Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-21
MANY MINERS
ARE DROPPED
PROPERTIES AT GLOBE CUT
DOWN FORCE
SANTA RITAs SHOW VALUABLE
ORE
Tombstone Consolidated Company
Keeps Working Away at an Ex-
pense Of $4,000 Month
for Pumping

Special to The Herald
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 20.-Accordlns
to reports hundreds of miners, possibly
500. have been laid or in the past couple
of weeks In and about Globe. 1t Is un-
derstood that the Old Dominion has
dropped about 500, while work has been
stopped on the Copper Hill and BLACK
Hawk properties of the Arizona COM
mercial There was a rumor tnat tne
Old Dominion smelter was to be closed
down October l. but the piant IS iu
ming at full capacity still. Boston re-
ports are to the effect that 1t costs IA
cents a pound to produce and market
copper at the Old Dominion, hsure
that would leave practically no margin
of profit at present prices 1or tne leu
metal Most of the men being discnarseo
are foreigners and practically all are un-
married men. The benedicts and the ola
employees are Icing spared.
Many of the Slavonians are leaving
bound for the Black Hills or Soutn
Dakota, whence many of them came TO
Globe, driven by a fire In the HomestaKe
mine at Lead, and because of the better
wages prevailing. Word has come from
ttif,,, Hills that men are wanted again
and the demand is being filled from the
Globe camp. In a single day the outgo-
ing sales of the ella Valley railroad ior
miners tickets aggregated Sllf5. Despite
the metal and labor conditions, the peo-
ple OF Globe are confident that the sea-
son of adversity will be of short dura-
ton and that this camp soon Will be
known as the greatest copper producer
of the southwest. The Old Dominion mas
never shown as well as at present, win
enormous sulphide bodies on the lower
levels balancing the renowned carbonate
ores above, and with new and COM
plete smelling plant paid for and in sue
cessful operation.
A deal has been closed between w. j.
Baldwin and A. Bodleson, representing
eastern capitalists, whereby the property
known as the Baldwin group, in the
Little Rincons, about 40 miles east of
Tucson. is taken over by the fasteners.
The price has not been made public, but
it is understood that Baldwin received
good figure In all there are four claims.
Rich Strike
A rich silver strike has been made
in the Santa Ritas and there is consider
able excitement as a result.
Ed Castaneda of Benson, who is oper-
ating there, received news from his part
ner, John D. Allen, that In the latter
part of the forty feet of work, which
had been let by contract. the workmen
had uncovered an eight-foot ledge of
silver ore on their Santa Rita property.
Samples sent to the Twin Buttes for an
assay shows a value of $170O to the ton
in silver.
This property is known as La Balla
and lies about eighty miles south from
Tucson and within twenty miles Oh the
Mexican border.
From the Kemple group of mines, the
Weaver district in Mohave county re-
Gently taken over by w. o. Young ana
associates of Salt Lake, Utah, comes
news of a rich strike of gold ore, said
to run high in the precious metal
Some very large ore bodies are being
opened on the London-Arizona Mining
companys holdings in Pinal county, and
General Manager Finney has stated de-
velopment of the property will not cease
because of the low price of the red metal.
Work of installing the new machinery
at the camp of the Logos Mines company
is finished and development is being
pushed on the property on larger scale
than ever. The equipment consists of a
40 horsepower gasoline engine 10x10
aair compressor, a Sullivan air drill.
blower complete blacksmith outfit, 40
horsepower hoist and new gallows
frame thirty feet high.
Rapid progress is being made in sink
ing the shaft, which is now over 16O feet
deep, and a number of improvements are
being made in the camp, calculated TO
make It as comfortable and well appoint
ed as any in the district.
Seams of Ore
The Logos group consists of forty-six
claims. 1t is located in the Yavapai
schist belt. about six miles southeast of
Mayer and a mile above the mouth Of
Big Bug creek.
The porphyry mountain covered by a
number of the locations is crossed by
seams of ore, rich in copper and gold.
A Shipment made to the Humboldt smell
ter gave returns of Is per cent in copper,
besides gold and silver values.
Ample water for all purposes can be
hao in Big Bug creek, covered by some Of
the locations Of the group.
The Tombstone Consolidated Mines
company has been driving away in the
old camp In that town for about five
years. Since the Boom shaft was down
300 feet 1t has been pumping constantly
at great expense and is today handling
100000 gallons every twenty-four hours
at cost Of about $4,000 month. About
800 men are employed at an average of
$3.50 a day. including high salaried Of
hcials. Timber, cyanide and other ma
terials represent about s25,OOO per month,
a total expense of about 100000
The company has a 40-stamp mill, |
which 1t claims will reduce 200 tons
day, with a gross result of 100000 per
month The mill has been run almost ex-
olusively on old dumps, the virgin lode
being shipped In limited quantities, add |
Ing to the receipts of the enterprise |
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