Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-02
GLOBE GROUND IS BEING TAKEN
 VERY RAPIDLY
Sulphide Discoveries Cause Of
 Widespread interest In That Sction of Arizona'S Mineral FieId-Good News Expected

As eyidencing the widespread atten- ton that Globe district is attracting, due largely to the publicity given to the many important strikes and favor able developments iu our mines by the Silver Belt the fact may be cited that there have been representatives of a dozen or more big interests here since the beginning of September. examin- ing and negotiating for the purchase of miEsng property situated within ten miles of Globe, says the Silver Belt.
 Mining ground in the Miami section seems to be the most sought after, and competition is keen for options on tue best located claims in that locality that have not been tied up. Seven different interests are seeking a foot hold there, and from present appear ances, a month hence there will be very little property of real or pros pectiye value not bonded The latest announced deal is the bonding of a group of eight claims owned by C. E. Taylor of Los Angeles, which lies i'm mediately south of the Inspiration property. The identity of the pros pective purchasers has not been dis. closed, secrecy being observed in this deal as it has in nearly all others for property in that section.
 Locators are getting busy in many parts of the district, notably, in the vicinity of the Arizona-Colorado prop erty where the strike of suIphide ore Was made recently. In the search for open ground, some of the locators, we understand, have been careless about placing monuments, building them on other peoples claims Globe has been remarkably free from claim jumping and disputes over ownership of min. ing ground, and a word of caution 10 those disposed to disturb this desir- able condition is timely. M
 For several days an engineer has been reconnoitering in the vicinity of the Eureka shaft, with the view of locating a site for the smelter, which the Arizona Commercial copper com paEE has planned to erect. In all probability. the plant will be located on the Pontiac claim, some 500 or 800 feet northwest of the Eureka shaft. It is expected that the contracts for structural steel and machinery for the plant will be placed within the next lew weeks, and the shelter should be completed late in the spring of 1909. The capacity of the plant is to be 5O0 tons, but will be arranged with the expectation of its enlargement when greater capacity shall be needed. By the time the smelter is ready to 20 into commission the Eureka shaft will have been sunk several hundred feet and levels at 625 and 750 feet well advanced. Development at the east end of the Black Hawk. below the 500-foot level, will also be in progress :: and there is little doubt that the ore supply will be ample.
 The Eureka shaft has reached the depth of 570 feet and is still in the hanging wall of the vein. It now seems probable that the shaft will not cut the vein at 600 feet, as the engineers had figured. The exten silon of the crosscut on the 45O-foot level disclosed the fact that the Black Hawk vein at that point had been faulted or turned toward the south. which increases the distance between the vein and the Eureka shaft about twenty-five feet greater than had been calculated. There is very little water in the shaft; in fact, hardly enough for the pumps to operate to advantage and no increase is expected until the shaft enters the vein.
 At the Superior & Boston property g good start has been made to sink the new working shaft for the Great East ern mine. The location of the shaft is on the Copper Money claim of the Col Iins & Doyle group, which has beer acquired by the Superior & BostoE company, and is distant from the pres senf Great Eastern shaft over 1000 fee fin northerly direction.
 The Great Eastern mine continues tC show improvement, and that it vii rank among the best copper mines il the district, and, we believe, in tht territory Of Arizona, is assured. Int east drift on the 4S0-foot level is stil in ore 325 feet east of Black Hawl Zine, which Is the present distance O the ore shoot on that level Tht r1anagement has installed snal pump on that level. and is pumping water for the boilers. In preparing t' do this the winZe was sunk ten fee deeper to provide a sump, and the or' iu this winze below the level is thu same high grade carbonate and glancI opened by the drift, and it Is goo' .sopiniou that this character of ore vii continue to a considerable dept further.
 At the Gardner shaft the work o cutting the station at the 4O0-foot ieE eI is progressing. The first indication of copper in the Gardnef shaft was os served a few days ago. A piece O sbale was found, taken from the bo' 4lpnn of the shaft, that is encrustet ,Nft11 brilliant green, red and broWl