Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-04
OLD DOMINION IS KEEPING
 UP ITS PRODUCTION

| GLOBE. Ort. go. Dr. James Doug la. and Prc.idcu, Cnarlc. <. Smith. after thorough inspection of tn" Old Dominion mine. departed for the east last sunday. well pleased with tuc de. vclopincnt.. especially on The llth ! level anJ the east drifts of inc 10th and l2'h lcvcl.. The old Dominion mine never looked so well a- it does at present. the ore reserves having crown rapidly in the last few months. ! The latest strike of sulphdc on the lith level. in inc crosscut on block 2. within few hundred feet of Pnal creek. Is very important The ore is said to run high in sulphur and iron per The extraction drift is being continued westward and will soon bc under the creek Al the shelter five furnaces are in blast and the produc ton of copper this month will proba. hly exceed inc September output
 Information comes from Boston that the Old Dominion company has paid ofr loan of slOU.OUU. the last of its floating debt which has been carried during the past five years of shelter construction and mine developments. old Dominion now has working cap ital of between ssO0.0OO and s9OO,0 ,0OO, after inc payment of iis floating deDt. As it had net earnings of $sj,000 m August and the same in September. and should do as well this month. there is every prospect that before Christmas, stockholders will receive dividend distribution.
 Sinking has continued at the Eurr. ka shaf. in the Arizona Commercial. which has now reached depth of about forty feet below the 600 foot level. The shaft has been in very good looking ledge matter from the 60O.lcycl down, with some showing of 1 copper. However the fact that there has been scarcely any increase of wat CT in ihc shaft would indicate that the vein has not vet been penetrated. The TNflI Nlii l'f NWNN lN tVW lffNs NA which depth level will be opened and tilc ore should he found io hc of inc sane character and value as that cx. posed at water level iu thc old Black Hawk wprkings The Black Hawk vein ou tne property of thc Arizona commercial is one of thc strongest and best m.ncrnlizcd veins in The eastern part of inc district and the opening of rich and extensive ore body would seem tn hc only q ques ton of development at greater depth. General Manager Bennie. who was here for week or more. consulting with the local management in regard to the further development, of the property. returned to Clifton early last week. He expects to visit Globe again within the next two or three weeks.
 Superintendent W. F.. Carter os the Superior & Boston informs us that op. erations are progressing satisfactorily. Ore shipments are being made to the Fl Paso shelter at the rate of about fifty tons daily. Returns have been very good, the ore averaging better than per cent copper and the silver value being well maintained. At the Great Eastern mine the east drift on the isO.foot level is still in ore. al. though not of as high grade as for. mcrly. The north crosscut on the I3O level is going ahead as fast as three shifts can drive it. The new shaft for ! tho Et.gt.Vu .a Il rty.fve feet. At the Gardner shaft the station on the south side of the shaft. at 100 feet, has been completed, and the crosscut is in over twenty feet. 1 lt will have tO be driven about ll5 feet to intersect the Black Oxide lode. \ station is now being cut on the north side of the shaft at the 100 level.
 Globe Consolidated is shipping from ! two to three ears of sulphide ore n week, from the Gem mine. A bin just completed at the mine facilitates and eheapens the handling of the ore, and It IS the intention of the management at an early date to construct tram. ] way from the shaft to the railroad spur m the gulcn below, which would greatly reduce the cost of handling the ore and make it practicable to increase shipments.
 The ore for shipment is being stopped from the Gem vein in the west drift and holds up well in size and value. Drifting on the Gem vein has been started toward tho east and the ore shows some improvement.