Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-30
BLACK MOUNTAIN.


 company. he'd in Ch.caso. WeSaes lay July 5. ia addition to the reelection of the cid officers. F. J. senseG6ren- ner was elected vice-presldeRt. He Is also s- cs-president of the Kimberly Paper Interests. whose operations in Wisconsin and Michigan are the lars est of s ;,nd in the west. and is a man CT ariuty in corporate Organlza- tions. and will greatly aid the man sgement in conducting the affairs ot the company. One of the principal matters taken up at this meeting was the receiving of the report of Consult ing Engineer Moore who has just re- turned from an inspection of the prop erty. AIr. Noore's report is said to be most complete in desail
 in touching on mine development, he refers to No. 8 tunnel which has been wiaoued and CCuble-tracked so as 10 permit of carrying larger ore cars. This tunnel has now been driv- en in 1912 feet, and for this distance the vein holds its former characterist- ics unchanged. 1t is varying in width, ranging from to 90 feet. The last ST feet nearest the end of the tunnel averagins S5.93 per ton and the last 25O feet carefully corrected for thick ness of material. represented Si.S2 per ton The end of the tunnel at the present time has been developed by crosscui. Mr. Moore says show ing a tctaI thickness of 24 feet of ore which by the mine assays will aver age more than SC per ton, and accord ing to his report, is remarkably close to that obtained by him at the mill at the time of the original investiga- tionN
 Tn round numbers, the report esti- mates at the present time 524.0OG tons of ore blocked out. at a moder- ate estimated thickness of 10 feet. showing total gross value of s2,207,- TSs. Considering NIT. Moore's ultra conservatism. this is certainly a fine showing
 Mir. Moore says. 'Tt has been well known that the Cerro PrietO vein ex- tended to the south for a long dis tance There have been no work ings upon this. but at the time of former visit, the ground was held by other parties. It was allowed to be- come vacant and has been relocated for the Black Mountain Co. by your manager Mir. Banks have made no tests of values on this portion of the vein bat know it to be well de- fined and persistent. While it is too much 70 hope that it will carry any such continuous mineralization as is shown in the Cerro Prieto. it is fair ly to be expected. that some areas of it at least will prove valuable. The l Black Mountain Mining company's l property now covers this vein for moro | than three miles. The preliminary | work invariably necessary in the con struction of So large a plant is well along The first and absolute ne cessity was for a better wagon road Much work has been done on this With the bettermert in the read. the haulase capacity of teams has been improved % per cent and the cost Of tesniing correspondingly decreased. There has been some delay on ac- count of the scarcity of teams, bat over 500 tons of lumber and machin- cry are now at the mine, and more than 1.5jD tons en route. Practically all the nsill machinery has arrived at Magdalena"
 AtN bDNN- PAe+AA a%A Mas tAellEAAd lS III progress and well under way.
 In conclusion MT. Moore says. "It may be stated that all the develop ments of the mine since my former visit confirm the opinion then formed. The values certainly hold in depth. and the vein maintains it's individu- ality and thickness in a most satis- factory degree"
 Reports also from Manager Banks show that he is pushing the construc- ton work as rapidly as possible. A boarding ho1se, office and lodging house for the officers and skilled American help. and several working meR's houses have been built New and connexions store long demanded, has, also been constructed.
 Consulting Engineer P. N. Moore of the Black Mountain has completed his supplementary examination of the company's property n Mexico and submitted it to the directors. This property has interested in it the cap ital of people associated with the United States Steel corporation. as well as considerable Chicago and HoughtOn county capital.
 letter has been received in HOughton from an inside interest who has read AIr. MoUre's report and it is said to be very favorable, al though thoroughly conservative. It was upon the strength partly of his report that the property was taken over by its present owners, and his supplementary report surveys the de- velopment since the first report was issued.
 Mir. Moore says in substance that the work is progressing in fine shape and construction is going cn both at the mine and power plant with the facility that vas expected. while the results in the openings are meeting the calculations.
 There has been delivered at the mine so tons Of machinery and 1 300 tons is en route. The last of the or ders from the Westinghouse firm and