Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-24

and a little from the 500. The recent
development work which has been
prosecuted shows that the property is
still in its infancy, even if the company
did ship an average of 400 tons daily
before they ceased shipping to the
shelters. All the recent Developments
have been made in virgin ground, and
all show ore. Three drifts running in
different directions on different levels
received the most attention since the
resumption Of work at the property
several months ago, and these drifts are
the ones in which the ore has been
encountered.
All the ore taken from the mine
since the beginning of operations after
the shutdown was taken from the above
mentioned three drifts, and the bins
in which it was dumped shows the re.
suits of the efforts of the company.
The bins are very large and at the pres.
ent time are half filled with ore run
ming anywhere from to II per cent.
The company does not expect to ship
any ore until the completion Of their
smelter, which win be begun at Doug.
las in short time, and in the mean
time the attention of the company
will be directed towards the develop.
ment of the new ore bodies and the
exploration in quest of new ones.
Copper Queen.
Nothing of much importance has de-
veloped at the properties of the Copper
Queen, except that at the Spray rich
body Of oxide ore has been cut at a
point between that property and the
Holbrook of the same company. The
ore runs as high as so per cent copper
The extent of the body is not known,
but as strikes of this nature at the
Spray and other properties of the Queen
are of almost daily occurrence, it is
not looked upon as Of great Importance.
The most important surface work be-
ing done by the company at present is
the electrifying of all the underground
hauling systems OF the different mines
of the company, and the installation of
the new ore-handling system at the
Sacramento shaft. The installation of
the system is rapidly nearing compile
ton, and it will probably be ready for
use in about two weeks and half.
The hopper which will receive the ore
as il is brought to the surface in skips
has already been installed. The gallows
frame has been strengthened for its
new work by the addition of two steel
supports extending from the ground to
the top OF the frame. The system will
be in operation in the latter part Of
July or first Of August, providing ev-
erything runs smoothly when the tests
are made. The skips viii have a ca
pacity of three tons each, which is
smaller than at first figured on. When
the skip system is running full capacity
with three-ton skips, $4,000 tons of ore
can be hoisted in twenty-four hours, or
three tons a minute. Under ground the
ore will be hauled in trains which will
be run over bins near the point where
the skips are loaded, and will be tipped
and unloaded as the train passes over.
A new pattern car will be used for the
purpose, some of which have already
arrived. From the bins the ore win be
passed into measuring bins, which will
hold three tons, the capacity of the
skips, and when the skips reach the
level to be loaded they can be filled in
a few seconds. All that will be neces.
ssry will be for the men In charge to
pull a lever permitting the ore to run
into the skip.
AT the Copper Queen smelter at Doug
las seven blast furnaces and the rever,
beratory furnace are now in operation
being one furnace more than the preced
ing month--two, with the reverberatory
| Sunday work has been resumed at the
blacksmith, boilermaking and machine
shops, after being discontinued for some
| time.
Machinery for FL Trio.
Mining machinery and camp supplies
which represent an outlay of $4,000
are now en- route from the east to this
country for the Ell Trio Mining com.
pany, one of the big operators in the
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Silver Bell district. The machinery
purchased by the company includes
large engines and boilers and complete
mining equipment for prosecuting the
work on the properties on much more
extensive scale than heretofore.
Octave Fine Showing.
C. E. Miesse, president, and J. d.
Moore, vice president Of the Octave
Mining company, who returned to Chi
cago last week after visit at the prop
erty, are enthusiastic over the outlook
in the Octave mine, which they said
is surprising all Of its former records
of production. New labor saving de-
wees are beng installed the mine
which reduces the cost Of getting the
product to the mill considerably and the
management is planning to add new ma
i chinery to the mill which will increas,
the output.