Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-20
TOMBSTONE MINES ARE
 IN SPLENDID SHAPE
WORK IS ATTENDED BY HIGHLY
 SATISFACTORY RESULTS.
Lcoks As If Properties of Consolidated
 Would Certainly Be Brought to the
 Front-DeVelopment Work Is Pro gressing Wei and Showing New Ore.
(SneciaI to Review.l


 Tombstone. Aug. 19.-Never before in the history of the Consolidated Com pany has the outlook been so encouT- aging as at the present time. From all of the properties being worked by the company come most flattering re- ports. More ore is being shipped from their claims than at any time since they have begun operations. Five cars per day are being shipped, all of which is coming from the mines, as no more of the old dumps are being ship ped.
 At the big shaft during the past week one of the richest strikes that has been made for some time was un- covered on the roo foot level. A ledge of carbonate ore four feet wide has opened up in one of the drifts, the ledge itself will average over $2,5OO per ton. while an 1S-inch streak in the center of the ledge will run away up in the thousands. Samples of this streak show the ore to be covered with horn silver. while there is gold in the rock to a value of s150 per ton. The gold occurs in the form of sylvanite, and is not visible to the naked eye. What few specimens have found their way out of the mine have been eagerly picked up by specimen fiends, as high as S10 and s15 being offered for pieces as large as a mans fist. The strike which was made during the first part of the week, still continues to hold its own, and the extent of the ore body has not yet been determined. The whole face of the drift is now in ledge matter. and looks as though an i'm mense body had been uncovered.
 The other levels in the mine still continue to contribute their share to the increasing output.
 The work of installing the mammoth pump on the 500 foot level is progress ing rapidly, the parts of the pump have all been lowered to the station, and the machinists are connecting the parts up as fast as possible. Master Mechanic Trelease expects to have the pump at work by the 1st of Sep tember. The pump has capacity of 6,000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. and will be used to pump the water from the 500 to the 600 and 700 foot levels, from where it will be pumped to the surface by the pumps now on those stations As soon as the new pump is started, a force of three shifts will be put to work sink ing the shaft to the 1000 foot level.
 The work of putting the old Girard mill in shape for the installing of ad- ditional stamps and for the erection of a cyanide plant is progressing rap idly, and ere many months the sound of the dropping stamps will again be heard within the limits of the old camp.
 At the Silver Thread during the last week the usual shipments of ore have been made, and the development work done shows no decline of the amount of ore in sight. This property has | at al times continued to more than pay | it's way, and the ore bodies seem to maintain the same richness and pro portion as they did in the early history of the property.
 At the Emerald more ore is being taken out than at any time since the resumption of work. The water in the lower levels has entirely disappear ] ed, so that the miners are not handi | capped from this cause any further | Some sort of rail connection is soon tC | be made to this property in order tC | facilitate the handling of the ore and the necessary supplies that are needed at the mine.
 The Lucky Cuss still continues tc show up in good shape, and consideTa ble ore is being taken out of the upper levels, and the usual shipments were made during the past week. The wa ter in the lower winzes is going dowT at the rate of an inch a day, and vii soon be down low enough to allow tht resumption of work in this part of the mine, where it is known good ore bod ies exist, as at the time of the closing down of the property the old Toughnu ] Company were getting out some ex ccedingly rich ore.
 The company intends in the immedi ate future to begin the operating O other of it's properties. among whicl will be the State of Maine and Tribute both of which are known to contail good ore bodies.
 The water level of the camp ha been lowered 1S0 feet since the compa ny began pumping, and it is expectet that it will be lowered much more rap
 idly when the new pump is started mention of which has already beel made in this article.
 Other Properties.
 Outside of the developments mad, by the Consolidated Company durini the past week, the most impOrtan
 event in the mining industry of tn | camp was the discovery by John Rain
 ey made upon a small fraction whicl
 he had located adjoining the Emerald For some time he had in view the idei
 of taking up the wedge-shaped fraC
 ton which contains about five acres
 On Thursday morning he concluded ti
 locate the property, going over ther
 and putting up his monuments, an
 named the claim the Midget. H then started to put in a few holes on I ledge of manganese that ra nacrOss tn D claim. He had put in two holes, an when on going back to examine wba