Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-02
ENCOURAG|NG IS OUTLOOK That Is Report From Mines in the Tombstone
 District.
General Resume of the Work on Various Properties
 with the Results

The developments in the Tombstone mining district the past week has more than ever gone to prove the fact that the contention that the mines had been worked out was erroneous and also proven that there is still consid- erable virgin ground above the water level that contains ore bodies that are of value and of considerable extent The outlook is indeed very encour- aging. and in every mine that is be- ! ing worked the Tombstone Consoli- dated company, new ore bodies are being opened up and those that had been previously opened up are turn ing out 10 be much larger in extent than was at first reported.
 West Side.
 At this property during the past week the number of shifts has been increased from two to three and rapid headway is being made. A part of the force is engaged in sinking the shaft from the 600 foot level to tEa T0G, at which level another station will be cut aud drifts started to the south and west. On the o00 foot level gocd prog ress has been made in driving the drift to connect with the Tribute and number of stringers of ore have been encountered in running this drift. A force of men has been at work laying a pipe line from the railroad track in the rear of the mill to this hoist so that oil can be used as fuel and the company Save considerable expense in the saving of fuel. as the coal which is used at present has to be hauled from the railroad sidings .o the mine by wagon which materially icreases eh. .T ,N.F ( expects to use this hoist as the work ing shaft for the hoisting of ores from the Tribute and North West as soon as the connections are made, the insall- ing of the oil burners will mean a large saving.
 Pump Shaft.
 At the big shaft, the pumps are easily handling the present water that is coming in-about seven million gal Ions per day. On lne 1000 foot level work progresses on the drifts that are being run to the West and the South which will open up new ground below the water level and in which there is at present every indication that the ore bodies uncovered on the roo and 500 will also be encountered and that the extent will be larger than they
 
 On the 700 foot level drifts are also being run to the West and South while the storing and taking out ore from the big stopes that were recently un- covered continues several cars being shipped during the past week. The ore still maintains its large values in gold, silver and lead and the extent of the ore body n5kCs ne find one oi the largest and richest that has been 'un- covered in the district for Q number Of years.
 Silver Thread.
 At this old standby the usual amount of ore during the'past week was taken out and shipped to the mill where 1t is concentrated, and is making a rec ord for the values that are saved from the values by this process. Besides keeping the mill at work several cars were shIpTed ip Inc smelters, returns from which are all that could be ex- pected. Most of the ore that is being taken out at present Is coming from winze that is being sunk from the 700 foot level, the entire winze being in ore, it is impossible at the present time to determine the extent of the ore body, but the distance that the winze has alieIdy beer sunk in ths re shows that it is of good size and will evidently prove to be one of the larg- est stopes that has ever been en- countered in this property.
 Tribute.
 But one shift is being worked here at the present time, they being en- gagged in running drift on the 400 foot level toward the west to partially open up the ground between there and the Lucky Cuss. There are already opened up on the Tribute number of small stopes of ore that will be taken out as soon as the connecting drifts are completed between there and the West sidge so that the ore can be hoisted at the latter place and con siderable expense saved in the hand |, ling of the ore by so doing.
 North West.
 A small force is working here at present. engaged in sinking a winEe . from the drift on the 165 fot level | A small stringer of high grade silver ore is being followed in the winze, it | being similar in character to that which had been opened up in the old I stopes of the property when it was worked in early days and from the jreset indications, another pocket of rich ore will be developed before much greater depth has been obtained