Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-25
WARREN .O|STR|CT DISPLAYS MUCH
 ACTIVITY
Calumet & Arizona Begin Work On Wagoner
 And Hope Claims

BISBEE, Nov. 20 Work was begun last week on new shaft by toe Cal umet Arizona company on their property adjoining that of the Shat. tuck Arizona. It is bcing sunk be- tween the Wagner and Hope claims. and takes the name of both. being named the Hope Wagner. It is a short distance up the canyon from the Cong don shaft of the Superior d Pittsburg. and promises to be one of the princi. pal workings of the C. & A. company in the district. There are undoubtod ly large ore deposits located on the Hope and Wagner claims, as some Of the principal ore bodies of the Shat tuck. Arizona dip toward the Wagner. Ore will not be encountered at depth less than 600 feet, if the location Of the Shattuck lenses can bc used as q guide.
 The Hon,son shaft Is shipping most of their ore from the HOO and 1900 levels. Work on these two levels re. ceive most of the attention of the management of that property. The loo level is being opened up at the present time. but no commercial orc has as yet been encountered. The big ore body on the 1900 level IS now pen. etratcd to distance of about lj0 feet and there has been no dcteriora. ton in the grade of the ore.
 Commercial ore has been encounter. cd on the HOO level of the Junction in No. T drift, running in n northcrly direction from the station. The ore was encountered at a distance of 2j0 feet from the station and is believed to hc a continuation of tnc rich sul. phdc body on inc 1900 level. The ore will average about six per cent. The amount of water being pumped al present remains at between 360O and 31OO gallons per minute.
 The Briggs shaft k about dry now and when the drift is being run from inc Junrtion's i5uu station reaches raised.
 With production of s.220.OO0 lbs. of copper by the Copper Queen and i.oIO,00O lbs. by the C. X A.. most of which is mined in the Warren district, and the output being greatly increased, the November production promises to he record breaker.
 Work at several properties near Bis. bee was resumed this week after sev. cral months of idlencss. The Empire State. located about eight miles from Bisbee. has resumed and in a short time will be running with full quota of men.
 At Courtland, about thirty miles from Bisbec, the Copper Queen and c. A. companies have invested approx imately s5OO,0OO. Col. l.. W. Powell, of the C. & A. company, has arranged with the Leadville Mining Company to purcnasc two claims. the King Solo. mon and the Maid of Sunshine. for s200,000. The option runs until Oc' tober. 1909. A payment of sl0,000 was made Oct. 2s, and in April. 1909, s2O,. O00 will be paid. In October. 1909, sl70,0O0, the final payment, is to be made. The company also secured an option on the property of B. M. Kin ney and |. IT, Snyder for sl2,Oo0. The property consists of group of claims. An option has also been secured on the property of P. B. Warnckros for s50.. O0O. In all the C. & A. has secured options aggregating s30O,000. The Copper Queen company has sc , cured an option on the Brown group in the Leadvillc district for s200,000 | There are sixteen claims in the group Ten per cent of the total has already been paid.
 This district promises to he n second | Bisbce.