Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-04
WORK AT CACTUS MOVES ALONG
 NICELY
WHILE ORE IS LOW GRADE IT GIVES PROMISE OF PROFIT IN NEAR FUTURE TO THOSE WHO OWN CLAIM


 NEAR FUTURE TO THOSE WHO
 OWN CLAIM
 Globe, Dec. 3.-At the Cactus mine, fifteen miles west ,f Globe, ex- .ploratory work is going on ia the workings of ths Bamiiton shalt un- der the direction of Superintendent T. W. Hamilton.
 A force of about 75 men is at work on the mine operations. Most Of thtI development work is being dune onI the 300 and 400 lsvels. The cross cuts running east and west from the vertical shaft are about 400 feet long. The west cross-cut has passed through the carbonate ore zone anal is entering the sulphide. The cross. cut eastward from the shaft is still in the carbonate area, which under lies the bed of Pinto creek in that direction.
 The plan of development being followed by the management of the Cactus Develop ment company is to explore the property by means of cross-cut, drifts and laterals in 200 foot squares. On the 300 foot level drifts are being driven east and west from the cross-cuts and the faces of practically all of these drifts are in sulphide ore.
 on the 400 level a similar plan of exploration is bsing carried out and three drifts, driven from the cross tcut on the east side of the shafr, have developed in each instance a sulphide ore of concentrating copper running between 2.75 and 2.90 per cent in copper. On the 33o Ievel 1E } grade Of the ore encountered in the drifts on the east of the drifts is still higher, the average being about f per cent copper.
 The property of the Pinto Copper company. which was formally trans ferred to the Cactus Development company a few weeks ago, is not be- ing actively developed at the present time. as all the conditions under which the property was taken over have besn fulfilled. The manage ment of the Cactus Development company will soon decide whether it will be best to allow the Pinto Cop per company to go out of existence as soon as all the business in con nection with the transfer of the prop erty is completed or to have the Pinto Copper company continue The Cactus Development company will, in any case, asume full charge of the future operations from th1 Pinto shaft.
 The sinking of the Pinto shaft was discontinued a few weeks ago at a depth of $40 feet At this point tbe carbonate ore zone was penetrated and the material taken out there ran as high as Is per cent in coppe-. The high grade of ore was due tc the presence of crysLalized cuprite. the occurrence of which is conpara- lively rare in Globe district. It Is probable that by January 15 the Tinto and Hamilton shafts will be connected on both the 300 and 400 levels by drifts. This connection will afford better ventilation for the workings of both shafts, and as soon as the two shafts are joined by drifts, most of the dirt will be taken out in skips from the Pinto shaft.
 Consulting Engineer and General Manager C. W. Pritchett of the Cac, tus Development company during his visit to the mine some two weeks ago expressed himself as being very highly pleased with the progress made there in development work and with the results obtained
 The Cactus mine is, of course. Q low grade proposition and therefor lit will ta5e some time to thoroughly develop the ore reserves and block them out, preparatory to the begin ming of production. The proper;y, however. has now an absolute assur- ance of becoming a paying producer. With continued development woiz and the providing of suitable trans portation, the Cactus mine should, in the course of a couple of yeary, prove as valuable a property as any of the other producers of sulphide ore in the Globe quadrangle.