Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-14
WILL OPERATE. THE HOSTS BY
 ELECTRICITY
.lGlobe Silver Belt.)


 X central electric plant 10 furnish power to run the hoists at several of their shafts, and probably to also op- crate the pumps. has been fully de- termined upon by the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting com pany. and the plan is to be carried into effect the coming sprin. It Is not a new proposition. but was in contem- plation by the directors two years ago and was deferred when the depression in the copper business in 1907 set in, to be followed later Dy tho severe f. nancial dh turbance which halted nearly all construction work and other improvements by the copper mining companies everywhere; and until very recently it was supposed that the Old Dominion company had postponed the installation Of an electric power plant indennitely.
 That the proposition has been re viyed and is to be carried to early completion is creditable to the pro gressiye spirit of the old Dominion's governing board, and is also an assur- ance that the mine developments of the past year have been entirely satis- factory. and that this great enterprise which has been the principal factor in sustaining Globe for more than a quarter Of a century will go on cN- banding and increasing the fame of the Globe mining district
 President Charles $. smith on his present trip here is accompanied by Mir Legrand. electrical engineer for the Phelps Dodge company, who will determine what is needed. design the plant and supeFinLend the installation. The plans were partially worked out tygO years ago and Mir I.egrands pres ! cut work has to do more with com pieting tho details Cf the installation and preparing the specifications. This central electrical plant will be lOcatea iH the shelter power house. which Is well sitnated for the purpose and af- lords ample space. The plans have been enlarged upon since they were first considered two years ago. owing | tO the fact that the old Dominion as a mining enterprise has grown consider ably since then. It has been practical i ly decided to install a plant with a capacity of 290O kilowatts. power for [ operatirg the pumps in c shaft being ! inclUSsd iE he estimate of what may ! Se required. Shafts B. c and D on ' the old Dominion mine and the Gray l shaft O, the United Globe gill all bg
 equipped with electrically operated ] hoisis. and the plans also contemplate
 electric installation later at the Big
 Johnny-O DOugherty-Tum property.
 Although the complete steam equip
 ment for the great pumping plant tC
 be placed in C shaft has been pur
 chased and delivered. yet the old Do
 minion will very likely decide to sub
 stitute electricity as being more eff
 cient than steam for heavy pumpins
 and in the event that the final decis
 ion is in favor of electricity, pumps of
 the turbine pattern will be selected
 Mir. Legrand in conversation with a
 Silver Belt representative. stated
 that electric pumps are now general ly preferred where a large volume of
 water is 10 be raised and that at Bis
 bee nearly all the big mine shafts are equipped with electric pumps.
 | President Smith expected to meet
 Professor DouClas here. but coming by the northern route. he was caught in
 washouts in oregon and detained two isiays. MT. smith is highly pleased with
 the condition of the Old Dominion
 mine and the develoDment work ac ,comDlished since his last visit 10 tho property. for which he comments the
 local management highly.