Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-02


 years to come. Ores are now being .aken that formerly were considered -oo low in copper, but improved sys- iems of mining and reductions in the furnace costs have made this possible, and in times of the slow market some very low grade material has been taken. the richer being reserved for better days.
 In the taking of these leaner pieces of ground, it is figured that good ex- ploring is also being done, as occa- punches of higher grades are It is not improbable that some of the high-grade bodies now being worked on the 650-fot level may extend upward, close to surface.
 The Oliver shaft is only fairly get ting into it's ore bodies and has a large amount of ground right in the great ore channel of the camp that is not yet opened.
 Powell Shaft Going Down
 The Powell shaft. located on the Hope and Wagner claims of Calumet & Arizona is to a a depth Iof 400 feet and is sinking at the rate of 150 feet per month. This is good work. When the Shattuck made 150 feet in similar time it celebrated the event with a banquet to the miners and other em- ployes on the task. Soon thereafter the Hoatson shaft of the Superior & Pittsburg company made 160 feet. carving a much larger opening, and it hoisted broom from its headframe
 The Powell is showing bits of iron and occasional lime spotted with Car A l,.,f -x-slI ,s.,t. ably be started to test the ground st that depth. Some distance above and over the hill, the Shattuck-Arikora is developing a very nice body Of ore on it's 650-foot level, which, geologic ally. is not much different from the 800 to 600-foot level of the ground at the Powell shaft The trend of the ore bearing zone is directly towards the Powell, the character of the for nation seems favorable. There are pronounced iron stains in the lime in the surface draws" or gullies, heading down the mountain side to- wards Powell territory and success seems assured. A few months more. when the crosscuts are run will de eide All signs are favorable, both the geologists and the miners agree ing in this instance. It looks as if these claims might prove fully equal to .tbose in which the Mag and Oliver shafts are located. Time and the openings will decide.
 Superior 6 Pittsbure Company.
 After many direinl predictions by those not familiar with the character of the organization management or the importance Of its mineral bearing territory. Superior & Pittsburg has wen. When, with such a copper mar ket as We now have and carrying an enormous construction and develop ment account, the company is paying off it's indebtedness at very substan- tial rate each month, it can safely be placed in the winning column. In addition it should be understood that the company is conducting a system of exploratory and development work on a very large scale, preparing the way for the years to come. To appre- ciate the extent of the possessions of the company one must walk over the hundreds of acres embraced in this tract. To recognize the full i'm portance of the location of these lands one must see 1t and estimate it with reference to what has already been shown in the camp.
 In Line With the Good Ores
 If one will take the pains to go to the original outcrop pit developed by the Copper Queen company, and lying on the side of the mountain just oppo- site the front of the Copper Que hotel, he will see in line and consecu- tive order the Spray. Gardiner. Irish Mag, Sacramento, Oliver. Hoatson and Lowell shafts, all developing cop per ores of wonderfully high grade, oxides and sulphides, practically self fluxing and carrying important values in gold and silver. These openings Clearly show the trend of this great channel. By successive stages the ore bodies of the camp have been developed in this southerly direction. At the beginning there were those who feared the outcrop would be short-lived. Then another shaft was added. This surely would mark the limits of ores so wonderfully rich, it being the accepted belief that the richer the deposits the more brief their dimensions. This second open ing did look poorly for time but a little seam led to deposit from whlch was extracted over S0,000,000 pounds of metal and still it held on.
 When It Looked Doubtful.
 Finally the Lowell shaft of Copper Queen pumped down in wonderful body of rich ore, the end, we used to be assured by certain wise ones. who would have it that nature had ex- hausted her energies at this partic- ular spot.
 Calumet & Pittsburg, as it was known before the time of its merging with other properties under the same management, used to be described as a water-logged elephant. There was water. From the Briggs shaft Of the company it came in small river, forced by immense pumping engines operated to their full capacity and working night and day without inter mission. It proved the Briggs was draining the water of the entire camp. The flow was anywhere from 5000 to 1000 gallons per minute. The source according to general belief. was an underground lake impossible of un