Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-16
RAP|DPROGRESS OF CACTUS COMPANY

per cent of the stock will come into the full possession of the Cactus Develop ment company when it has sunk a shaft on the Pinto group of claims to a depth of 800 feet. The rest of the Cactus claims were either bought out right from the Arizona National com pany or located by the Cactus Develop ment company.
 Two shafts have been sunk on the Cactus holdings since the company ae- quired them. Tho old shaft put down by the Arizona National to depth of 800 feet has had it's t'mbers taken out and has been allowed to cave in. The Hamilton shaft was first begun in January. and since that time, the company has put it down 5S0 feet. All this work was done by May 20, so that so far as is known, the company has made a record for work with hand drills, $50 feet in four months. The sinking of the last eighty feet of the shaft was done in fifteen days. Sixty men are employed, including those do ing work on the surface. Since May 20, drifting has been done on the third, fourth and fifth levels. The plan of the company is 70 drift l,0oo feet east and west each way on these three levels and to make erosscuts cv- cry 200 feet.
 New 800 h. p. boilers have been put in place and a new double-drum hoist and a new air compressor will be on the field in few days. It. is expected that the hoist will ko ready to work within three weeks. So far, about $75,- 900 have been spent on the Hamilton shaft, but it has not been without note worthy results. The first real ore was struck at q depth of 220 feet, and from that level down for 100 feet sulphide ore in altered schist has prevailed, av- eraging 23-4 per cent copper, some of the ore runs az high as l5 per cent. This ore, it is said. is practically the same in appearance and quality as that being taken out at Miami and the In spiration mine.
 It is evident from the workings that the mineral, which is found in the cracks in the sehist, has leached down from the surface. The company has been fortunate at the Hamilton shaft in having very little water to contend with. What water there IS IS plainly surface water, as none is found below ' s. quantity that it has been poss ble to handle it by bailing with bucket. The Hamilton shaft will be sunk to a depth of. 1000 feet.
 As the shaft is put down, crosscnt- ting will be kept up in the hope of striking the fault where the main body of sulphide ore is found. It is possi- ble. however that this fault may be found to take an upward turn, in which case the erosscuts will not strike 1t aud another larger shaft will be sank with absolute certainty of reaching ore bodies. since the crosseuts from the Hamilton shaft have determined their location.
 The Pinto shaft of two compart' ments has now been put down thirty five feet. Only one shift day IS em, ployed and hand drills are being used for the present, but machine drills oi modern make will be procured within two or three weeks. A hoist will also be set up soon in place of the windlass now used.
 Three miles of wagon road is soon to be built from the Ca e. mine to the Live Oak property. This road will make Short cut from the Cactus camp to Miami. It is the plan of the com pany to build concentrator and smelt- CT as soon as sufficient quantities or ore are takes out to make it necessary.
 W. II. Hamilton, mechanical engineer for the Cactus Development company, will leave for the east in a couple or weeks to confer with manufacturers