Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-09
TOMBSTONE MINE REACHES 1000
 LEVEL
It Is Now the Intention of the Company to Push the Under ground Workings Into the Contention Property,
SITUATION
 WELL IN HAND,
Especial to Reyieyl


 TOMBSTONE, Dec. S.-The objec- tive point for which the management of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company has been striving to reach for the past four years, the 1000 foot level, has been reached. but not with out the expenditure of some several millions of dollars, and the gigantic task of handling vast amount of water, averaging more than 4.000, 900 gallons every twenty-four hours dur ing that time.
 The miners now at work in the big four-compartment shaft have reached the level, and during the next week will see the commencement of cutting out a large station at this point. The station will be some 30 feet wide and 100 feet in length. A stump 5 feet deep will also be sunk on the station for the handling of the water. A Set of mammoth pumps similar to those now installed on the 600 and 700 foot levels will be installed, one of the pumps being on hand at present. As soon as the station has been cut and the pumps placed in readiness thor ough and systematic development of the properties will be commenced.
 It is the intention of the company to push the underground workings into the old Grand Central and Contention properties to tap the ore bodies that are known to lie below the water level and in which those respective compa' nies were working at the time they were compelled to shut down on ac' count of the pumps being unable to handle the water. Since the insta.i- ing of the new boilers the company has not had the least trouble in hand ling the water, and the amount pump ed has been gradually reduced from nearly five millions to four millions, every twenty-four hours, and some days during the past few weeks the amount has been reduced to below that figure.
 Master Mechanic Sam Garrett says he expects no trouble in the future in handling the water, as the pumps on hand and with the boiler power now In use they could handle considerably more water than they have had to do in the past
 At the Silver Thread the work Of sinking the shaft is progressing rap idly and is nearing the 600 foot level Ii is the intention of the company to push the shaft down so that the body of copper ore that was uncovered in the winze from the 800 ca nbe fully ex- pIored. The winze had reached depth of I35 feet from the 500 level when the copper was struck. and the water at that time prevented further working in the winZe. The collar of the Thread shaft is some 200 feet low CT than that of the big shaft. so that the water is encountered at much less depth. The old tne 1Nar level in .he Thread is the ol1 '. while the .n v-ss the ieve
 tention and Grand Centra
 ter level in the district ha
 cred up to the present tinac over 200 feet. Parties who aas the body of copper ore uscos the Thread and the formaacr that 1t is their opinion tha-
 prove one of the best co2pes oegoei P that has been uncovered for some time.
 The Lucky Cuss continues to con tribute it's monthly shipments to the Fl Paso smeIters, and not since it has been under the present management has it failed to come to the front with it's usual quota of ore. and has to a large extent helped to pay the ex- penses of the workings of the other properties and tie expense of pump ing, and che property is good for a number of years yet to come, aud with further sinking will further increase her output.
 At the mill the forty stamps are continually dropping on ore from the Rig Shaft and from the Tranquility beside the old tafIlngs that are now being worked over, which have laid in the tailing bed for number of years, ever since the mill was run by the Tombstone Mining and Milling Com Ipany. A shipment of concentrates was made last week to the El Paso smelters that were valued at $25,000, besides two large bars of bullion that were shipped by express to San Fran cisco. The clean up of bullion and concentrates is made twice month. sThe mill since it has been at work has. more than done what was expect ed of it. and has made returns that far exceed the fondest expectations of