Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-24
CLIFTON -MORENcl


| CLIFTON. April ga visit was
made TO the Shannon mine this week
by your correspondent for the pur-
! pose of noting a few interesting
changes which have been made since
! the completion of the new railroad
| The building and operating of It's own
railroad has placed the Shannon in
position TO be more independent
than ever in the history Of the COM
pany Increased ore shipments has
! been the result and Superintendent
| Collin has found IL necessary to make
81 ght increases in mine forces. Al
| this date the shannon is employing
more men at the mines than ever
before in its history. The incline is
| in first-class working order. and
since VIII Grant. a former employer.
has returned 10 the Shannon TO oper-
ate the incline excellent records have
been made in tonnage. Upon sever
ell occasions a record OF 1876. 600 tons
for the twelve hours has been made.
but the general average is in the
neighborhood OF 100000. The ore
cars weigh three tons and carry ten
| tons OF ere. As a general thing but
one car is used. but when necessary
the two cars are used. making il
possible TO increase the output At
this date il IS necessary TO operate
the incline but twelve hours daily
to supply ore for the smelter This
| is due 70 the large ore cars. which
carry more than twice as much as
any other incline in the district
Advancing to the top OF Shannon
hill a neat appearance is found. The
sawmill and general Office buildings
are lOca.ed at the mines. and farther
Up the hill is found the company resi-
dence buildings. These dwellings
are furnished employees Of the com
pany at reasonable prices. and the
| best water in the country is furnished
them. These conveniences have been
the result Of the Shannon securing
| the services of an excellent corps OF
higher officials. which help to make
success.
An inspection OF the mine. though
the Shannon has issued strict orders
not 10 admit visitors. revealed the
fact that. as has already been pub
iished. some excellent ore bodies
have been found at the lower levels
and that as sinking continues bet
! ter results are being obtained Sup
erintendent Collin, since taking
charge of the mining department.
has been most successful in carry
ing out former plans and has made
good IN the discovery OF ore bodies.
which at that time were not known
| 10 exist. On account Of shortness Of
time a complete list of various work
/ ings is impossible. but when one
notes the large amount of open cut
work which is beig performed by
I the Shannon on the surface. il can
readily be seen how mining costs
have been reduced. Why, as a mat
| ter of fact. first-class ore is being
extracted from the surface and all
| the work that is being done is to
shoot 1t down and load it into the
ore cars below. from which point it
is taken to the incline and lowered
| into the bins
AS far as economical management
is concerned the Shannon is most
fortunately located. From the mines
the ore is hauled TO the smelter at
Clifton. where. at this date large ore
bins. 100 feet long and divided in the
center for first and second class ores,
Is being erected. Below the ore
bins will be constructed a large
crusher. These viii be located on
the hill above the present concen
traitor. and the ore viii be trans
ported by conyeyor belts from one
place to the other When completed
this viii save the Shannon consider
able money within the year. With
the smelter at its present location
the ore will start from the bins and
| continue to drop downhill until it is
! delivered from the converters in
Bessemer copper. These are a few
reasons why President Amster and
General Manager Bonnie. assis ed by
other efficient employees, have made
the Shannon what il is today. AL
though the stock of the Shannon has
declined recently. as a matter Of fact
ii should be on the increase. as Il
has more extra ore and better faciiit
les for handling it than ever in the
history Of the company.