Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
GRATIFYING REPORTS
FROM BONANZA CIRCLE

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Iron Ore knew it would only be q
question of comparatively short time
when Mr.. Powell would De reporting
something gratifying from the Bonan-
"a Circle properties. That gentleman,
as we have frequently announced. has
been working night and day to get
the drifts and shafts sufficiently ex-
tended so as to reach the ore-bearing
zones. The policy of the company
has ever been to "open up the rocks. F"
We have heard that talked by their
leading representatives upon all oc-
casions. It has been one thing insist
ed upon, and when there was any let
up in this practice by the local repre-
sentative it brought out a storm of
criticism which stirred up things con-
siderably. Mr. Powell has never
ceased to press the work on the I'M
derground openings. While there has
been curtailment at Calumet and Ari-
iona in the number of men employed
on the slopes, at the other properties
there has been no lifting up, but the
men were being told TO get into the
ground as fast as they possibly could.
Long drifts were run, and shafts
sunk for ventilation in order that the
opening of the great area possessed
by the company might go on. This
! took time, and it needed money, but
it had to be done in order that the
plan could be followed out, and it was
the proper course. Few people real
ize the importance Of this task or
the maRnitude of the underground
operations of the company.
Recent Ore Finds.
It was only last week that we an
nounced the finding of an important
ore body at the Junction shaft. ITO
foot level, where ore gives Is per
cent copper Junction, as many have
claimed, will make one of the best
producers of the Superior and Pitts
burg company. This was on the high
est level. Important ore deposits had
previously been shown on the same
level as this and from which stopping
has been done But it is a big work.
Here are located one OF the big pump.
ing plants of the company, which di'
vides with the Briggs shaft the task
Of taking the water from this i'm
mense mineralized basin. To install
the necessary machinery, etc, has
taken time, and development was
here hindered for a considerable per
iod due to the work. A great drift
connecting the Junction with the Cal
umet and Pittsburg property was put
| in to assist in the drainage Of the
field as we'll as to give better venti
lation to the levels of these proper
| ties.
Hoatson Shaft Well Located.
Iron Ore has always insisted, too
that the Hoatson shaft Of the com
pany should be winner. That could
| be the only verdict after examining
| the property with reference to its po
sition as associated with very rich
producers which occupied position
directly alongside. The Del Norte
claim upon which this shaft was
sunk, was frequently described as the
Insurance" claim by members of the
company because in their minds II
| insured the success of the entire Cal
umet and Pittsburg, now merged with
other companies into Superior and
Pittsburg. AS was often told IN
these columns, Copper Queen was
operating one Of its richest mines di
rectly alongside the Del Norte. Its
ores were known to extend upon the
lines of the latter territory. Every
thing favored the development of rich
ore deposits on the Del Norte and
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Upon the occasion of our last visit tC
the property they had found punches
of clean ore of high grade, but the
| openings were more attractive be
cause of the immense area of leachec
ore seen, this always being the fore
runner in this basin, of rich ores.
Rich Ores Now Encountered.
| On the last day of 1907 the news
was flashed over the wire that oyei
sixty feet of solid ore had been Gu
| in one of the main crosscuts on tbs
| 12o0-foot level, while in another opeT
| ing drift ore running 13 per cent had
been found. On the 1900 there is
great amount of leached ore. too
| showing that below this there should
1 be immense deposits of ore Of higf
grade. Andthe management has fig
| ured that this depth will have to b
J reached to find the main. permanent
1 bodies. They made this prediction
| knowing what their neighbors are do
| ing at similar depth.
AS we have often insisted, the 30
uanza Circle is all right