Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-17
About the Only New Work Be- ing Done at Present Is at Sacramento Shaft of
 Copper Queen.
NEW HANDLING SYSTEM
 BEING ESTABLISHED
When Complete It Will Be a Great Saving in Expense
 of Operation.

Conditions in the district remain about the same as the previous week, the shipments remaining the same. The only new work which amounts to much is being done at the Sacra- mento shaft of the Copper Queen company. At this property the ore handling system is being installed, that is the equipment which will handle the ore after it is raised to the surface. Work was begun this week on the steel structure which will extend over the five sets of tracks and which will deliver the ore from the mine to the waiting ore cars. This work is being done by the Kenwood Bridge company of Chi cago, III. The ore will be raised by skips to the surface, where it will be delivered onto a belt conveyer which will carry 1t to the structure over the railroad tracks. This structure will be 800 feet long and 42 feet wide and will extend over four sets of tracks. The ore will be delivered from the conVeyor belt to small bins located at a short distance apart, about a car length, from which it will be run into the cars. With this equipment the company will be enabled to load fifty two cars simultaneously, the ore com ing from the mine in an endless stream
 The system being installed is the first of it's kind to be installed in the southwest, and is the latest device for the economical handling of ore mar ufactured. As has been mentioned in these columns heretofore. all ores from the different mines of the Cop per Queen company will be raised at the Sacramento shaft, being deliver ed there underground by electric trans and raised to the surface from the different levels by skips As the company ships quite number of car loads of ore to Douglas daily, 1t can readily be seen that they must have an up-to-date system to handle their entire output from one point. This they have done, or rather, are tioiug, and when completed it will be a say ing in the operating expenses of the company.
 In addition to the great amount Of eXcavating done to make room for the installation of this system, seventy five more feet will be excavated in the side of the hill at the present terminal of the set of railroad tracks. Work on this extension has begun, but 1t will be quite a number of days before it is completed.
 At the Sacramento mine the hoist house has been erected and the big hoist is at present being installed, but it will be a few weeks before it is ready for operation.
 At the new powerhouse of the Con- per Queen the machinery is gradually being put into operation, but it will be some time before it will be run ming in full operation. A wall of con- crete building blocks is being built between the boiler room and the DOT ton of the immense building which contains the machinery.
 The railroad tracks between the Holbrook and the machine shops is being prepared for double tracking.
 At the power-house of the Oliver Or the Calumet 6 Arizona company addi. tional machinery is being installed this week. The most important is a motor for converting the alternating current into direct use for theWar- street car line.