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Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
GEOMETRY IN MINING.

IL is more or less apparent that to develop mine and at the same time insure the safety of the workings. op- erations are conducted, and perforce must be, with approximately geomet- rical precision. The size of a black Of ore varies with the character of the vein and the wishes of the mine man. ager, but is usually one hundred feet In length and height.
 As illustration, let me assume that the ore is in a vertical Assure vein not perpendicular vein, for most Verticals have a decided incline. or
 dip and that the prospect work consists of a tunnel driven upon the vein for 200 or 300 feet. The ore en- countered on the tunnel level is taken out, or course. as the tunnel is driven but the ore above and below the tun nei remains unexplored. As the di- mensions Of a tunnel are usually four by six feet. the amount of ore ex- tracted in this exploratory work de bends uDon the size of the vein, but Tn no event is a considerable Quanti- ". The ore above the tunnel level may De developed by putting down up raises 100 feet apart. and the ore below may be developed by putting down "winzes" 100 feet apart and to a depth of 100 feet. and then connect ing them by another tunnel, technic- ally called level"
 If the discovery tunnel were near the surface, and topograpchical condi- tons did not permit lower tunnels to De driven, prospect of the sort de- scribed would be developed by sink ing shaft from the surface. and run ming "levels' or drifts upon the vein every hundred feet, connected by raises
 Ready for "stoping.'
 Then the various blocks of ore are ready for "stoping," which is the act ual mining of the ore. In "stoping," or breaking down the ore, the miner Is always beneath the ore body. The method of "stoping" deUend upon the character of the ore. The soft oxides and carbnnates freunentiv can he
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

raft and floating down the stream. This struck the other members of the party as happy thought and the ratt was built. The blankets and scant supply of provisions was loaded on board and the craft was launched. All went well for about five miles, wnt.n a fierce rifle was encountered. In trying to guide the raft away from the bank both Mir. Cosner and the German were knocked overheard and MT Compton was left alone. He tossed of the cargo and being unable to swim MT. Cosner went to the rescne and he was lowed to shore. The rest of the journey was made on foot by way of Silver King The men were in their prime then and did a stunt they could hardly repeat now. They left Silver King at o'clock one evening and arrived at Mesa the sane iiolr the next morning, walking all giit.
 Arriving in rmpe later in the day. they invested their capital in Mex icar bread and after cleaning. paid W. T Cummings Q call, he having pre- a fcothold lyaidw rfaSw dwadwadw ceded them a short time. Gabe Cos ner was also here then and the foot
 Continued on Page Twelye.)
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
The FL Tiore

The annual meeting of the Lucky T.gre- Combination company, owner O. the noted Fl Tigre mine in Sonora was held in Douglas this week when the capital stock of this company was in, creased to SS,000.000. This re-cap.taI- ization means much 10 the entire dis ;rict in which the Fl Tigre is located One million dollars of tn capital stock was put in the treasury to be, used in building new and larger reduction works for this property which has never been operated CT a scale war. ranted by tle large ana rich bodies developed. The present working force at the Tfgre m ne amounts to not more than four hundred men while the ore bodies would fully warrant double such force and reduction works having double the capacity os the present one The increasing Of the capital stock of the Tigrs has no connection with the proposed sale and whether the optien now held on two thirds of the stock for S5,900, ,c00 is taken up or not determination has been reached for the larger working of the Tigre. It is understoou uual the new reduction works for 1h property will be located on the river between the mint and the railroad on account of the expense Of fuel being thus reduced. The fuel at the Tigre mine in the past has been wood but this IS getting scarce and either o,l or ccal must be depended upon in the near future. During the pas. year. under the management of Superintend- ent Musgrave the big gold and silver mine has been dong wonders for the stockholders in the way of monthly dividends. The monthly dividends for the past year have amounted to 2 per cent up to April 1st and since then the dividend has been per cent monthly. Th.s is the best evidence of the value of the property. This dividend, 1t must be remembered, comes from an tntirely inadequate re duct!on works and with the mine op- eration jess than half what it should bc.
 The Tigre mine IS not the only one in the district. Development of other properties in that vicinity has snoxn rich ore and promise of great things for the future.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
INTERESTING STORY OF TRIP FROM GLOBE
 ID TEMPE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS AGO

