination of the 1 mine about eighteen months ago. | He also predicted that the main | mine or ore body would be found in | place below the fault. and the rich | bonanza body appearing above 600 1 feet in length averaging 30 per cent. copper. which was the surprise of all 1 mining men, was really only the top or apex of Il large ore body which i lay below. This will shortly be proven, as Superintendent Rose crans is now sinking at three places 900 feet apart on the fault. There was hardly q miner through the mine who was not breaking ore, the average of the ore being above 15 per cent. copper. The new surface Improvements recently installed. lend q buSiucsS-likc appearance to the camp. In fact the Standard camp iS now about as well equipped as any property in the neighborhood. Their tramway is capable of handling some POO tons in twenty-four hours. and it is not an idle fancy that from the appearance of the property at the present time that it will be taxed to it's full capacity in the near future.
 The san Jose is looking remark ably well, and will soon be d shipper The kuntZ drift shows , feet of ore m the breast, which is heavily mixed with glance, and will average about 20 per cent. copper. The Carlos rift. which to being driven towards he King shaft k the A. C. com pany, already has d fine showing, h0uph in only 22 feet. On the Cop : tailed 6-h.p. hoist, blac cksmith , hop and suitable buildings for the , nen. The shaft is now down 100 feet 1 ollOwin" q fine 2-foot streak of oxide 7 ,re averaging about 40 per cent. cop { ger. This shaft is now being sunk f ,n the ore and will be continued for i ,omc considerable depth after which , he further dey elopment of this vein will be determined. There are num- I .rouS promising veins throughout [ his property. which the company 1 hortly expect to thoroughly pros , )CCt. (
 \ new station on the. Coronado , -ailwav, to he known as Standard will be opened shortly at the terminal ,f the company's aerial tramway. MI trains will stop there instead of II KatZvillc. as heretofore.
 The product of the Standard for November was 100 tons of ore aver lging l5 per cent. copper. no high f cradc ore being shipped that month.
 This company has subdivided its 'rc products for the past two years, I ntO two classes. first being 20 and | lboVc. and second l5 and above.