Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-04
WEEKS STORY
OF THE GLOBE
DISTRICTS
Further Investigation Of Strikes
AT Iron Cap and Globe Con-
solldsted Throw Light On
Nature OF Find.

rae meSs Important news OF the
week n the mtAlAg Industry OF this
district has ~ course. been the
strikes made AZ the Iron Cap and the
Globe NNaa aoltaatea mines during the
week, and they have caused consider
able taVogshle comment In mining cir
Giles, Il has been as definitely as pos
Siele. learned that the vein on the
tSs level OF the Iron Cap is the west
end 90 the BLACK Hawk shaft of the
Arizona Commercial and the Copper
Hill group OF the same company. A
general sample taken from the west
DRIFT assayed ~ per cent copper, the
sample being taken from the face OF
the drift eight feet wide and five feet
high. This is considered an excellent
showing. A few feet from where the
sample was taken sulphide ore was
encountered in streaks in the bottom
Of the drift and it is now believed
that the drift is on top of a good body
OF sulphide ore. Picked samples as
sayed 81 per cent copper, and 20 per
cent sulphur with enough iron to
make il an excellent smelling ore.
The National company expects to sink
winze in the ore and is now figuring
on sinking a new working shaft, as
the presene one is over 600 feet from
the vein
The striking of ore in both the Nal
lory and Gem shafts of the Globe
Consolidated during the week were
very encouraging to the company and
local stockholders. Two feet of ore
were struck in both shafts and the
grade is almost identical, botn UeIns
heavy sulphides. although low in cop
per values. The north crosscut in the
Gem shaft is now something over 400
feet from the shaft and the Future
Copper vein which was twenty-five
feet wide on the 500 level, should De
struck within $50 feet.
Old Dominion.
Three furnaces have been in oper-
alton at the Old Dominion smelter
since last Monday and it is likely that
that number viii be kept in operation
for at least a month before the two
remaining ones are again blown in.
The output for February was approx
imately 2,225,000 pounds, considerably
lower than that of January, owing to
the fact that but two furnaces were
in operation during the greater part
of the month. Furnace No. 6 is now
being installed, room having been
made for it by the moving of the con-
verter stands further south. The work
of installing the new furnace will be
slow, but it is thought thst it will be
ready for blowing in,- in four or six
weeks.
The new ore bins for the smelter
IL -, dry
ing the week. There are nine addition
al bins, eight large ones and small
one, and they increase the smelter bin
capacity by about Is per cent.
That only three furnaces are in op-
Grafton is due to the inability to hoist
sufficient sulphide ore to keep the full
battery going. At present there is
little room for both development work
and mining at the same time In the
lower workings and necessarily slow
progress Is being made. Good sui
phide ore is being stopped in the foot
wall drift west on the 18th and the
drift is being extended as is the drift
east and the crosscut to the main
shaft, but the crosscut to discover
the other veins has been temporarily
discontinued. No further progress has
been made on the 18th level, where
the Buffalo vein was encountered ten
DAYS ago. The ground which caved
in is being caught up and drifts are
being run in both directions along the
footwaI In hard rock to prevent re-
currence of the cave in.
Superior & Boston.
The Superior & Boston company
will in the near future start work on
a new working shaft from which all
of its property will be accessible I'M
derground. The company has made
excellent progress in exploring its
several groups of claims by means
of the Great Eastern and Limestone
shaft and the Black Oxide tunnel, but
for the proper kind Of mining, large
new shaft, modernly equipped, viii
be required. Development work ol
the past week has been fruitful, espec
tally in the Great eastern, where tde
Black Hawk vein is being explored
The second crosscut, which was run
diagonally from the main one to cut
the vein forty feet west of where II
was first encountered, broke into the
vein last evening, but nothing could
be learned of the character Of the ore
there.
Arizona Commercial.
Ore is being stopped from the winze
of the Black Hawk 9Th level and i;
being shipped to the smelter. Daily
shipments continue at the rate Of thir
ty tons and Manager Smell expects tC
increase the tonnage in the near flu
ture. Good progress is being made
in the new shaft on the Eureka claim