It is becoming quite the thing 10: Salt River valley residents 10 giys-:a anniversary Of their arrival here f't- ting recognition. Years ago the val. ley was a pretty good place. but now it is even better and has been getting better for years past, hence it is that the longer a man lives here the more he feels like celebrating the anniyer- stary of his arrival. and those who have been here for thirty years con slider themselves just little more for tunate nan those who have only been here twenty-five or less. All this says the Tempe correspondent Of the Phoenix Republican.
 These two fortunate citizens are George Comp;cn and A. W. Cosnsr- Thiaty years ago they landed in Tempe stired. dirty. hungry and almost brcke;. there was another man in the party a German by the name of AL bert krondee, and the total capital Of the three was 15 cents. They were in worse condition financially -han James Goodwin upon his arrival here. for he had 15 cents all by himself. while there taree had only that much jointly.
 MT. Compton, Mir. Cosner and MT.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
MUCH GEOMETRY USED IN MINING
OPERATIONS MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH ABSOLUTE PRECISION AND ACcURAcY-BLOCK OF ORE USUALLY 100 FEET IN LENGTH AND HEIGHT-IS TAKEN OUT AS TUNNEL IS DRlvEN-TIMBER HARD TO OBTAIN

stoped with pick. The suIpbides are broken down by drilling and blast. ing. As the ore is broken down tbe muckers' load it into mine cars and the trammers' push the cars ont of ehe tunnel or to the shaft
 The size of a "stope'' varies with ,he size of the ore body It may be as large as an ordinary room, or simply large enough to enable the miners t1 do their work.
 Methods Of operating mines vary III details according to topography me character of the ground" that is 10 say, the formation. whether ii he haru or soft, and the physical charac- teristics or the ore deposits. For a number or years there has been con S.ant progress m mining methods. "nicn mas resulted in great econo- mies The original method of deveI- oping and operating mine was through a working shaft-the most expensive of all methods. necessitat- Ing large outlay for machinery ana power. not only to hoist the ore. but 10 pump water out and air into inc mine. The large costs of shaft m eration have been reduced in many cases by the substitution of eIec.ri power Tor steam, but the outlay for machinery remains the same. The method of shaft operation is rapidly Falling into disuse in all localities where typographical conditions do nof make it necessary.
 Modern Economical Methods.
 The modern economical method of mine operation is to drive large tun nei-a main working adit-to inter- sect the vein or veins at an angle and at as great depth as possible. and then operate the ground above the tunnel level. By this method gravity does the work of steam and electric ity, and dispe1ses with much costly machinery. The ore and waste are dropped down to the main adit level and the former. if the tunnel be prop- eriy located conveyed to a loading p'aeIorn or to a mill, as required. by a gravity tram.
 tContinred on pays Tvaival
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
C. 6 A. Shelter

The Calumet and Arizona shelter continues to operate four of their six furnaces and it is expected that this plant will slightly increase it's copper output for May over April. though net materially. The C. & A.
 now has two furnaces of 50o-ton capac- ity and four of 300-ton capacity. Two of each capacity are now ii blast. Material for enlarging another of the small original furnaces to 500-ton is now on the ground and this work could be accomplished in very short time should it be decided tbat
 more coDrer was needed from tfc plant. There has been many runloTe to account for the disco1tinuance cf construction work 2t the C. & A smel- ter. One of these is persistent aud
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
DEVELOPMENT WORK IN COPPER
 QUEEN SHOWS GRATIFYING RESULTS

