Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-29
ALL'S WELL IN
GREAT WARREN
COPPER CAMP
Steady and Growing Prosperity
Is Not Marked BY Anything
Out of the Ordinary During
the Past Week.


Although the local mining situation
is perhaps more steadily prosperous
than any in the west there is little to
chronicle in the way of news. Not
only is al probable development like
ly to be held at its present stage un
til the usual dull season of the holi-
days has passed. but like all well ex-
plotted districts its humdfum produc-
ton OF ore is too steady TO lend any
interesting features to mining ges-
sip.
All the Copper Queen properties are
being handled in the usual routine
manner. the only variation from the
usual course being the throwing of
more ore to the Sacramento shaft,
which at present is hosting about
threefourths of the ore lifted from
underground. The electric locomo
times now being used by tae company
have proven fully as successful as
could be expected, so much SO that
the Copper Queen people have order
ed several more, and upon their ar
rival practically all ores viii he hoist
ed through the Sacramento, the Gard
ner will cease hosting ore altogether
At the Holbrook hoist they are ex-
perimenting with an appliance for
heating of compressed air that in some
of its features is absolutely unprece-
denied The compressed air is TO be
used instead of steam as motive pow
er for the hosting machinery. 1t
has already been used at the shaft
named, but its installation viii become
permanent with the perfection of the
heating OF air The gain in economy
that win be lent by the expansion OF
the air used is so considerable as to
make the work now being attempted at
the Holbrook of great interest to all
operators who have to figure on the
expense of hoists. The heater is COM
posed of a small furnace surmounteo
by tabular boiler through the pipes
of watch oil circuiates. The oil used
Is high test" such as has been sub
nitted TO 700 degree flash test Tne
oil when heated passes through a tube
into a second similarly constructed
receptacle where the air from the com
pressor passes between the tubes OF
heated oil, kept at the required tenn
perature By circulation existing be
tween the air heater and the coke
heated oil boiler. The heat desired,
which no doubt will be had with the
perfection of the device, is 400 degrees,
and already a temperature has been
obtained of about 800 degrees for oil
and 260 degrees for the air. Already
the Holbrock hoist has been operated
by compressed air, and ultimately
with the Improvement of the new ven
ture the same power viii be used at
the Spray.
The directors of the C. & A. who
have been visiting Bisbee during the
mast few days, are immensely pleased
with the prosperous condition of their
property and the workmanlike man
ner in which it IS being operated.
While having nothing in the way OF
news to impart because OF the "monot-
onous prosperity of their plant and
mines. they nevertheless express adj
miration for the great mineral re
sources of a district that they nave
helped develop. When questioned
concerning tae PROBABILITY of widen
ing their present zone OF develop
ment in Arizona, they expressed their
intention OF wider investment in the
territory in the near future.
Noyenlber's output of bullion prob
ably will rank as Douglas RECORD
month. The Copper Queen smelter
win produce about 100000 pounds
while the G. & A shelters output
M doubt win equal that of last month
which reached 100000 pounds. This
viii make a total output Of about
II. COO O0O pounds Although the G,
o. .DIant once turned out 10.OO0,O0e
mounds in one month, the c. q A. al
that time was not running over the
1900, goo mark.
The Queen sInelters now are using
eight of their ten blast furnaces ane
the reyerbatory The full equipment
includes ten furnaces but nine IS
the most ever used at one tim, one al
/, ways being held in reserve. The z
4 A. are operating FIVE Of tseir SD
furnaces
The Bisbee-Tulufh Copper com
many. recently organized, has begun
its aeveIopnent Of the properly. me
nrore-fy originally was located oy
GINS Pinvan and C. Ii. Noyes. ;S4lt
coTnrany's officers Include Cnariei
Hicks. president; c. H. Noyes' secIe
tary: John Corning, manager. Thf
company viii do tais years assess
ment n the form of a shaft, and b!
the time sufficient work has been &C
compllshed in the way of assessnfen
ahere w1Ii be funds Forthcoming to
continue the property's further ez
pIoitation-
There Is nothing new to relate o
the shattuek except tiat the ore bod
recently encountered on the six hun
dred Is improving in vaiue- As to th'
probability OF smeiter being ereete'
in the near future nothing definite II
the way of information can be gaineS
from the officers OF the company. Tn
directorate and managers Of the Dem
Arizona are equally reticent concern
ing the possibility Of near resumption
Of work at their mine.
Ed Austin, for years proninen
mining man In taIs vicinity, has re
turned from Mexico with tale Of IN
stupendous operations Of the Lluyi'