El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
MIAMI TO EXPLORE
RED SPRING CLAIM
New Tramway From Con
contractor to Townsite
Near Completion.

Globe, Ariz., Feb. 7.-One of the
churn drills employed on the property
OF the Miami Copper company has been
moved to the Red Spring claim, north
Of the center of the company's hold
ings. It is intended to thoroughly ex-
plore this ground as soon as possible
and an additional crew will be put on
the drill at once, thus making two
shifts of u hours each. This hole is
located 1000 feet north and about 500
feet west Of the No. shaft, the main
working shaft Of the company.
The other two ehurn drills Of the
company will be continued at explora-
ton work in the western part of the
property. In the underground work
ings the mine is rapidly being placed
in position for the time when it will
be required to supply the concentration
Trolley wires have been strung in some
Of the main drives. and in the balance
Of the drives in the haulage level cleo
tricians are at work getting everything
in readiness. The large room that has
been cut 200 feet west Of No. shaft
on the 40 foot level, in which will be
placed the electric motors to supply
the power for the haulage system. has
been completed and is in readiness for
the installation Of the machinery. Prep
arations are being made in the north
west part of the mine for the handling
of the ore in that section.
On the 42O foot level three drives
are being made to the northwest,
through shutes. all the ore in the level
above will be run to those drives and
transported by the main haulage to the
skip shute, located at shaft No. 4, then
hoisted and dumped automatically 10
the crusher bins in the concentration
Although II was the intention Of the
management to start the concentration
the first part of the year. and to that
end men were and have been employed
nights. So many delays incidental TO
the completion OF a plant Of this size
have been met with it would seem i'm
probable at this time that the treat
ment Of the ore would begin before the
first of March. The nonarrivaI of pipe
for the water line from the pumping
station at Burch to the mill has been
one of the principal causes of delay.
The new tramway from the concen-
traitor on the hill TO the railroad in
the Miami townsite IS approaching
completion and should be ready in the
next two weeks. Preparations are be-
ing made for the erection of a dam
across the canyon below the concen-
traitor; this dam will form an impound-
ing pond for the tailings from the mill
A force Of men IS at work building a
wagon road for the company from the
power house located on the flat adjoin-
ing the town of Miami to the principal
works This road will be built TO re-
place the one that will be put out of
service on account Of the construction
OF the dam
Arranges to Ship Ore.
superintendent Chas. Meyers of the
Summit Copper company was in Miami
the early part of the week making
arrangements with the railroad COM
pany for the shipping of ore. 1t is the
intention Of the management from now
on to make shipments at regular in
tervals- In the further development
of the drift on the 400 fofot level, from
the vertical shaft on the EcsquaIo vein,
the vein has widened to 615 feet In
this drift the high grade streak. which
on the 500 foot level was from eight
inches to a foot wide, has widened
from two to two and a half feet, and
from assays made from car samples
show the ore to run from 25 to 80 per-
cent copper.
Have TO Abandon Drilling.
The Barney Copper company, which
last week encountered ore in it's churn
drill hole No I. has been compelled
to abandon its intention of continuing
the drill hole to determine the thick
ness of the ore body, after drilling
through 20 feet of ore. owing to the
nature of the ground, which caved con-
tinually. making il almost Impossible
to drive the drill
To Install Electric System.
The Inspiration Copper company viii
shortly begin the installation of an
electric haulage system in the under
ground workings Of the mine. For this
purpose a 100 kilowatt generator has
been purchased and will be placed in
the new power house, located close to
the Joe Bush tunnel This generator
will be of sufficient size TO furnish
power for the electric motors of the
lighting system. as well as the rs ton
experimental mill
The Colorado shaft of this company
has been sunk to a depth Of 635 feet,
to reach a depth corresponding to that
Of the station on the 500 foot level of
the Bush shaft it will be necessary 70
sink this shaft 25 feet further. AS
soon as the stump is cut and a station
cut on the new level it is the intention
to start a drive to connect with the
Bush shaft. At the present time the
Inspiration company is employing
four churn drills. One was started
during the last week drilling on the
eastern end Of the property two are
drelling about 1000 feet north of the
Joe Bush shaft. and the ether is drill /
ing in the south end in what is known
as hole No sos. This drill is in the ore