The past week has been one of general improvement in the industrial conditions Of the country which bids fair to bring further increase in the general improvement in th. industrial price of copper. During the week copper has remained firm in price and the copper quotation for this week is shade hightr than the quotations sent to the news papers from the east ern markets. The price quoted by the Queen is one on which settle ments are made for purchases from custom shippers The developneE. work in the Warren district was neve, giving better results and this. it must be remembered. is te deepest work ings in the district. In a winze which is Eeirg sunk from the 12n' to the 13o4 level between the Sa, 'tii.nto and Lowell shofts of the Copper Queen to facilitate and hurry the work of connecting these shafts by a drift through which the ore from the Low ell is to be brought to the Sacramento quantities of native copper has been unexpectedly encountered. Great chunks of this pure copper have been taken from the winze. several pieces being as large as football. When this winze reaches the 1400 level work will be started each way on the con meeting drift. In all the deep work ings of the producing companies the ore bodies are proving to be greater in extent, thus giving assurance of greater longevity to{ the life of the mining industry in this district
 Ore output at the Queen properties and those Of the c. & A. and S. & P. continues to be about what it has averaged since the beginning of the year.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
Around Nacozari.

Several companies in the Nacozari district are now making ore ship -nents. J. G. Alexander continues to market the rich silver ore taAen n olu the San Pedro mine worked on a lease and recent developments in this prop erty assures the ont'nuance of ship ments from the property.
 The Porica property. owned by Jim Finch and c. A. Overlook is now un. der bond to O. l.. Neer and ile has . car load of ore ready for shipment "a the smelter at Douglas. This is a copper property and in the past s30- 900 worth of ore was shipped frv1.l the surface workings.
 Thirty men are now at work at the La Caradad mine. The company op. erating th's property is composed lI Los Angeles parties associated with Frank Watts and Tim Lanbertson. Several cars of good ore has already been shipped to the shelter.
 M-. Bedding. formerly super'ntend. ems of the La Carada. has bonded Q property near Moctezuma from George Woodward and has began to work it
 Col. Lind,ey is expected to arrive in Nacczari on June 1st to begin woriS on his property in that district Lind. ieys' property adjoins Jim Finch's Copper World and Copper Plate prop. critics and the Summit owned by O. L. Neer.
 Mr. Jones. of the Monte Cnristo ia the vicinity of Moctezuma, arrived ia Doug as Thursday. Jones and c. F. Bel have bond on the Monte Chr 'st1 from Carlos Soto. who has worked IT to great profit fer several years.
 The Southern Pacific is continuing work on it's line down the Nacozari canyon. but the force is small Oc- casionally there is a rumor that the work ng force on this line is to he increased, but it has remained about the same for the past year.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
Down in Sonora.

From all sections of Sonora south of Douglas and from the country trib- utary. to taat point comes cheering news from the mining industry. 4 gentleman who had been south. as far as Moctezuma arrived in Douglas T few days ago aud dec.ared that much increased deve' 'opment work is now
 going o1 in that vicinity of Naco- zsr' r1d at points south of there He '.-' hat the TransyaaI Mining com paay is working forty men on two groups of their properties. The Trans vaal has a good smeiting plant at CumDas, but il has been idle since the
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
The Archipelago.

The Archipelago property, owGed by the Minneapolis Copper company. continues work with force of 8 men. This company has continued work all through the depression and its is said that the showing made is very encouraging. Another import ant property in the vicinity of Cum pas is the Belen group. This property was a regular shipper for nearly a year to the spring of last year when all work was stopped with the an nouncement that it had been agreed by the company that 1t would be bet ter to wait for the coming of the ra:l- road. because of the heavy expense of the wagon haul.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

panic hit the country a year and a half ago. The line of the Southern Pacific railroad being graded south will go via Cumpas and the compla- tion of this line would no doubt be the signal for resumption of opera tions at this smelter. as besides the mines owned by the Transvaal com pany other companies have some good properties in that section. H. C. Beau champ is the superintendent of the Transvaal company and he has grelt faith in the future of that section of Sonora.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

