Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
OLD DOMINION coNcgNTRAToR
Win Re Enlarged as Rapidly as Pos sibble to a Daily Capacity of
 zoo to 500 Tors.
lGlohe SilYer BelL(


 President c. s. Smith. of the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelling company, left Sunday morning for his home in Boston, thoroughly saus- fled with the affairs of the company here. which are in better shape than ever before in it's history.
 MT. Smith while here made several trips underground and expressed him. self to the writer as highly pleased with the conditions in the mine. lie found twice the amount of ore expos ed in the mine that was shown at the time of his last previous visit, notwithstanding the heavy and con tinuous demand for ores to feed the shelter. The amount of develop
 ment work carried en has been very large. calling for a monthly expendi- ture of about s25,000 in excess Of i the usual requirements for that pur'
 pose.
 The working shaft was sunk 10 a point below the 14th level sometime ago and the crosscut at that level IS well under way. It will have to be run about 600 feet to reach the main ore bodies and it is expected that this
 will be accomplished some time in
 January next, when important de7el
 opments are looked for. The l4th level crosscut penetrated a seam of
 very good sulphide ore not far from the shaft which was wholly unexpect
 CT. and it is now in mineraiizeC ground showing considerable pyrites
 MT Smith considers that the develop
 ment work of the past year has added . immensely to the value of tac proper . ty and undoubtedly the Old Dominion , company has one of the biggest ant i best mines in Arizona.
 The Old Dominion company is mak - ing preparations to largely increase
 its production next year The con
 centrator which has been in COmmis
 sion only two months, is 70 be CD
 larged at once to give it capacity O 450 to 500 tons per day. The enlarge i ment of the Smelter was decided upOl
 some time ago, another blast furnac
 similar to the three furnaces now I l. use. having been ordered. and whic l. should arrive before the close of th e year A reverbatOry furnace n smelt the flue dust and fines is als n under consideration, but will probabl r not be installed until the Oetroi s Copper company tests the reyerber; Q tory furnace which it is now erecdn h at Morenci. The recent installatiO el of new No. 10 blower gives DloV D ing capacity ample to run fou, flu l. naces.
 d With these additions to its plant th n Old Dominion. company expects thl l. within year it will be producing co e per at the rate of 50,0OO.000 pounds ( e more per year.
 t The first dividend declared by th d Old Dominion company. of 50 cent o Der share, is payable December l { and while the company has not con r. mitted itself as to other payments . the future, the policy will undoubtet l ly be to declare dividends at interval
 as earnings, justify.
 , N. L. AInster, consulting enginee , ad a large stockholder ow the Arizon , Commercial Copper company, arrive . from Boston last Thursday and wi } remain a week longer. To MT. AmsIer . efforts is largely due the successfI organization of the company and tn splendid condition of the property. FC f some time past the Arizona Comme
 cial has been shipping 60 tons of su l phide ore daily to the Old Dominic J. smelter and about 90 tons of siliciot r ores to the Douglas reduction work t Preparations are being made to a $ proximately double the tonnage $ these shipments.