Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-26
EMPIRE SHAFT
IN SULPHIDES
AT EIGHTY FEET DEPTH VEIN
WIDENS
STRIKE coRROBoRATEs EX-
PERT's REPORT
Former Owner of Princess Group Un-
covers Rich Ore on Adjoining
Claim-Work on Smelter
Plant Progresses

BENSON, A. T, July 25-seth Mer-
rill, manager of the Empire Gold and
Copper Mining company says the big
double compartment shaft his company
is sinking in the Princess group near
Dragon station had the entire bot
tom in ore when he left the camp
several days ago. 1t is rich copper sui
phides so common at Johnson. Inc
shaft had been following a vein or
sulphide ore, and at a depth of about
eighty feet 1t reached an enlargement
which takes in the entire shaft, ana
certainly looks good for the stockhold-
ers of the company, and is another step
toward corroborating the statement or
the government geologist MADE some
months ago to B. Mater that tremen-
dous ore bodies underlie that region.
owen T. Smith. who sold the Princess
group to the Empire company, had
uncovered rich ore in the next group,
and the present demonstration Is be-
tween that and the Centurion, making
a continuous extent of territory known
to contain ore bodies of commercial
value for a distance of about SIX miles
north and south.
This is proving to be worthy of its
position in exact alignment with the
Warren district to the south and the
Globe to the north.
Men are busy installing the 125-ton
smelter plant of the Arizona United
Mines company. This company is
pushing worp to completion as tast as
men and money can do it. Teams are
busy every day hauling in material.
On Side of Republic
The smelter site has been chosen on
the east side of the Republic shaft near
the gulch. Excavation in the hill mas
been made, and the site leveled off is
inHpnandpnt the
bins.
The building will occupy a space 3Ox
so feet, and on the north side will be
retaining wall fifteen feet high three
feet wide at the base and two feet
wide on top.
One 50-hp. boiler eighteen feet long
and weighing 1000 pounds has arrived.
and the foundation is about ready for
the placing of it. A 50-foot stack will
be used.
A copper mating surface, 46x6o
inches and of 125-ton capacity, is
among the equipment to be used. This
will have a 4-8-fOot circular steel fire
hearth. horizontal blower 1SX5S ! 2
inches will also be used. There Will
also be a 3000-pound capacity elevator.
Ore bins 25x40 feet are now being built
on the west side, and coke and coal
bins on the north side of the smelter
to be of 500 tons capacity each.
Pump at the Empire
A wood water tank of 5000 gallons
capacity on the north side of the smell
ter for smelter use is being constructed.
A large pump is being installed at
the Empire property with which 20
raise water which will flow by gravity
to a big reservoir cut in solid rock
near the Mammoth property belonging
to the Arizona United company. This
reservoir will be thirty feet in diam
eter and ten feet deep, and Will nave
an elevation of 200 feet above the
shelter. assuring plenty of force for
fire protection which has also been
arranged for Another large wood
tank will be erected in the rear of the
mess house for camp use.
Near the smelter has been erected a
small building 14X20 feet which Will
be used as an assay office. A store
house 14x24 feet will be built next
to the assay office.
Plans are also under way for two
ten-room buildings for use Of the COM
pany and it's employees, at an expense
of $4,000. The bunk house is to be fit
ted with shower bath and electric
lights.
Twenty-Five thousand feet of lum-
Der are to be used in the smelter
building alone, and it is expected that
within the next sixty days they Will
be ready for operation. The plans of
the smelter have been furnished by the
Taylor Engineering company of AL
lentown, Pa, and the experimenting
of the erection of same is in charge of
w. Walker, an engineer late of FL
Paso,