Cottonwood Canon.
 Recent adyices from Cottonwood canon are to the effect that chlorid- ing operations in that remote district are developing into standard mining propositions, the ore bodies steadily improving in size and quality. Al Brockman. Lew Parker, Frank Kel- log and other Douglas men have holdings in that locality on which they are ever ready to do title work and believe in the ultimate outcome of the district. This is about fifty miles east of Douglas on the Amer ican side.
 The Grand Arizona.
 Superintendent Charles Dolf was in Douglas yesterday and brought in a fine sample from the bottom of the Grand Arizona. This being the near est proposition of real promise to Douglas, it's progress Is watched with peculiar interest
 For a week last past. the force has been engaged in timbering the shaft and providing it with guides for the accommodation of skip and cage. but sinking operations vii. be resumed today, and as soon as the necessary pipe can be brought on for ventila- tion purposes, the double shift will be pct on again.
 The shaft is 11S feet deep, and has been in solid iron sulphides for the last nineteen feet, the last assay run ming twenty-one ounces silver s5 gold and five per cent copper. The last sample brought in, though not tested, will evidently run much high CT The shaft is still in hard "coun- try" and when a softer formation Is reached. better results are naturally expected
 The whole country around the 'Niggerhead" district was solidly To cated during the last sixty days as the result of the development on the Grand Arizona It looks like a mine e.
 San Marcus District.
 Approximately sixteen miles slight ly east of south from Douglas the San Marcus district. though certain com pany operations were suspended, is coming to the front through the force of merit. extensive chloriding being in progress on the San Marcus, the Santa Rosa and several other prop critics in that locality. Shipments have brought good results in every instance from these properties and leases are eagerly sought by practi- cal miners.
 The Burgand Development is ex- pected to resume work before mid summer. The San Saba. owned by Messrs. Winnie and Marovich of the Boston store in Douglas, and compris- ing twenty-four pertenencias in the immediate vicinity of the Santa Rosa has thirty tons of shipping ore on the dump. and will be the theateI of development in the course of six " days. These local business men have implicit faith in the inert o' their proposition.
 The San Juan, in the same locality which show ed so many fine native gold specimens on the surface. will be developed during the current sea son and the outlook for the district is Naything but discouraging. The revenues from this district naturally flow into Douglas.
 The Hiiburn Properties.
 These are also close into Dougla:
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
LOCAL MINING NEWS IN CEREBRAL

aiy f> of cha acter that would
 There no
 
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  of of to n a and raj be questioned.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
The Powell Shaft.

The Powell shaft of the C. & A. has reached the 600-level during the present week and On Monday drifting will be started from that level, the first one going in the direction of the Shattuck mine which has developed during the last three months won. derful body of ore on the 600-level. thus proving that the Shattuck shaft is in the midst of one of the great est and richest ore deposits in the Warren district. The six hundred level of the Powell shaft is practical ly the same as the seven hundred lev el on the Shattuek and the distances from the Powell shaft to the Shatiuck shaft is about one mile. Drifting will also soon be started west from the six hundred of the Powell shaft Char aeter Of the ground pierced by the Powell shat has caused great confi dence ia good results from the deyel- opment of this Drorerty.
 The deep drifts being run from the HoatsOn and Junction in the direction of the Briggs shaft continue to give favorable results and cause the belief that great things will be proven in that section of S. & r. ground
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
At the Shelters

The cooper output from the War ren district will be increased for the month of May over what it amounted to for the month previous The Cop per Queen will get out practically S.000.00O pounds of the red metal for May, an increase of about 5o0.0O0 pounds over April. The Queen is now running eight furnaces. but it is not expected that they will all be con tinued unless there should be an ad- vance in the price of copper. The Queen has been operating about an average of seven furnaces since the first of the year. and the starting of nine last Neek was not with the intention of materially increasing the product and it is not expected that the output for June will go much over nine million pounds.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

