Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-02
Studying the Structures.

geological department, worthy thas title, and maintained by each com
 pany. the Copper Queen and Calumet
 & Arizona. While each is indepeni-
 ent of the other, they frequently meet
 for general discussion and inter
 change of ideas, in this manner per
 forming a very important service.
 Cross-sections are being worked out
 that give a much better idea of geo
 logical conditions than formerly, and as the shafts. drifts and crosscuts are extended by the miners, changes and aditions are made to agree with de- velopments, one side assisting the other, as the general work progresses. the whole being attended with great success.
 Calumet & Arizona Doing Business It was ten years ago that this com pany started work in Bisbee. When its shelter at Douglas was put into blast it had a debt of a million and a half dollars. in a year thereafter | it had paid what it owed, had distri- 1 buted a million in dividends and had | a surplus in its treasury of a million an a half! No other mine that we know has done so well in so brief a time.
 More Dividends Tn Sight.
 Calumet & Arizona has returned
 to it's shareholders over ten millions of dollars in dividends, an average Of | a million a year since the first shovel full of dirst was lifted on the property. | and the first few years of it's history | were not without discouragements. | the real values of the mine not being | revealed until depth Of $50 feet was attained in the shaft and after much | drifting therefrom had been done. Even in this instance the develop
 ment of the bonanza ore deposits was | a game in which a poor man could not have won, it taking considerable time and a good deal of money to finally reach the paying ores of the property. With their finding and the completion of the smelter the fi- l nancial results were wonderful, as they could be made today with a similar copper market, because Calu-
 met & Arizona still possesses the ore | in large quantity.
 The Irish Mag shaft, from which several millions in dividends were l taken, it being the only opening in | the earlier years of the company, is still an important producers. This shaft is now to the 1250foot level, and a gratifying feature is that 1t is developing new ore bodies at that depth as well as in the upper portions | of the mine, the 750-foot level having | shown a lot of new ore of the oxide ] class. This ore has been raised upon until now the miners are stoping 1t at | the 650-ft. level with 1t still going up ward There is a lot of ground l about the shaft still to be given at 1 tention. The principal stoping for a l year and more has been to the south | and southeast of the shaft on the $50 | and 1050-fot levels. the ground to the | north of the shaft not having been | touched in this time. There is fine | reserve here that can be taken as de | sired The bottom of the Mag still shows sulphide ores and the company
 is preparing to test their value. At the Oliver shaft of the company
 ores as rich and of greater extent -han those of the Iirsh Mag are being | developed. Since our fast visit very important gains have been made at | this opening New oxide ore bodies | have been found east and northeast | from the shaft on the $50 and 1O50- | foot levels. On the 11.50 and 125o- | foot levels large bodies of sulphide | ore have been found and are being | blocked out for mining.
 | Copper Ores at epth.
 | There has beer considerable said relative to the finding Of ores at depth in the Bisbee camp, many con | tending they would not exist in the | deeper Hines. The shafts and cross | cuts are disproving such theory. At 1900 feet the Oliver has rich ores, at | I25O, the Irish Mag shows punches of high grade sulphide. In the low | est level on the Gibraltar and Buck | eye claims. long drifts from the Oil yer show big area of thoroughly l Ieached ground. a condition invari- ] ably followed, in depth, by rich mer- | chaftable ores. The Oliver is now over 14O0 feet in. depth and still l shows valuable ore deposits. How | deep this leached area under the two claims mentioned will extend remains | to be proved. but that it is undeTiain | with rich copper deposits is certain. | Already the mine is producing ore | of high grade hundreds of feet below | whore the limits of deposition were supposed by several eminent author | ities to be, which simply again goes to prove how very little man knows | about the performances of nature. | The Man of the Hour.
 | Of aiding faith in the future or | the Bisbee camp. is Col. l.. w. Pow ell. long Identified with mines and mining iB the several Lake Superior fields. and who is thoroughly familiar with the mining business. Mir. Powell tock hold of Calumet 6 Arizona and
 it's associate properties at most dis- couraging time. upon the breaking down of the copper market and all its attendant troubles including finaH- cial storm the effect of other ills. It
 was because of the seriousness Of the conditions that Mir. Powell was
 selected to go into the breach and
 hold the enterprise together. His choosing was both wise and timely,
 as from the outset he formed an or
 ganization of the most harmonious
 and effective character. lent enthu.
 siasm to all those about him, secured
 the element formerly lacking. and
 made friends everywhere. uNtil today
 he is one of the most popular men in
 the territory. commanding respect
 and favorable attention from his as