Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-15
Tells the Boston Financial News of Western Mining Conditions in General and Predicts Great Things.
FORCE TO BE INCREASED
 AT RRlZoNB COMMERCIAL
Good Word For Powell and the Bonanza Circle Group-NeW Furnace to Be Erected at HeIyetia Shortly.

N. l.. Amster, president of the Ari. zona Commercial, who has just re- turned from a three weeks trip to the mining districts of Arizona. Utah and Montana gives an interesting account of his trip which was undertaken in connection with other large holders in the company. He says:
 Our first objective was Globe, Ari, zona, where the property we were di' rectly interested in was located. The condition we found on the Arizona Commercial was a most agreeable sur. prise. as the property was even fur ther advanced than we had thought to find !t
 "The main shaft on the Copper Hill is down 750 feet and as soon as the S00-foot level is reached we will again cross-cut. Sulphide has been encoUn. tered in this shaft almost from the collar downward. At the 700-foot level we went through another body, but did not stop to investigate. This mine is now shipping 100 tons day: but producing from 150 to 200 tons a day in the course of its logical devel opment work. Our stopes lock ex- ceeA.1EAy Nel anu tue DOAy SilONS great strength. The directors have voted to build an extension of the standard guage connecting the mine with the main line. This will give us the transportation facilities which we now lack. At present we are shipping over the narrow 1S-inch tram of the United Globe which was extended tc reach our property some time ago E. xrnrlynd hnNnnn lTg capacity in handling our ore. With the new railroad we will be able tc handle our entire production-and this at a very good profit
 The new extension will also en. able us to handle from 400 to 800 tons daily of the silicious carbonatcs These ores are shipped to the Copper Queen under present arrangements but the directors have just made ar arrangements to ship ores to the Creme Consolidated and the Calumet X Ari- zona. There is a very good profit in this business, as it returns about 50 net per ton. The ore is very valuable in smelting as it contains excess CT iron. The sulphides will be shipped to the Old Dominion, as usual
 "The Black Hawk shaft is GoUn tc the 400-foot level and will be pushed to the 500 before any further lateral openings are made. It is shippln" some ore which goes to the Old Do minion. It contains an excess of Iron and is valuable in the smelter.
 Plans have been laid for larger and more comprehensive opening or this property. The shaft is not yet down to the water 1eTel and She OK idized ore are not expected to be en- countered until the water level is reached. It is expected that thi5 w,ll be encountered in the next 100 feet of sinking. The superintendect has been ordered to double the boiler ca paciuy, and men are being added tc the working gang as rapidly as they can be found and room made foi them underground. The working force now numbers 125 men, but will be in creased 10 200 within 90 days.
 ''The reserve of salicious ores IS large. Over 100000 tons of the OK idized sulphides are in sight They contain excess of iron, between 2 per cent and f per ce-t copper and from three to four ounces of silver. Be low the water level these bodies are expected to change to sulphides with the original values in copper. Tho company plans also to erect in thu very near future 150-ton capacity concentration to haHdle the suiphides
 OLD DOMINION.
 ''we also visited the Old Dominion which is now done with its fire annoy ance. There a new water jacket fur mace and a reverberatory of the type made familiar by the Anaconda Cop per Company are being rapidly pushed to completion. This will give Old Dominion five furnaces. The compa ny waited to observe the installation of a furnace of similar type at the Phelps-Dodge Detroit Copper Com pany. This was highly successful SC that the Old Dominion knows about what to expect from it's own. The ore reserve at the Old Dominion look ex ceedingIy well. They show an in crease with depth that must be very gratifying to the company. Dr. Rick etts has made a reduction in the mat ter of reduction costs that is almost phenomenal and the furnace is now smelting ores as cheaply as tho .wsshoe.
 BONANZA CIRCLE.
 t.At the Bonanza Circle properties Mr. Powell, the new manager, has in troduced many economies and is i'm proving the organization of the prop critics constantly. He has reduced the water in the Calumet & Pittsburg shaft materially and in very short time will reach tho ore zone. The (Continned on Page 1o)