Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-06

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temptation.
George A. Laird arrived in the city
Friday from Bisbee, returning to that
city Saturday evening. While here
Mr. Laird visited several properties
in the district. Cananea in his opinion
viii witness greater activity following
of the copper situation
than it has ever been known.
At the Arizpe Development contin-
ued improvement is reported in the
winze from the tunnel. This Wine Is
now down about so feet It's ore is
running as high as 212 ounces of silver
to the ton beside the copper and 9th
er values. AS depth is attained the
values are increasing, performance
which has been characteristic in all
work done on the property. In the
case of the Palo Seco the opinion was
long entertained that it would develop
a big low grade ore body, but this be-
lief now appears to have been alto
gether at fault. Development is add
ing daily to ground for expectation
that 1t viii be found that the rich
Alacran and the Palo Seco ore bodies
are one and the same. The big hoist
over the new shaft on the Palo Seco,
which viii connect with the tunnel, is
in operation and good progress being
made with sinking.
Calumet & Sonora is now operating
the machinery it had on its property
on the south side of the camp on the
Catalina and Norton announcements
on the northeast. On the Catalina
the shaft is down 20 feet and that on
the Norton is Town about 60 feet. Ore
showing in both is considered very
good, the values being in silver, lead
and copper. Il is expected that ship.
ments will be made before a great
while to Deming or Ell Paso smelters
returns from which win give a definite
line on the ore. President Norton is
expected to return to the city during
the present week from Mexico City
where he has been with regard to the
litigation in which his company is in.
volved for possession of portion OF
its original holding with South Cana
nea.
DIR. S. F. Emmons has gone 70
Washington. D. c., on a call, which
win occasion his absence from Cana
nea for several weeks. On his re
turn to the city the work of the geo
logical survey upon which he has beer
engaged for several months win be
sufficiently advanced to enable taking
up the maps for completion.
At the Cananea Central the new
boilers are being set up and will
shortly be producing the steam. fol
the central power plant on this prop
erty. This plant is at the main de
livery shaft of the America and Its
operation will enable excellent service
at cost much less than separate plants
for the various workings would en-
tail
A record run was made to Naco last
week by DIR. L. D. Ricketts, and Smell
ter Superintendent Charles F. Shelby
the latter driving his automobile sci
on car wheels over the track Of the
c. Y. r. & P. from this city to Naco
Arizona. in an hour and thirty min
utes. Returning, Mr.. Selby, accom-
panied by Trainmaster Neil Bailey o
the railroad, cut the time of the
run five minutes.
Robert Hilborn. the we'll lmtwn min
ing man of Douglas, arrived in tht
city Saturday in regard to property in
terests he has in the Fonteras dis
trict. Mr.. HiIborn states that white
Douglas is quiet in company with
All the rest or Ene copper CenJsTs
there are still many mining peopi,
coming in and inquiries for propert.
are by no means entirely lacking.
Manager Humphrey Of the La Els
condsdo Mining Company, operating
in the Fonteras district. was brie
visitor in the city last week to at
tend to legal matters of his compan!
before leaving on Thursday for New
York with reference to its affairs
Mr.. Humphrey now has the mair
shaft on the Escondido property dow
eighty feet and IS putting a hols
and boilers into commission for thu
conduct of further sinking. The shat
has had ore all the way down and ii
bottomed in excellent showing. ,Th'
silver and copper contents have i'm
proved with depth as have also the in
dications favorable for development o
a large body of pay material
Announcement was made last weel
by Purchasing Agent Percy r. Lucai