A large party of tourists and min ing men are expected out to the lief fern from Bisbee tomorrow.
 Messrs. Morse. Frnsh and others have made extensive locations in the |Swisshelms recently and have SC cured float samples of very inter esting character.
 The Heffern being the most extcn- sively developed proposition in the district, really constitutes the key 10
 the destiny of the locality at the present time. but these gentlemen in
 sist that they have fiattering sur face proposition regardless of devei- opment and will under take to ship
 at an early day. .. The Turkey Greek Consolidated in the Paradise district has some very fine samples on exhibition fin the
 windows of business houses in Doug las.
 Major Smith of the Dunn's Springs zone. instead of going south as his 1 itinerary was announced. has gone to Phoenix and farther west. chasing
 after the Salome ignis fatuus.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

is to the effect that the Cole-Ryal interests have concluded to build an immense smelting plant in Douglas for the purpose of handling all ores belonging 10 this combination in this section Of the country. including the ores from Bisbee, from Cananea and from Courtland. This theory is strengthened by the appearance of the Cole-Ryaa people in the First National bank. These people now have ore supplies largely in excess of their smelting capacity and that the additional capacity required for the reduction of the c. & A. and s. x P. will be provided in Douglas, is the logical conclusion.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
The Shattuck Shelter

Nothing has been learned recently about the proposed smelter for the Shattuck mine 10 be erected in Doug las, for which location was secured nearly two years ago. The recent development in the Shattuck mine has uncovered additional quantities of ore and Of the very highes, grade. Only such ore has been marketed this year as was taken from the develop ment work on the 500 level of the property. This would indicate that the Shattuck people had reached the decision that it would be better to reserve their ores for their own smell ter than to ship it to custom reduc- tion works. It is confidently believed that slight advance in the price of Copper would bring construction work on the proposed Shattuck smell ter.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

The Heffern. which has attracted so much interest of late, Is down 4i2 feet and the bottom of the shaft is in altered lime carrying sprinkle Of sulphides representing gold. silver and copper in Interesting but not commercial values.
 The ground is still hard with very little water. When the ground grows softer the management expects def. nite results. In the course of a week Superintendent Heffern expects to begin to crosscut from contact to contact on the 400 foot level in the direction of a little butte which is distinguished on the surface for the presence of an immense iron blow
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

and consist of the Fl Moro in the Cienezas, in full sight of Douglas and only fourteen miles away. and the Guerro. near the San Marcus, about sixteen miles from the Shelter city. The head of this enterprise is the Shumate brothers of Dallas. Texas. Light development work is in pro gress on both propositions with very gratifying results, fine shipping ore being in evidence The Guerro joins the San Juan, which last named prop erty belongs to the Lutley brothers and embraces twenty-eight pertener' cias
 The most pronounced activity on the system is in evidence on the Guero, where blacksmith shop, commissary and offices are in eyi. dence and a regular development force is employed.
 The Tigre mine needs a branch railroad, if possible: if not at least a good wagon bridge across the Ba- bispe or Yaqui ct the mouth of Agua Caliente canon.
 This company with its remarkable property needs bettert transportation facilities, as every day develops greater returns, while the whole dis trict is coming to the front rapidly The Escondido, managed by MT. Humphries; the Telluride, with fIom- CT Prickett in the lead, and the Ten Dior. with Jim Taylor at the helm. have all developed to the good. while innumerable obscure prospects are gradually and uniformly improving in the Luck Tiger district.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-30
AS St. Louis Lawyers Talk.

Circuit Judge Reynolds had an.
nounced that he would hear jurors
who had excuses to offer for not serv-
ing, and dozen American citizens
crowded up to the bench to tell their
troubles. Their excuses were as
varied as those who were hidden to
the feast that the Bible tells about.
One had an important engagement
and another could not hear very well,
and anothei had sickness in his fam
lily, and another had duties to per-
form which nobody else on earth could
perform, and another was going on
a journey. And So it went.
The last man in The line wanted to
be let off because ne was German.
He might have been excused if he had
not presented his excuse wrong end
forward.
Judge" he said, II can't under
stand good English"
ooh, you'll do all right" said the
judge. There is no good English
spoken in here."-St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.