Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-14
MINING ACTIVITY
THE PARADISE
DISTRICT
DUNCAN PROPERTY SHOWS
HALF FACE OF ORE IN
TUNNEL.
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING ON
The DORIAN AND
GALLEGHER.

The following news concersing
present mining activity in the Chi
ricahuas is taken from the Paradise
Record:
Capt. Duncan
Another ore strike was made ON
the Capt John A Duncan properly
this week. This time in another place,
on the Sunflower claim.
About half OF the face of the 425-ft
tunnels is in good Grade o. sui
phides of copper, at a vertical depth
Of about I15
The formations here are porphyry
and lime. the gangue being porphyry.
Work is also being prosecuted on
the Comanche Chief claim. in the 170-
# tunnel, where ore was encountered
last July and again in September. a
new Wine Is being sunk in the tun-
mel. at 120 feet in, to be SO feet deep.
and at the last accounts 25 feet of
this depth had been gained and fur
Their sinking was progressing rapidly
in soft ground. AS ore was struck
in the bottom of the 36-ft winze sunk
rs feet west of this point, in the drift
that connects the crosscut with the
old 112-ft. inclined shaft. ore is ex-
pected at similar depth-36 feet-in
the new WINE This would give
vertical depth from the surface of
about 1875 feet.
Ore had previously been encounter
ed in the drift mentioned, as well,
there being full face for distance
of So feet-this 100 feet from the sur
face.
On completion of the new winze in
the crosscut, connection will be made
with the other Wine by means of a
drift, now only a few feet distant,
and then sinking will be continued III
the new Wine, on an incline, follow
ing the ledge down
The showing is already good Lere
on the Comanche Chief-with SO
much good ore at depth of 1876 feet
and the result of deeper sinking
will be watched with a great deal of
interest
Doran and Gallagher
Four feet of ore is the excellent
showing new TO he seen in the cross
cut % feet north from the bottom of
the 12G-ft shaft on the Doran & Gal
lsgher, property now being operat-
ed by Larrien & Cross under bond.
OF this ore, about one-tnird is pay
ore, and the remainder is of the con
centrating class
This pay ore, according to tests
made recently by the Ell Paso smelieT,
carries the following values: Zinc
31.5 per cent: lead, 2l.5 per cent; sill
yer. 81 o.; sulphur, 30 per cent; in
soIubles, IS per cent; iron, 3 per cent;
and trace in gold, copper and lime.
On account of the high percentage
of zinc. the FL Paso smelter manager
wrote that he could not handle the
ore there, but could get it handled
elsewhere. should a sufficient guam
tity be offered.
Larrien & Cross hope the property
will turn out to be a copper mine,
at depth, but in case it should not
they feel that the percentage of zinc
will be so high that the ore will pay
to treat for the latter metal alone
A good zinc mine is as profitable and
desirable as any at the present time,
spcIter being quoted at $685. per hun
dred pounds. or nearly $50 higher
than lead. In other words, Larrier
& Cross expect zinc to either play
out almost entirely or carry the prin
cipal value In either event they
figure they could make the PROPOSE
ton pay IL they succeed in developing
enough orc And they naturally con
slider the indications favorable Il
such development So they feel verJ
much encouraged.
Finding that the crosscut wal
headed east of north, a change wa
made recently in its direction. and =
is now headed due north, toward
the contact A drift, diverging from
the crosscut at this point, is also be
Ring run due east Ito the right.
Black Queen
It was necessary to do it'll
dead work in the tunnel on the Blacl
oueeH-widening the face and put
ting a few shots in the sides close b!
before the work Of further drivin'
could proceed, there not being room
enough for a wheelbarrow Thi
work has been finished. and the d
rection changed slightly. so as to rul
nearly northward towards the cor
tact. and the miners are now maxim
progress in the driving. a consider
able portion of the time is emplove
in mucking out wheelinr ahor1' 90
feet being required: yet the feldsit
por7hyry is not hard and it is Ec