Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-04
ANNUAL REPORT OF |. B \.
 MADE FOR, THE YEAR 1903
Though But Few Years Old Company Is Che of the Great est Copper Producing Organizations in the World Output Double That of Preceding Year With
 Prospect of Increase for the Year of 1909

but the results obtained were very satisfactory.
 In November the company started a new shaft on the line between the Hope and Wagner claims about 5Se feet west of the east end line for the purposs of developing these cams. The results obtained in the Shat tuck-Arizona mine. which ground lies adjacent to this shaft and the addi- tional information which development work has given us during the past year along the line of the geological conditions governing the disposition of ore in this camp, leads to encour- agement as to the possibilities of the particular ground which will be open. ed from this shaft
 There still remains a large amount of Calumet & Arizona ground to bs developed. in which indications are for additional ore finds and pernra nency of the mines.
 During the year the company sus pended operations and surrendered
 options on all their outside explora
 tions except two, the Copper Gia1! Exploration and tae Courtland Ex-
 ploration. At the former two shafts
 have been sunk. one to depth oi about 375 feet the other to i15 feet Drifting has been begun from the
 bottom of these shafts.
 The company has options on twen ty-three claims in the Courtland dis trict. Their developments there ars 1 we'll known, having been published several times in the last three months.
 Colonel Pows1rs report shows that the company has a total of ovS' 100000 pounds of fine copper in
 stock During the year 299,000 ton. of wet ore were smelted, yielding
 an average of ninetyfour pounds oi
 copper ton and 265,0oo tons of dry ore. yielding an average of 105 pouud:
 of copper q ton
 A new converter stack, new dus 1 fiue and a new furnace were added : at the Douglas smelter during ths year. The new furnace is 25 feet b.
 A inches; one of the old ones has also been increased to this size. The : Allis-Chalmers 500 kilowatt turbo generator and alternating current electrical plant. The turbine plant
 is highly approved by the genera 1 manager, who speaks of 8 run of ter
 months without stopping. the record so far as known. The smelters now
 have capacity of 230O tons day ] Superior and Pittsburg. The directors report for the Super for & Pittsburg, which contains the
 Junction. Hoatson. Briggs and Cole shafts. shows that practically 11.00I pounds of coper were produced
 while gold and silver to the amount
 of $121.OOO was taken from the mines
 The average number of men on thC 1 pay roll was 691 The developments
 cn the property during 1908 were very satisfactory The water ieve has been permanently lowered and extensive bodies of characteristic ors opened up. insuring continued prof ion operations. The Briggs plant wal
 not in operation during the past year The principal changes in the com ! rany's property have been made in { the Junction shaft. Additional pumps have been put in, more water is be i ing handled on the 1400 than on tho 1900 level, but the lower level Is eT i pected to show an increase Despite
 the large amount of water pumped ! the operations at toe junction have been practically continuous. The to
 tai amount of development work done during the year at ali of tne
 shifts amounted to a total of 29,57z I feet-surely a good record.
 The Superior and Pittsbtsrg dur
 ing the year. according to the repOrt of Mir. Powell, shows 250,000 tons o
 wet ore and 215,0oO tons of dry ors smelted. The production last veal
 was 21,928, 359 pounds of fine cop per. The production for 1907 wa:
 9.602. .553 pounds. The increase Wal due both to an increase in tho amount of ore treated and to a bet ter grade of ore. The report adG'
 that there is every reason to expec conuued increase in the rate O
 production