Arizona republican., 1907-06-23
A WEEKLY REVIEW OF
 THE GLOBE DISTRICT
Globe Consolidated Abandons Cross cuts on the 800 Level and Will
 Sink 10 HOO Feet.

The following cursory review of mining operations in the vicinity of Globe is from the Globe Silver Belt of the 16th:
 one or the most important develop nlents in local mining circles during the past week was the suspension of work In the crosscuts on the 800 level of the Globe Consolidated Gem shaft this decision being reached by Presi- dent H. B. Hovland during his visit here the early part of the week. All efforts will be concentrated in sink ing the shaft to the HOO level. from which the next lateral work will be undertaken.
 The company can now proceed with us development work along more defi- nlte lines, as it has certain knowledge that there is ore and of its location. In the north crosscut after passing through the two-foot streak of specu- lar hematite which caused such a Hurry Tn the shares of the company. sixty feet of porphyry was cut. after which about nineteen feet of vein mat ter, thoroughly leached and oxidized. was passed through. This convinced the management that it was the Josh Billings vein that was penetrated. On the surface the vein rests on about thirty feet of porphyry and the indica- ton of teaching is not prominent. No water was encountered after the vein matter was entered. The south cross cut shows nothing promising for de- Yeiopment at lower depths
 President Hovland on his recent yis- IL expressed great satisfaction con- corning what had been learned on the 300 level and Is satisfied that ore in large quantities will be uncovered on the HOO level He is of the opinion that the big vein will be uncovered 500 feet from the shaft. The desired depth will probably be attained by the middle of october. as the shaft yester- day was TAO feet deep and sinking will progress at the rate of about ninety feet per month. The GIobe-Boston shaft of the Globe Consolidated is now 645 feet deep. After the 500 level Is reached lateral work will he com menced.
 GIBSON COPPER COMPANY.
 There is something almost sensa- tional in the operations of the Gibson company. The company, whose rise in mining circles has been something phenomenal, expects to earn close to s12O.OOO during the present month. Since this time last month shipments of ore to the old Dominion smeIter have been doubled and there are now tnlrty-seVen teams, or 225 horses. hauling ore from the camp, eighteen miles away from the smelter. Daily shipments average about eighty tons or ore, which runs better than 25 Der cent copper. and it is all sulphide, which makes 1t more than welcome to the old Dominion
 The Gibson company is working 15O men at the mines, where more ore is being daily extracted than can be ship ped. While development is opening new bodies of ore on three levels. Work on the new three accompaniment shaft is well under way and if the large SUD- ply of hoisting machinery is not de- layed on the road too long the shaft will be completed in several months.
 OLD DOMINION.
 Operations continue on a large scale at the old Dominion Good headway Is being made on the construction work. All the structural steel for the extension of the smelter building has been received and there will be no further delay in completing the build- ing and erecting the new furnace. which will require five or six weeks. Mine work Is progressing with the largest force of miners ever employ- ed. A large and increasing tonnage Of ore is being mined. The smelter