Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-10

oming from the newer Anygaloid nine opened on the osceola lode.
 It is not so many years ago that thel 'alumet & Hecls was mining rock unning better than 50 pounds of fineI opper to the ton of rock. but with he conglomerate rock growing poorer md the volume of Amygdaloid rock If even lower grade increasing. thel general average has dropped tol iround % pounds of copper per ton jf rock. and 8 further decline Is moreI han probable.
 As an offset tho company Is arrang az to increase its milling capacity. A arge regrinding plant is under con truetiOn and will be in operation Lais ear. This plant is calculated to save 000. 900 pounds of copper annually ost in the taillngs.
 The identification of every depart, nent of the company was begun sev-
 ral years ago, and the progress made n this direction during the year has ;one far toward making the change rom steam power to that of electric complete.
 The Calumet & Hecla did a consid-
 rable amount Of exploratory work in different parts of tue district, and tO ts efforts. solely is due the creation new producer in the Superior Copper company and the improved pO-
 itions Of the half dozen other com
 anies under it's control.
 Second in point Of production to he great Calumet & Hecla, and oc-
 upying a position from which it viii rot easily be dragged down the Cop ger Range Consolidated company, op- ,rating the Champion. Baltic and Tri- mountain mines, continues to increase ts C~put of copper annually by about = .00O.U00 pounds Its production last year approximated 40.500 900 pounds md compares with II .365 ,0l5 pounds for 1907 and 40.S60. .i76 pounds for 906 Of the triumyirate the Balno tlthough recording a production greaa- CT by nearly 1000. 900 pounds than hat of the preceding year. has fallen pack to second place and the Cham pion again leads with the Trimount- .in bringing up the rear Trimount- iin's production shows d decrease O. nearly 1 1.j00,000 pounds from the pro 1uction of 1907.
 Exploratory operations in the Globe mine continues without interruption, but disclosed nothing of value. The new year will witness renewed aetiF- ity at this point and a further effort to locate other lodes upon which a fu- tuTe mine may be opened.
 Following the lead of the Calumet X Hscla with an eye on the futuI . the Quincy succeeded in further in- ereasing its holdings of mineral lands through the purchase of the old Frans- lin mine. The production for the year was 20,700.0 00G pounds of copper, com pared with i9,796.05S pounds for 1907 and l6.f94. .S3e pounds for 1906. A new shaft was started. new openings were created. and the ground reserves were kept well in advance Of immediate requirements. The company begins
 the new year in prime condition, phy- sically and financially.
 The activity of Osceola is reflected in 2 greatly increased production, the output for the year apprOximating 20, 500,0O0 pounds fine copper as agatIuF' 'l4l34,755 pounds for i30i.
 Developments reyealal new and i'm portant cope. measures and in spite of the great drain to which the times were subjected, new ground reserves created faster than the old reseFyef were exhausted The. close of the year finds fine OsceOla in a stronger position thsn ever.
 Tamarack, severely handicapped by the underground fires of two year. ago. succeeded in repairing the dam age done. and ended the year with s production estimated at li,OO0,0O6 poudnds refined copper, an increase of about 5 s.000, ,000 pounds over the production Of 1897, Tamarack's pro auction for 1905. the year before th' fire was 15,924, 900 pounds.
 RxyIoTatory wnk of a highly en couras1ng nature was done in the oll
 Cliff mine nos owned by the conpan! | and a small amog1I H copper wal obtained from this brhBca during tu' , year. The Tamaraek proper is 0pens' 1 on the Calumet conglomerate and iiE' the Calumet & Hecla's conglomerat'
 mine is growing leaner in copper witl
 depth. Mining costs are also increas ! ing with each sHOceeding yesS, ant
 although the mine can be profitabl, [ operated for many years to come, 1
 would seem that the future of tai
 Tamarack company lies in the old ICEff property. No dividends wer. paid by the company this year.
 Wolverines chief concern was th'
 rnainta4Esace of a steady production and as in pasS years. the annual out put of copper varied slightly from tn
 preceding five years
 Mohawk'5 output for the year show
 a decrease or circa 10000 pounds
 duo to a lower grade 6s copper roc
 miileS. Tae company devoted consid
 srabie tune Gad attention to the de
 yelopment Of iow copper ground. an "a production upwards or 100000
 pounds iS promised f& 1909.
 l Centennial. AlIouez. Mass and Vif toria operated without Interruption land without materially increasing fheff respective annual productions
 None gre siyjdend payers and all hay lconsfdeTnbie soTk yet to do bsfors dividends are possibia. Development ] in the Centennial and Alioaez mine i are highly encouraging arst the fu ' lure of each company is practical. i, assured. Mass and Victoria show m iaszprOvement Both are actively en l gaged tp exploratory work and th' | taoroughneae with which the worr Is being done wfii probably not g lanrawarded.
 1 Ahmeet. Michigan and Isle Royal recorded larger production than in th | Ioracsdfug wear fha increase auprOxi