Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-16
SLIGHT DROP IN PRICE IF
 COPPER ELI
WI Probably Delay Still Fur her Return To Normal Con- aitIsns-lnterest In Shat Mck Meeting.

- ---dNC l4tC Ol has amounted to nearly 4,000 tons daily. This estimate is arrived at From the number of ore cars which have been loaded and forwarded to Douglas One regular ore train daily carries fifty of the big steel ore ears and besides from eight to ten sondola cars which carry the samples for the Copper Queen smelt- er- Besides this regular ore train the local freight train which goes daily from Benson to Douglas takes f1n average of thirty loads of ores from Don Luis to Douglas.
 The Calumet & Arizona company Is producing more ores from it's mines and those owned by the Su- perior & Pittsburg than at any time in the past. This company is em- pioying the largest force in its his ory and the smelter is producing more copper than ever before, hay ing five Furnaces in operation where as only four of the five furnoces mad been operated at one time prior to Enc middle of January when the dfth ore was put into commission.
 The Copper Queen company is not making the output that it was one S~e1@ 1SOB Dak tI ID AlOTS NcNGE- BpmeBt work now than at any time In its history. A great deal of work ls being done in preparation for the new system of bringing the Queen eres to the surface through the Sac samento shaft which has now reach ad . depth Of 1900 feet. This shaft has four compartments and will Aaye . capacity for hoistins 3,00e 40uz txpo saf0.% ho,,r ahGe<. h the intention to use skips instead of cars for hoisting ores which win be eb5pssicS automatically into the bins from which 1t will be taken in. to the ere cars of the raiIroad. Electric locomotives will be used to bring the ores from the various stopes of the Queen properties. These underground ore trains will be unfoaded Into bins automatically and from the bins the ore will be dis charged into the large skips for hoisting to the surface Arriving at the surface ths skips will automati- -caily discharge the ore onto a belt which win distribute the ore into 6 string of ten cars This will give an even distribution of the entire pro- duct From every producing locality us tAe mines. One Of the ten cars win be q sample car which will go directly to the ore pits ready for the furnace. The work of grading for railroad track to the Sacramento shaft has been in progress during the past two months and Is expect ed to be completed in within thirty days. It is expected that the Sacra- mento shaft will be in complete oper- =ation in about four months. The operation d the skip system of hoisting ores to be installed at the Sacramento will be the first attempt at this system in the Warren dis trict and 1t Is expected to result in a more economical and satisfactory methor of bringing the ores from the mines and loading them on the cars.
 During the week the regular monthly payments were made to the men employed in the district and it can be said that the money put in circulation was considerably in ex- cess of the amount for the proceed ing three months
 A great deal of interest was aroused during the week in the al- nual stockholders meetings of the ;Shattuck-Ar and Denn-Arizona SO1%L<AitCD dt Lul4Ln 1CStCk061 AASCA- nosH a complete story of the proceed ings sf which ic printed on another page of the Review this morning. The topic which absorbed most of the i1- teresf regarded the construction of the smelter at Douglas to handle the ores of the two companies
 An1ong the smaller companies de- velopmept work is being pushed For A.. . Fr..r1k favorable skowings being obtained.
 Tn spite of the continued slump ia the price of copper the general situa- ton is satisfactory, but there is little likelihood of the companies making any effort for a record production for some time to come.
 Queen Power House.
 Ire new power house being in- stalled by the Copper Queen Is mak- ing excellent headway. The boilers are BOW in place and will be steam ed up aext week, though it will be some lime before all the connections have been made. The total capaci- ty of the electric turbines and air compressors to be installed in the new power house. which is near the new Sacramento shalt, will be 1000 Horsepower, consisting of electric and compressed air. The electricity will furnish the power for handling all the underground haulage. for driving tae pumps. running the dinky hoists, for lighting and for run ming the various shop machinery including the saw mills. The drill , Will be operated by compressed air which will also be used for the op- eration d the large nrst motion hoists. The machinery Is being placed in the new power house unde The personal direction of Mir. Legrand, sf the mechanical engineering depart. mens-
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