Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-04
GRAY TELLS OF
 GREAT MINES
 NJ TOMBSTONE
General Manager of the Her schell Mine Talks to Re- porter During Recent Visit to Fl Paso

to Fl Paso
 Douglas Gray, president of the Naehomich Mercantile company, and general manager of the Hsrscheii mine. was in Fl Paso last week, and the Herald reporter caught him in a hotel lobby, Mir. Gray is capable of talking on matters in general, and this, in part, is what he said:
 Douglas Gray, manager of the Herschell mine at Tombstone. Ariz., who was at the 6rendorff Friday morning, speaking of the operations that have been going on for some months in unwatering the mine of Tombstone Consolidated Mines and Milling company at Tombstone says:
 "'The company has recently in stalled a new Sterling boiler of 500 horse power capacity which, added to the ten 200 horse power marine boilers already in operation. gives a total capacity of 25oo horse power. It is pumping now between six and seven million gallons of water a day and has lowered the water from the 800 foot down to within a few feet of the 1000 foot level and is now holding the water at that point with S sinkers, while overhauling the pump at that level, which was i'm prisoned by the submerging waters when the accident occurred a year ago Within the next two or three weeks, the whole mine will be com pletely unwatered, so that very ex- tensive mining will be carried on
 That is. says Mir. Gray, the largest pumping plant of the entire West and is the largest shaft, except that of the Calumet & Hecla. of Michigan. in this country. if not in the world The shaft Is a four-com- partment shaft with steel gallows frame.
 "'They have pumped more water out of that shaft than has ever been pumped from any single shaft in the world The vein that has been cut in the various old workings from the 500 to the 1000 levels shows up vein end vein matter from 30 to 60 feet thick. This is the old Contention and Grand Central lode.
 "'Almost superhuman obstacles have been overcome, and the people of the entire Tombsone district are rejoicing over the prospect of the com pany resuming its mining and mill ing operations. We feel that the good old days of Tombstone are about to come soon on a vaster scale than ever before and with ia rmore permanancy.
 "'The capacity of the mill is 900 tons day. The company has shown wonderful perseverance in going un- der such enormous pressure of water. which it now has under perfect con trol I think that now all the troub- les are practically over and the whole country is much encouraged.
 "'The company has an enormous compressor, which is being used par tially in running some of the pumps and when the big pump on the 10oC foot level is overhauled and started the big compressor will be used in running the Ingersoll drills for driv ing the crosscuts and levels and de veloping the big ore bodies.
 Asked regarding the Herschel mine, Mir. Gray stated that th' winze, which is 95 feet below the 60t foot level, is in fine shipping orr and the stopes on the 500 foot leve are beginning to show up some yer! fine sil7erlead ore that will be ship ped to the El Paso smlter-
 The Royal Guard mine which ad joins the Herschell is producing yer! fine shipping ore, two carloads hay ing been shipped last week to tn Fl Paso smelter which gave high re turn, very encouraging to the man agement.
 "aThe water from the big mines said Mir. Gray, is at present bein utilized by the people for irrigatin purposes through the hberality O the company. Ultimately, 1t will D used for milling and concentratin purposes. At present the mill ha only 80 stamps. but within two year there will be 800 stamps droppin and crushing ore in Tombstone, an the rich concentrates will be sent t the Fl Paso smelter, as the produc of the mines and mills of Tombston