Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-11

Miami Most of the work of blocking out orc, and of drifting and crosscutting on the ore body at Miami is being done in shaft No. at depth of 57O feet. The company is employing machine drills of the most improved kind and expects to be prepared to take out 1000 tons of ore day when the m'll is ready 10 start, which will probably be abous the first part of next year. Already abont l4.0OO,O00 tons of ore have been de- veloped and drifting and erosscutting in several different directions is going on daily.
 new shaft called Shaft No. is now being sunk and will eventually be the main one from which most of the ore will be taken, when the machinery 's in place. The Miami plant will be one of the largest and best equipped plants in the territory when it is completed. II. Kenyon Burch, mechanical eng'neer for the company, has large force of men working on the details of the plans for the plant and expects to increase his force within a few days.
 Deals have been closed for ell the power house machinery. The power house equipment calls for three lUoo K. w. units made up of 4cylinder triple expansion Nordberg engines directly connected to Croeker-Wheeler genera tors. The boiler plant is to be fitted with Edgemoor boilers. The eoneentra- tor equipment will not be definitely ar ranged for until the branch railroad IS built. General plans for the plant, how ever, are already fin shed. The total equipment will approximate about T5O tons. The material for the entire plant will comprise some l250 carloads. The company is about to close contract for 3O,O0o barrels of cement. When finished. it is expected that this plant will be the most modern in tho whole southwest. The company is fortunate in having as its business and fel1 man agers such capable and well informed men as General Manager B. Brittol Gottsbergcr. Engineer H. Kenyon Burch and Superintendent N. O: Law ton.
 
 The Black Warrior Copper company whose mine is situated between 'herS and Miami, is among the best proper ties in that section. Under the able di rection of Superintendent Jack Horg'I A force of 50- men is now at work o' the 350-foot level. Between to and '' tons of ore are being shipped daily The returns from this ore are apou l2 per cent. At the present time nor ore is in sight than ever before in th' history of the mine.
 Inspiration @ The property of the Inspiration min' is a scene of great industry these days The company has Superintendent MIX Shoylin in active charge of it's opera tions. Mir. Shovlin is one of the mos experienced mining men around here and with force of s5 men workin with hand drills is sinking two snafl and driving three tunnels. In the Bull dog shaft, which is now BIO feet down sulphides have prevailed from the 10 foot level. A 50-foot crosscut, which being made from the Bulldog shaS' will undoubtedly strike large or body in the same vein as the "oodsO mine. No blocking of ore has been don as yet.
 The Joe Bush shaft is down to depth of 235 feet and sulphide ore wa struck at the 90 foot level. All tn ore from the Joe Bush shaft is eoncer trstinr. The eoncentrator and. stea' shosels will be on the ground by Jai uary 1, at which which time eompie' plant will be figured on.
 Besides these two shafts, three 'ni nels, the Taylor, the Mercer and tn Columbia. have been driven to distance of 7l7. FOG and 567 feet respeetivel. with good indications in every cas-
 Keystone.
 Work on the Keystone shaft has oee discontinued temporarily at the S3 foot level while a station is being mad i50 feet from the surfacs. A stron force of men is now employed ther The mine is considered by many to | ono of great possibilities and one fro' which favorable reports may be e pected before the option now held b the men developing it expires.
 Gibson Copper Company
 Al the mine of the Gibson Copp' company biga grade ore is' being ta tax, ont ou the i00 foot level anu devc.o men, work in being done on the lcvn at 500 and 600 feet. From ten to Il teen tons of ore yielding better tha 20 per cent are being shipped daily, an drifting and srosscueting is being doI