Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-19
4 VERY QUIET WEEK IN MINING
THROUGHOUT THE WARREN DISTRICT

The past week in the local mining
Held has been practically featureless
the only changes which can be notes
being progress in various important
improvements being made by tho diff
ferent companies In their mil.e s.
The price OF copper metal Tell CT
slightly during the early part of the
week. and did not regain the loss W
until yesterday. At the present time
the general situation in the metal
market seems to be greatly in favor
of the producers although the con
sumers say they are in no hurry to
place orders Reports from all OF
the big selling agencies are to the
effect that orders have been placed
for big supply for future delivery,
and that the amount on hand has
been exhausted.
The Copper Queen company is fin
ishing the final details in the install
alton OF the machinery In its magnifi-
| cent new power house on Sacramento
Hill, and within short time the an
nouncement of when the plant will be
| put into commission viii be forth
coming. This plant when completed
will furnish all of the electricity for
lighting and power used in the com
pany's mines, and will form an es.
sential part of the new hosting sys-
tenn.
Work at the Sacramento shaft is
progressing rapidly in preparation for
the change of hoisting systems This
will form the central point il minius
operations Of the Copper Queen, as
all of the ore will be loaded at this
| shaft, and. great saving will be re-
/ allied because of doing away with the
Necessity of hauling the ores from the
| high lines to the city and then down
the canyon as at present.
There has been nothing but rou-
! tine work at the Calumet & Arizona
| and Superior & Pittsburg properties,
the ore product is remaining the
same and development work being
prosecuted steadily on the extensive
new ore bodies In the latter.
The Shattuck people expect to
have the last OF the bids for the con-
struction of their smelter submitted
by the end of the month
]. A. Minnear, when asked for some
data on the Superior & Boston prop
erty. which he recently visited on the
occasion OF his trip to the mines in
| Southern Arizona.
This property comprises about As
claims, over 500 acres, and adjoins
the Old Dominion and Arizona Com
mercial. II is being developed with
| two temporary shafts and a tunnel
Active mining operations were begun
I, the early part of January, 1907. About
1000 feet Of development work has
been done to date. Ore has been oP-
ened up in three different faults or
veins, which carry good values in cop
per, iron, silver and little gold val
ues. The new shaft on the Red Ok
ide claim of the property win control
or be in a position to develop the
Limestone, the Iron King and the
Buckeye fault.
THE Buckeye fault at present is
being explored by a tunnel in about
| 1000 feet and about $50 feet under
| the mountain. The showing at this
| point is very encouraging and consid-
cradle shipping ore is being taken out
| in running drifts. A winZe is being
sunk in this tunnel and shows the
continued naturalization of the fault
and, no doubt, with depth it will not
\ only widen out, as is the rule IN the
Globe camp, but will become higher
mineralized. The vein is about "a
feet wide, though not all mineralized.
They have compressor at this point
to develop air, etc.
"Tne Great Eastern shaft, which is
considered the best showing, is work
ing on the Black Hawk fault, tic
same as the Arizona Commercial has
been producing from mostly for some
] time. 1t is connected with the Old
Dominion smelter by the A. c. r. R.,
spur of which about so feet long is
nearing completion. The Great East
ern, a single compartment shaft, is
down about 500 feet, with the princi-
| pal showing on the 426-foot level and
| in the wfnze. It is competed with
| the Arizona Commercial on this level.
| This territory has been considerably
proven up by the Arizona Commercial
/ in a winze they have sunk east of
their shaft and within few feet or
the Superior & Boston Wedge claim
1 line. The ores will average about
per cent in the Great Eastern. The
! equipment at this point is all that Is
neces sary for active development
work and regular shipments win be
made from this point from now on,
and ore bins and shutes viii be built
| to reduce the cost of handling the
/
/ Globe camp that is being rapidly ov-
ercome and that is the unnecessary
handling which increases costs. the
Limestone, single compartment,
| vertical shaft, has been sunk to a
depth OF about $50 feet, with ore de
veloped on the zoo and 500-foot levels.
This Is on the Limestone fault ana,
while the vein is not as wide as the
| pIack Hawk nv R.ckeyP IL carries
| good values in copper, iron and silver
In all, the Superior & Boston. 70 date
conserYativeIy speaking, has drifted
through at least 700 feet Of ore with
say. an average width OF 6 or feet
and will show at least 5 per cent
copper values, five ounces silver and
i 40 to so per cent iron To date
twelve cars shipped to the Old Do
/ minioa smelter which showed a net
1 value of SIS to $26 per ton.
\ To Be One Of Bio Producers
There is another vein outcroppine
on the surface, the iron King, which
while It has not been developed
gives promise of good values. Il will
1 likely be cut, according to the figur
4 ing Of experienced mining men. at q
depti Of 500 feet In the proposed new
shaft. The formation runs northeast
to southwest and is inclined 70 dir
Il north. The Limestone is practically
vertical and the Black Hawk abou
A degrees on Superior & Boston
property, though IL seems TO be less
than this on the Arizona Commercial
There IL also a decided change In tn.
icourse Of this vein, tae Black Hawl