Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-08
WHAT IS DUNG IN
 PARADISE DISTRICT
ALL MINING COMPANIES IN THE CHIRlcAHUAS AR EACTlNE-
 " ENGAGED AT PRESENT.
Is Now a Lively camp-New smelter and Also a Concentrator Are Being Erected-The Recent Fire There.

Paradise. Oct 7.-The Paradise dis trict in the Chiricahua mountains, is continuing it's rapid development all along the line.
 Beginning with tiS; western end of the district as you approach from Ro- deo aad reach Cave Creek. the first active property encountered is the Savage Gold & Copper company. In their main tunnel work is progress ing at the rate of about three feet per day. with two shifts. the breast still being in ore. which has been continu- Ous from entry. The wlnZe, which :s being sunk about 25O feet from eE- try, is down about thirty feet, and has encountered the sulphides. The com pany has just completed a new black smith shop on the eastern end of the property. and work will begin at this point in a few days In the shaft sinking continues in the hanging wall of the ledge which shows good ore. As soon as the shelter is finished, stripping of the ore wIll begin. The company is employing a force of fif- teen men which will be increased to twenty-five as soon as the workings will permit of their being put to work.
 Just west of the Savage is the Co., chise Consolidated Copper company. At this property work continues as usual. with about fifteen men The shaft is nearing the 200-foot level, and when this level is reached the com pany oontemplates cutting a statiGsi and driving a crossCut through the formation The lumber for the con- Centrator building has arrived and work on it's erection will begin at once. Harry Alexander. the manager, has just returned from a three weeks trip to Pittsburg. which is the head quarters of the company. He reports everything in a satisfactory condition, both there and at the mine.
 At the Chiricahua Development company development of the property continues with their usual energy, They have recently increased their force fifteen men, making about eighty in all; they have also built a large ad- dition to their mess house. At head quarters of this company, for some unknown reason, all information as to the company's dongs Is cenied the public.
 At the Manhattan Development company work is being pushed at both ends of the property. The adit tun- nel at the eastern side is in about i5O feet. and in this distance they nave cut five lodges. all carrying good look ing iron ore. and two of the ledges con tain 9 small percentage of copper which. considering their shallow depth from surface when these veins were cut, is a fl0ttering indication of the high values with little more depth This cross-cut tunnel was driven to 'cut the contact at a depth of about 300 feet. and they still have about 900 feet to go to reach the ledge. On the west side of this property another adir tunnel was put Tn the hill and drifting on the ledge. from this tunnel. condn- ues in good ore. The showing On this property IS very flattering.
 At the COlvin-Badger group the cwH- CTS arc having the claims surveyed and contemplate starting ar a1it tuh nel as soon as the survey is finished to get>under an immense iron and cop per outcrUp on the surface. The ttIn- rel will cut this body of ore al. a depth of about 800 feet
 At the Duluth X Chiricahua Devel Opment cOmrany they have begun de velopment work, and about completed bench in the side Of the hill, where they will sink their shaft
 At the Copper Range, this years as sessment work is being rapidly finish ed, and ir several of their assessment shaft good ore has been exposed.
 At the town of Paradise business continues good. The water works fol ire protection are rapidly nearing completion. About 2 o'clock Wednes day morning a fire broke cut in { large building which was erected fol a saloon, but at the time of the fr' was unoccupied. The fire destroyed this building, as well as the Waughte assay office, and was undoubtedly O incendiary origin, as there was no fir' in either building, both being unoccu pied.
 The forest reserve superintendent MT. McGlone, has made two good con tracts for cordwood to be cut from th' dead timber Each contract is fo 5000 cords. The wood will be takeI to Bisbee and Douglas.