Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-11

ing district still it will be gratifying | to the readers of the Review that all ] the producing companies are mining | the usual amount of ore that has 1 come from the mines of the district l during the past year and a half
 The total production of the smelt- CTS at Douglas for the month of March 1 was near fifteen millions pounds of copper and of this product the Cop per Queen shelter turned out nine million pounds, Including the concen- trates from the Moctezuma Copper company at Nacozari.
 While the Copper Queen smelter was making more than ten million pounds of copper two years ago, con- siderable of this was coming from custom ores. incMding the Shattuck product, the ores from the Imperial copper company and from many smaller properties throughout south ern Arizona, southern New Mexico and Sonora.
 In the Warren district it is given out that about four thousand men are working in the mines and the greater part of these miners are working for the Copper Queen and the Calumet & Arizona. This number of miners is near the maximum of any time for these two companies. Two years ago there were several hundred men em- ployed by the Shattuck which was producing four hundred tons of ore daily and sending it to the shelter If tle Shattuck was in full action now the conditions in Bisbee would he as good as at any time in the past.
 The public improvement work be- ing done by the city has employed many men during the past month and this added to the business of Bisbee This work will continue for probably two or three months yet before all that has been planned has been com pleted. Work on the new subway is
 progressing well and its completion
 is expected before the coming of the 1 summer rains and floods. When this
 work is completed the main business
 sction of B.sbee will be reasonably
 safe from any further damage from | floods.
 It is expected that the Warren ] street railway company will be able i to begin the work of extending their | line up through the business part of | the city and on up Tombstone can | yon by the early part of May. This work can be quickly done as soon as | the city has the street ready for the laying of the track. Its completion
 to the limits of the city will be d | great convenience to the residents of | Tombstone canyon.
 The coppar Queen.
 As stated before there is nothing
 of importance to report for the past | week in Bisbee. The usual amount
 of copper ore is going to the Douglas smelter daily where seven furnaces | are kept in blast to accommodate the
 daily output of ore. Eighty per cent
 of the copper mined by the Queen is
 now hoisted at the Sacramento shaft
 where 1t is automatically loaded into | the ore cars by Q system of belts
 which receive the ore at the collar | of the shaft from the hoisting sBips
 and then carries it to the cars where
 it is distributed the length of ten
 cars, thus averaging the value of
 each CAT load.
 The Copper Queen is now having | the plans made for the new hospital of the company which is to be erected
 at Lowell opposite the Bisbee I'm. provement power hous where the ground has already been cleared. This
 hospital is to be one >of the most
 modern in arrangement and equip
 ment to be found in the southwest
 and it's completion may be expected
 during the present year.
 At the smelter in Douglas what i'
 known as the entering process is be
 Ing installed for the more ecohomica and successful handling of fine dus'
 and dust ores. Also a plant of Dc DougaI roasters is to be installed and the foundation for the buildinE to accommodate this plant has beer ' started by the Wisconsin Steel ana } Bridge company on a contract for [ steel building which will be 49 by q
 feet. Four McDougal roasteTs ar
 rived this week and they will be in r stalled as soon as the building IS ready. probably as early as July first l This roasting plant is for the pur - nose of eliminating the sulphur iron ! the concentrates and ores carrying high percentage of sulphides.
 Calumet & Arizona.
 The work in what is known as tn I Powell shaft started last Novembe !. ! last month was d ISColO bito ho the past year. For the month O March this shaft was sunk 150 fee and with the exception of two 1T stances in the Hoatson shaft seyera r years ago this accomplishment bea
 all previous records in the distric This shaft is now S70 feet deep an T the ground is looking well. At tn v Mag and the Oliver the production
 ore is going as usual with no speci' a incident worthy of note. The Can ' met &Arizona could output a gre; V deal more ore than is now going . the smelter at Douglas and the san ,h 1 may be said of the properties Of tf .d Superior & Pittsburg.
 ,f The new office building at Warrf Ss under construction for the accomm iv dation of the C. & A and the s. X -i is being rushed by large force .d mechanics representing almost eve ,s building trade-carpenters, plastt os CTS. etc This building is construct m of reinforced concrete and will ha ,d two floors and a basement. It wi ly when completed, be one Of the mo ie. substantial and conveniently arrang he buildings to be found anywhere
 the southwest. In it will be hous