Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-24
GLOBE MINES SHOW
 NORMAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY


 brought to Globe many mining men and investors, and held public atten- tion for many weeks, have about all been closed, and there is somewhat of a Hull in negotiations at present, which, however, is not likely to continue for long.
 The first payment on the Eureka group of copper claims, which adjoins the Miami on the south and southwest, and the Inspiration on the east, fell due yesterday, and there is no doubt that Messrs. Hovland and Smith and their associates, who hold the option. will be prompt in meeting the terms of tine contract. It is expected that a development company for the Eureka, similar to that organized to exploit the Live Oak property, will be an- nouneed shortly. One or two other fotations are expected to be announe- ed within the next few weeks.
 The local mining companies are all busy, and there is more systematic de- velopment being done in the Globe district than in any other district in the southwest. The sale of the War rior eompany's property is rumored, but cannot be confirmed, in the ab- senee of Superintendent White, who has not yet returned from Philadelphia where he went some time ago to con fer with the eastern directors.
 The rumor of the sale probably sprung from the publication in an east ern paper that engineers had recently examined and sampled the eompany's mine for the Smelling and Refining Company, from which it was inferred that the latter company was desirous of securing an entrance into the Globe camp. The Warrior company has one of the most promising ore bodies in the district, opened to a depth of 225 feet, nearly 300 feet along the strike of the vein and averaging about forty feet in width. Shipments from the Warrior to the Old Dominion smelter have recently been increased to more than 100 tons of ten per cent ore daily.
 There are no changes of importance to note in the operation of the Old Dominion company The management is making no effort toward a large pro- duction this month, but the output thus far would indicate about 3,000,000 pounds for the twenty-eight days of February The most important ad- dition to the plant, and the only new construction contemplated for this year, probably, will he the central elec- tric power plant, announced in the newspapers a few days ago, and which it is expected will be installed within the next few months. Electricity will not supercede steam power altogether at the Old Dominion; the present fine equipment at A shaft will be maintain ed. and hoists there continue to be operated by steam.
 The preliminary work on the Live Oak is very satisfactory. An old tun- nel that has been restored was found to he in sulphide its entire length of upwards of 800 feet, and while the values indicated are small-from one half per cent to two per cent, with oe- casional seams going five per cent cop pert-ne fact that the formation is mineralized for so great @ width is considered very important, and at greater depth the percentage of cop per is almost certain to be higher, as it is in the shaft at a depth of less than 300 feet. By many local mining men Live Oak is regarded with most favor among the new properties float ed.
 The Great Eastern mine of the Su- perior & oBston Copper Company con- tinues to show improvement, and is in- creasing its output. It has undoubt- edly one of the finest hign grade ore bodies of any mine in the district.
 At the Arizona Commercial develop ment work is progressing and the open ing of level at 710 feet in the Eure- ka shaft is about to be started. At the old Black Hawk workings a winze is being sunk in ore from the 500-foot level. Grading for the shelter con tinues, although it has been somewhat interfered with by rainy weather.
 The Arizona Michigan has installed gasoline hoist and is again sinking. The company is putting down one of the best three-eompartment shafts in the district.
 Superior O Globe expects to start its shaft this week and will push develop | ment as rapidly as possible.
 Inspiration has done some work of a preliminary character and expects to