Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-10
GLOBE DISTRICT
REMAINS ACTIVE
INQUIRY FOR COPPER AIDS
BUSINESS
MONTHS PRODUCTION AMOUNTS
TO 100000 POUNDS
Eureka to Be UnWatered Below the
Six Hundred-Gigantic Pump Will
Handle Flow Expected in
Black Hawk

GLOBE, May 9.-April was a very
satisfactory month for the local min
ing companies, and the progress and
excellent results of development to-
gether with the better inquiry for
Globe mining property, had a stimu-
lating effect upon business of all kinds.
No change of consequence has taken
place in the operations of the Old Do
minion.
The production of copper for the
month was about 100000 pounds and
development was on the same compre-
hensive scale as in previous months,
most important being the driving of
the west drift on the fourteenth level
which has advanced we'll beyond block
one and has opened some excellent
sulphide ore, and the cast drifts on
tenth and twelfth levels, which are
nearing the old Hoosier mine, and has
opened ground rich in copper. The In
spiration, Gibson, Cactus, Live Oak,
Globe Consolidated, Superior and Bos-
ton and Arizona Commercial made i'm
portant ore developments, which ma
terally improved their already good
prospects. The camp has been filled
with mining men for several weeks and
two or three big deals are pending.
Structural steel for SmeIter
Several carloads of structural steel
for the Arizona Commercial smelter
and power house arrived within the
past few days. construction work will
now advance rapidly and August 10
will undoubtedly see the smelter COM
pleted and in operation. General
Manager j. w. Bennie will soon come
to Globe to personally supervise the
erection of the plant and mine develop
ment, relieving Superintendent Penn
berthy of part of the burden. The
work of unwatering the Eureka shaft
below the 600-foot level was begun
Saturday with good success. A mil
lions gallon pump for the 700-foot sta
ton has been shipped from the east
and should arrive here within the next
three weeks. With this addition to its
pumping capacity, the Arizona Com
mercal will be in a position to readily
handle the flow of water likely to be
encountered in the Black Hawk mine.
The crosscut on the 600-level has pene-
trated the vein about sixty feet, but
has not yet reached the foot wall,
where the best ore is expected to be
found At the Black Hawk workings
sinking the Wine was discontinued
1875 feet below the 50o-foot level, until
the pumps at the Eureka shaft have
lowered the water in the vein.
In High Grade Carbonate
This winze is in high grade carbo-
nate ore carrying ten to twelve ounces
of silver. AS soon as the Eureka shaft
is unwatered the development of the
600 and 700 levels will be pushed Wig
orouSly.
At the McGraw shaft sinking and
rising continues. and June l should
see the shaft opened to the 400 level.
At the Great Eastern the winze has
reached depth on the incline of 1S4
feet below the 400 level and is still in
fine ore carrying high values in cop
per and silver. Stopping continues on
the 400 and intermediate levels and
shipments of forty to fifty tons of ore
are being made daily to the Ell Paso
smelter.
At the McGraw shaft the foundations
for the Sterling boilers has been COM
pleted and those for the hoist and COM
presser are in course of CONSTRUCTION:
The warehouse has been finished ana
some other improvements are being
made. At the Gardner shaft the west
drift on the 400-foot level is being
driven as rapidly as possible to reach
the ore body that was opened by the
Black Oxide tunnel higher up.