El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
ELECTRIC HOIST At
CATALINA SHAFT
COMPLETED
Transvaal Company Plans a
Road to Mine lei Tago
to Enlarge Operations.

Cananea, Sonora, Mex, July 26.-The
Calumet & Sonora company of Cananea
has just completed the installation of an
electric hoist at its Catalina shaft,
which 1t recently decided to again
work. and everything is being prepared
to resume opera tions at this property.
The electricity is obtained from the
Cananea Consolidated Copper company
and the power has been furnished to
the company for the past ten days
The Calumet company has been using
the electricity for lighting purposes
since that time. but will soon be pre-
pared to use electricity as power when
the shipment of machinery which has
been, delayed in arriving here is in
stalled Some of the equipment for the
electrostatic plant has also failed to
arrive. and when this comes the new
plant Will be placed in operation
Bostwick & Dickson, owners of the
Washington mine, located in the So
nora river valley near Huepac have
decided to organize a company to car
~ on development work. The Wash
ington is considered one Of the largest
the state
It is understood that there are about
100000 tons of ore already blocked out
which will average between and
percent copper, and as the dead work
has been completed for the opening of
several levels, it is expected that the
tonnage will be greatly increased with
a few months work.
The ores of the Washington are Of
an ideal concentrating character be-
ing similar to that of the Nacozari
mine of the Phelps-Dodge company.
This company makes recover of from
80 to IS percent against 65 to 20 per-
cent recovery of disseminated porphy-
rvs Another advantage Of the Wash
ington is that Bostwick e Dickson are
the sole owners and that all the money
will be used in the further develop
ment of the mine and not in the pur-
chasing of it. These men will per-
sonally take charge of the mine.
The San Marcos mine is reported to
nave been sold to eastern parties rep
resented by Mcknight & Chumate. who
recently MADE an examination of the
property The San Marcos is located a
short distance below Douglas. Ariz..
and for some time has been owned by
the Cabullona Copper company. Prior
to that it was owned by Hova1 A.
Smith and associates, who decided to
give all their attention to Arizona
properties. Considerable ore has been
shipped from the property in the past.
The new 20 stamp mill of the Tigre
company was placed in operation with
in the past week. Besides this mill a
new cyanide plant is also in operation
now. Everything is running smoothly
at the property of the company.
To RuiId N Road.
Announcement is made by the Trans
vaal Copper company that 1t would
eerct a concentration at Cumpas and
build a narrow gage from the mines
to the plant at Cumpas, a distance of 20
miles. This will be done within the
next year. o. C. Rasch, one of the
officials of the company, is at present
at the property.
The company has been operating
steadily during the past few years,
most Of the attention being given to
diamond drilling, and the results are
very flattering. Large ore bodies have
besn discovered on the Cobre Rico
and Transvaal Requirements. the
former has been proved to depth OF
500 feet and three distinct bodies have
been found on that property. The
Transvaal has 100000 tons of ore in
sight which will average 10 percent
copper ana nine ounces IN silver. Inere
is also some gold in the ores.
During the past few years there has
been 1000 feet of diamond drilling
done, the deepest hole being 1928 feet.
This work is being continued.
The company owns 1866 acres of min
ing land a so acre smelter site at
Cumpas the Cloud ranch of about 49,
600 acres. and an interest in the san
Nicolas Tolentfno ranch of $4,000
acres The company has done about
20. 1000 feet Of work on it's lands.
The properties include the Cibre
Rico. Transvaal. Buckeye. San Nicolas.
Ultima Chanza- Virginia and Guada-