Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-23
BIsBEE ORES
ARE RICHEST
TO BE FOUND
Michigan Paper Gives Prom
inence To Present Conditions
In the Great Warren District.

While there has been shortage of
output OF the red metal in the Bisbee
camp, there has been a gain In the
amount Of new work done. Seeing the
futility of running at full pressure in
the SLOPES and shelters, the companies
wisely curtailed at these points and
in creased their number of xorkmen
engaged in driving new drifts and
reaching into ground heretofore looked
favorably upon but which could not
be given attention because the de-
mands were so imperative at other
places, and also for the further reas-
on that labor was scarce.
Already we are hearing gratifying
reports fEorn the exploring, or develop
ing crews. At the Briggs shaft OF
Superior & Pittshurs a very promising
condition has recently been disclosed
Ore of excellent grade has been run
Into. and the management is more
than ever satisfied that this will event
: uafly' be very important portion of
their possessions The water in the
Briggs is being steadily lowered. and
the flow has diminished with. e4ch sue
ceeding month until now it amounts to
no more than can be expected from
any new mine of that field The shaft
has been draining yerysSsarge are1
as proved by the loweN As DC Water
in all the shafts for thousands Of feet
distant, some of the latter showing no
water since the Briggs stsft8a iarEitb
its big pumps The Junction shaft is
helping with the labor of freeing the
Bisbee basin Of its water, and each
succeeding level does much to relieve
the condition. Junction is also MAX
ing a good showing in ore, and its bot
tom level will undoubtedly be the best
thus far opened.
At the Hoatson the new level is &c
ing pushed fast and much to CRAFTY
has been already shown. This should
prove one of the richest portions OF
Superior & Pittsburg. judging from
what is being done right alongside BY
the Copper Queen people, which here
has its greatest mine
At the Cole shaft the showing OF ore
never was so good as now, and here
the new level is the best yet opened.
he task OF developing this has only
been fairly started and big things are
looked for.
The miners can find plenty of new
ground to attack in Superior G. Pitts
burg, and all well located. 1t will
take 20 years to get anything like a
fair idea of what the lands hold in
of the company Shafts will have to
be from ], 900 to / 500 feet To- reach
the orelbearing lines, but this is not
far as modern mining is loked upon.
The property has wonderfully bright
future. We hear complaints that the
work goes slowly, but few can appre-
ciate the magnitude of the territory
or the operations. This can only be
properly grasped by a personal visit
Of inspection. Then it will be seen
that much has been accomplished in
the comparatively short time since
work was first begun. When we look
al the progress in the iron and copper
mines of our own state we must agree
that Superior & Pittsburg has done
wonders. The property is not deyel-
oping one mine, but several, each sep
arate and distince from the other, but
all being connected by very long drifts
and shafts for the purpose of ventila-
ton, safety and for most economical
operation With the territory yet IN
explored the company should some day
be working no less than ten mines.
So it will be seen that the magnitude
of the operation is great.
1t is the same with Copper Queen.
In its active term of twenty-seyen or
more years it has been adding new
mines On the stretch reaching south.
ward from Its original workings, there
being several groups of lenses.
Copper Queen today is one of the
great copper producing companies Of
the world. and one of the most pros
porous. II has made millions unon
: millions from the ores In its lands in
the Bisbee basin, and it viii add mil
lfsns upon millions more to the al
ready wonderful achievement.
Iron Ore has claimed for several
years that Bisbee Is one of the great
est copper camps to be found any
where. We say 1t is the very richest
.,f all others in its ores. None other
can equal it in the quality OF It's prod
uet and because of this 1t makes its
pound of copper very cheap Its gold
and silver is an important element in
paving the cost of treatment of the
ores. 1t has not yet fairly started up
Z on its productive career.
From Calumet & Arizona comes very
pleasing reports of additions of more
ore of the very highest grade at both
the Irish Mag and Oliver shafts. We
no longer hear that the mine Is 70
he a short-Iived one. Those who know
il best are Assured that it will long
continue being a producer and dlvi-
deud payer Il has a splendid surplus
and is using a portion of it in deyei-
fsTi1g new mines in the southwestern
field and at least one of these gives
promise of being a dividend payer,
ores Of fine grade having been discoV-
cred. and with signs that the deposits
are large and commercially valuable
Senator TilIman seems u have r.