Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-15


 compnay's consulting engineer
 The New oil Field
 oil was recently discovered about fifteen miles west of Tombstone ln what is known as the Lost fiilis basin For many years past oil has been known to exist in this locality. and on many occasions. while drill ing artesian wells. the same has, shown seepages of oil, and several have contained so much oil that it was found necessary to case or the oil bearing starata in an endeavor Co get flow of clear water. The new fields cover an extensive basin. the formation being made up of sandstone. lime and shale, while gas is reported to be constantly es- caping through the porous rock form ations.
 Several oil experts recently visit | ed the new fields, all of whom are ol the opinion that oil in large quanti- i ties should be found there. owing 10 the fact that the formation is vsEs ! favorable for oil. and further, that the fields bear the same indications as found in the now celebrated Ok ! lahoma and Texas oil fields. Massoletti Mines Mining in the vicinity of Benson is showing much activity. At the Mas. soletti mines a high grade gold quartz ledge has been opened up, about IF | feet in width. Considerable develop ment work has been accomplished
 on this property during the past four months. A copper deposit is sup ! Yh,s nd pectfng is now being carried on in | that direction 10 uncover the same. mill will shortly be erected 10 handle
 the gold quartz.
 Johnson Mining District The district is destined to rapidly | come to the front as copper pro ducing field, and will before many l years. be an important factor in the mining circles Of the southew-t.
 The Texas-Arizona Mining company has made another new strike of high grade ore. which is proving extensive
 as development work on the same con
 tinues
 The Arizona United company is working about three shifts, aggregat- ing about thirty men, and the main
 shaft is now down below the. 70O-fOot
 numerous stringers of sulphides are
 being encountered as depth is at-
 tained This is a most promising
 property.
 At Dragoon everything points 10 a prosperous fall and winter. and much is exepected in this section in a min
 ing way
 In the report that l.. c. Shattuck,
 manager Of the Shattuck Arizona
 company, rendered to the stockhold-
 CTS of that company under date of ' September I2 at Duluth he gives some
 points of interest to residents of the
 district. whether stockholders of the
 Shattuck company or not.
 Mir Shattuck states that deyelpo-
 ment work has been the chief aim
 and ore shipments of only secondary . importance Relative to this deyel opment work he says that the total , amount of dead work done in the veal was 927s feet, represented practically
 altogether in raising and drifting This gives 8 total footage of devel } opment work up 10 date of 35,436 i During the year which ended on Ju 1, ly 3I all of the work has been con i fined to the upper workings. the 400 F 500 and 500 hundred levels, the 4Ol ? being the most recent one opened.
 station being cut in June oi last veal
 and drifting started a short time aft , erwards The main drift runs soutf :, and west and has opened up l.O0 - feet. Crosscut number l was run 2 about 500 feet into the the west sid' r of the property and cross number s about 400 feet southeast Two r. short cross cuts. Nos. 3 and I, brinl r. the total footage on the 400 level t 2 about 2,000 This work is mostly 0 Q a preliminary nature and has opene' k up the level so that attention can b. 8 given to it's development. Tn e ground traversed looks good and i l. expected to add greatly to the or e reserves.
 @ The 500 level was also virtually d new field having been connected wit
 the shaft only a year and half agC
 The prospecting opened up consider 2 able ore on that level including e large body termed No. IA. It is hig d class. has the same qualities as or e on the 500 level and runs l7 per cer 8, copper.
 E. Ou the bVV leNei a ldl se dulOulAA ' b. good ore was opened up mostly frol z following shoots and streaks encoul $. tered in prospecting near lage bod v there. A drift was run on this lev' le and connection made with the Powe le shaft of the C and A company. Tn IS is new territory and no work had bee 10 done at that point. There is a fir ie large iron cropping on the surfaC d- which was the objective point beiI i. taken 10 mean sure copper unde -s heath Indications are the 600 level C. too low, and raising was started. FC d every ton of ore shipped S2 has bee ig spent in prospecting alone. re Mr Sbattuck states that from Au q, 1 1910 to June 9 1911 the total tonas ar shipped amounted to 32,092 dry ton k. the average copper contents beiI .s 12.S5 per cent all taken from the 5e lI and 500 levels and intermediate