Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-29
NEW MINING GROUND
 IN GLOBE DISTRICT
MOUNTAINS OF RICH COPPER
 ORE.
The Section Lying West and South west of the Black Warrior
 a District by Itself.
(Globe Belt.)

heCeul NlSllS lO luS SSSllOh NihDA oS- ing the Live Oak, Keystone, Inspira- ton, Eureka and other properties southwest of the Black Warrior mines and from to s miles due west of the Old Dominion smelter, and a thor ough exploration of all underground developments as well as a careful ex- animation of work done on out crops justify the statements made in these headlines.
 What the depths may contain, or for a debate on the ioint-statehoOd whether they are deep mines or not, all development work has been by means of tunnels, crosseuts, open cuts and no shaft has reached more than 100 feet in depth. But, when the ore that can be measured-now in sight-runs into the millions of tons 1t does not immediately concern the corporations owning the various claims, for in their day and genera ton it will not necessarily be a ques- ton of anything but the building of plants for treating the ores in sight.
 When mountains of rock can be quarried containing values from two to four per cent in copper-as much as the Calumet & Hecla gets at a depth of 4O00 feet from a large per centage of its ore-the question of deep mining can be left in abeyance for the time being. Much of this rock contains seams and pay streaks which run from to 60 per cent of the red metal.
 The variety is great enough to N1o-CA anvhpAu Thnra fE CJfInhinn ore of both high and low grade and a great tonnage, there being millions of tons of concentrating ore, easy to work and cheap to treat on the h. spiration alone. Then there are rich sulphides in quantity as well. There are seams of the white glance which Is too rich to talk about; seams and streaks of oxidized ore; rich and lean high and low grade of ores, mounds and hills and great deposits of conglomerate car rying from to per cent copper.
 The cost of freighting ore to the shelter and cars Is from two to three dollars per ton. There are gold and silver values not allowed for by some smelters and yet there is over 100 tons of ore being shipped daily from this patch of ground, the Live Oak and Eureka being the principal ship pers, which pays handsomely after all expenses are deducted from the returns.
 From IS to 20 teams are hauling from the Live Oak from 50 to 90 tons per day of 8 to 15 per cent sili- cious ore. The Eureka employs teams constantly in hauling conglom- crate ores carrying from 4 to per cent copper for shipment to Douglas and elsewhere.
 From a few miles further west the Gibson mine is outputting rich sul- phide ores which are treated at the Old Dominion. In all cases the lean CT ores, which could be cheaply con centrated or leached are being piled on the dumps to await the installa- ton of plants for the purpose.
 Could the ores be treated on the spot, and only the concentrates ship ped there might easily be added 50 tons a day which would carry double the value of the high grade ores now being shipped.
 If a railway penetrated beyond the Bloody Tanks wash to the Gibson mine and a rate of dollar per ton to Globe-either smeiter or the c. v. G. & N. tracks-it is safe to say that 300 to 500 tons per diem could be re- lied upon.
 But the plants are coming. Ship pers realize that they can do so much better with a concentrated product in any form that they do not care to ship the hundreds of thousands of tons already mined or blocked out, preferring to hide their time and get the extra values now lost to them.
 At the Keystone property material is now being gathered for test plant which will produce on a small scale electrolytio copper. All classes of ores from the 16 claims of this property will be practically tested for the act ual cost of copper by this process. There would seem to be no doubt that the result would justify the erec- ton of a plant of not less than 75 tons daily capacity. But there Is a profit in shipping ore now in the fills of which the stock is estimated at 10000 tons, with a great deal more opened up ready for stoping.