Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-19
MINING NEWS OF SONORA AND
 DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS, Sept. IS. = Cspecial.)-
 Mining in Sonora.

DOUGLAS, Sept. 1S. - (SpecIal.D-
 Mining in Sonora.
 For the past six weeks the reports from prospectors in the Nacozari and MontezHma districts and the eontaguous country have been more meagre than for a long time past. The reason assigned for this is the fact that this country has been hay- ing especially heavy rains which have swollen streams and has made travelling difficult in the extreme ID many sections. sonora had an al most unexar-pled drought and tnIs haS been followed by an especially wet rainy season with the result that the prospector has been practl- cally driven out of the hills.
 It has been suggested that the pre- sent price of copper might explain the falling of of samples from pros pectors in the past six months, but such seems not to be a warranted assumption. The price of copper IS now higher and will average this year higher than 1t was during the great Warren district boom, or at the time when the Copper Queen smelter was built or when Sonora had its greatest mining boom. It IS believed that the reports of the pros. pector will be heard with the frequ' ency of the past within the next few weeks, for conditions, once the rains are over, will be better for prospect ing than they have been for many months.
 Reports of activity on the road from Nacozari to Moctezuma are most encouraging. It means the re sumption Of many properties when the road is completed. One visitor recently stated that the concession to the Espee required that road ts be operating forty kiIometers south of Nacozari by February and to De running trains into Cumpas by June If such is the case Cumpas may Dc expected to again become active for Manager Beauchamp has repeatedly stated his intention to blow in the Knelter and resume mining opera tions for the Transvall with the com pletion of the road to Cumpas.
 Development work has been going on upon the Transyaal properties and good strikes of large ore bodies have been repeatedly reported by travellers from below. Other proper ties may be expected to resume with the railroad in and the smelter going for with the disappearance of the pack train expenses will be greatly reduced
 Frank Watts was in the city this week and reports that indications a bout Nacozari point to considerably increased activity in the coming winter and that work will be done in a number of instances and some new producers are to be expected tc make their appearance. Altogether Sonora looks favorable for a renew al of mining activity with the end of the rainy season.
 At Nacozari and Pilaris the Mocte znma Copper company is working along the same well regulated line: as in the past few months.
 C and A Shelter.
 The Calumet and Arizona SmelteI is operating two 800 ton and two 30t ton furnaces this month, the samt reduction facilities as were in oper ation during August and the outpu for the month of September vii vary little from the average of tht past three months.
 There are now in the plant two 800 ton, three 300 ton and one fur mace in course of extension, iron 300 to 500 ton capacity. This latte furnace is being heightened out thu same as one of the other 500 ton fur naces was and when completed vii be of the most modern type of smelt ing furnace. With it's completion ! is expected that one of the other 3o' ton furnaces will be shut down ant the extended furnace blown in- Tht will give an increase ore handling capacity of 200 tons for October an, warrants the assumption that tn October output from the c and smelter will show an increase o some ten to fifteen per cent.
 It is not known whether the com pany will at once proceed to length en out a fourth furnace when tn third is blown in but such an as sumption iss along the lines of tn development of the plant in pas times.
 COPPER METAL MARKET.
 NEW YORK, Sept 17.-Tin mar