El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-22
GREEN CANANEA
CURTAILS WORK
Ceases Operations on Puer-
tocitos; a New Cnrpor-
alton Formed.

Cananea Copper company has a plan of
retrenchment effective. For week all
work has been discontinued a the prop
erty at Puertocitos, and at Henrietta
all DEVELOPMENT work has been discon-
tinued and the output lessened. A. En-
ga the production has also been cOnSid-
erably lessened. These properties are
those which lie farthest from the smell
ter and IN curtailing operations and
closing down one mine (the one located
at the extreme end of the narrow gage
railway the cost of transportation OF
ores to the reduction plant is consider
ably decreased, bringing the cost down
to conform with the output.
The company has made the move
without any agreement with any other
company but il can be looked upon
safely as an act of self preservation
Just how long this curtailment will be
effective is not known at present and
general manager Ricketts, will not dis
cuss this point; but it is certain that If
the copper market RECEIVERS sufficiently
the production will again be increased
to its former amount The output for
the month Of July was the heaviest
known in the history of the new man
agement 100000 pounds.
Two furnaces were allowed TO cool
and the Smelter IS now operating at nan
its capacity. During the past few days
| the average output was approximately
so tons of copper daily and it is not i'm
probable that this will be the average
output during the period of retrench-
ment which will make the monthly out
put approximately 100000 pounds of
the red metal
-rhe explosion of a converter at the
smelter caused a fire which resulted
N a loss of $3.50 gold. The matte was
nurled a against the roof and an oil pipe
was severed the oil igniting. The
blaze was soon eXtinguished-
New Cananea Company.
The Arizona-Cananea Mines company,
| recently listed on the New York curb.
| is a new company which is the result of
| the combination of several properties
! lying southeast of Cananea. The CAPT.
| talization is /, 100000 shares at SIS par.
The stock has been placed on the mar
ket at So paid. The consolidation was
| brought about by David Miller, presi-
| dent of the Kansas Cananea Copper
company. who was in Cananea for
| month recently. The properties are
/ those of the Miller company, Southwest
ern Mining company (Ortega), CONSOLE
| dated GSld & Copper company, the Can
| anea Mining & Development company
and the Ned Cloud Copper company,
some Of which were Formerly controlled
| by the Ortega company. The time for
| the beginning of active operations has
not yet been made public
! A 30-foot lathe was received here for
! the Pedrazzinni mine, and freighters
| have taken it down to the property. a
| quantity of steel was also received.
/ Bostwick & Dickson have thrown up
| the option they held on a property
which they have been developing for
i several months at Rayon, east of CARLY
on the S. P. de NJ. railroad. The prop
erty showed signs of richness. but the
ore didn't hold out. 1t has reverted to
the former owner, D. L. Fain of Ures.
The Lomita mine of the EIenita COM
pany, which is located a San Felipe
I near Arizpe, has again resumed opera
lions after being idle for few weeks.
Rumors from the Chispss district are
! TO the effect that the PedTazzini com
pany is at present examining the Bahia
Canora property with a view to pur-
chasing it. The Babacanora is owned
by Nebraska capitalists who have been
| working II for the past year or so. oper-
| atoms ceasing a few months ago.
Other Properties.
The Palma mine, located I'M the
Arizpe district. has been closed down
| recently. Reports are to the effect that
the company operating it are short of
cash.
The Lucera property located about 80
miles southwest of Cananea, Will soon
| make 4 shipment of a carload of ore to
| the FL Paso smelter. The shipment can
; be looked upon as a sample for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the best method of
treatment 1t is silver-lead ore and
Is considered high grade. The owners
are Meeker & Webb of Cananea
TecoIOte Important Mine.
The TecOlote mine, operating a few
miles west of Carlo, on the S. P de NJ.
railroad is being looked upon as the
most important property in that portion
| of Sonora The company is at present
( erecting a Smelter TO reduce the copper
ores which have been opened up during
the past year or two. An immense
amount of steel work has been received
at Carlo for the company, which con-
sists of parts for the smelter, mine
cages. rails, etc.
The damage caused at Nacozari re-
Gently by the heavy rains has been re-
paired and the concen -rator is again
| operating
The MontoyO shaft of the Santa Fe
Consolidated has reached a depth OF
1S5 feet. At the 165-foot level a drift
was run a short distance on the vein
and it resulted in showing the vein tc
be wider than at a shallower depth
When the 200 level is reached, which
will be on the first of the month al
least, the vein will be crosscut Condi-
tiOns are favorable at the property.
IMPORTANT DECISION
on FILING LOCATIONS