Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-16
CALUMET MAN
ON SUPERIOR
And BOSTON
Facts and Observations Clean
ed From Visit to the Prop
erty of Company in Mining
District.

]. A. Minnear Of Calumet. when
asked for some data on the Superior
& Boston property, which he recent
~ visited on the occasion of his trip
20 the mines OF the southwest. said:
This property comprises about IS
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
the early part OF January, 1907. About
1900 feet Of Development work mas
been done to date. Ore has pea
opened up in three different faults or
veins, which carry good values in
copper, iron. silver and a little gold
values, The new shaft on the Red
Oxide claim Of the property VIII con-
troll or be in a position 10 develop the
Limestone, the Iron King and the
Buckeye faults
The Buckeye fault at present IS be
ing explored by tunnel In about J.
Ieb feet and about $50 feet under the
mountain The showing at this point
is very encouraging and considerable
shipping ore is being taken out in
running drifts A Wine is being
sunk in this tunnel and shows the
continued naturalization os the fault
and. no doubt. with depth il viii not
only. widen ont as is the rule in the
Globe camp but viii become higher
mineraliZed. The vein is about "a
feet wiGe.' though not all mineraliZed.
They have q compressor at this point
10 develop air, etc Temporary ore
bins and chutes have been erected to
expedite any and all shipments that
the management may decide upon. X
is about 250O feet from the Great
Eastern shaft or from the railroad.
The Great Eastern shaft, which is
considered the best showing, is work
ing on the Black Hawk fault, the same
as the Arizona Commercial has been
producing from mostly for some time.
It is connected with the Old Domin-
ion smelter by tAe A. C. r. R., a spur
OF which about $50 feet long, is near
ing completion. The Great Eastern, u
single compartment shaft. il down
about 500 feet, with the principal
showing on the 426-foot level and in
the Wine. II is connected with the
Arizona Commercial on this level.
The territory has been considerably
proven up by the Arizona CONNER
cial in a Wine they have sunk east
of their shaft and within z few feet of
the Superior & Boston Wedge claim
line. The ores will average aDvut q
Der cent in the Great Eastern. The
equipment at this point is all that is
necessary for active development
work and regular shipments will be
made from this point from now on,
and ore bins and shutes will be built
to reduce the cost of handling the
ore There is one feature OF the
Globe camp that is being rstDidly
overcome and that is the unnecessary
handling which increases costs. The
Limestone. a single compartment, YER
teal shaft, has been sunk TO depth
of about 80 feet with ore developed
on the 200 and 90 foot levels. This
is on the Limestone fault and While
the vein is not as wide as the Black
Hawk or Buckeye, it carries good val
ues in copper, iron and silver. In all
the Superior & Boston, to date, con-
seryatively speaking, has dritted
through at least zoo feet of ore with,
say. an average width Of to feet,
and will show at least ) per cent cop
per values, five ounces silver and 40
TO so per cent iron. This by no
means is exaggerating the present
showing and while It had been given
out that they had extensive ore show
ing Il was more than | expected TO
See" he says In talking with sever
al experts who were visiting the prop
ertv from New York Mr.. Minnear
saws. they all seem 10 be exceedingly
TIaased and expressed themselves SO.
To date over twelve cars Of ore have
been shipped to the Old Dominion
smelter. which showed 2 net value
after deducting cost Of smelling and
refining. TO from SIS to S26 per ton,
figuring copper at 10 cents.
Speahng of the National, he said:
.'Tais group comprises about 100
acres OF ground. an ideal location IN
the heart of the Globe district. They
have about a 5000 feet strike on the
Faults and Is the apex laws are IN
vogue in Arizona car mine for IN
limited depth. Il is being developed
Win a single compartment teinpOi y
shaft which has attained depta OF
about 500 feet. Sinking was stopped
an account Of a considerable flow OF
water and. as this shaft was only to
develop 2 location for perm2
shaft II was deemed by the manage
rnent as waste of funds TO handle
the water With such a small exploring
shaft. They have developed ore On
me 400 foot level IN the Black Hawk
FAINT and are driving vest to cut the
Old Dominion fault that outcrops on
the property.
The Globe Consolidated has under
option LOIS acres Of mineral land di-
rectlv north Of old Dominion. Up 70
fine present time they have but very
Httle to show in the shape Of ore, but
no doubt exists that they viii get IL
The property is being developed by
fine Gem shaft and it Is the intention
or the MANAGEMENT to connect both
esafts on this level In driving the
drift north from the Gen shaft w.
veins were encountered, showing gooo
copper values. though no drifting has
teen done on them to date. One was
n eulphide. showing a mineralized
width Of about three feet and average
ing 35k per cent copper. The otneI
vein was an oxide about seven fee'
wide running about per cent IN COP.
ner. They nave about 3lO0 Ieet OF
drifting to connect these shafts. Al
the MalIory-Boston shaft a vein seven
get vide and carrying high crane ore
being drifted on and looks very en-
eo1ra-in,