El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-11
CANANEA OUTPUT
SHOWS BIC Gain
September Smelter PTOduc-
ton is Greater Than
Any Other Month

Cansnes- Son. Mex. Oct 1.-THE
output of the Cananea shelter Tor the
month of September was over 5,5UV,O0u
pounds Of blister copper, a gain over
anv other month during the opera
ton of the company The large out
put is caused to some extent Dy the
Miami concentrates, which the Greene
Canauea company is handing ana mas
heen for the uasr six or eight months.
At this rate the average daily OUT
nut is a little over 81 tons daily, but
on some days there haTe been over 10
tons poured from the cOnFeruers.
This output is the result Of only SIX
or seven furnaces operating, the Miami
concentrates being handled olrecL 70
the eonVerters. Al present the Oan-
anea company is making copper
cheaper than any time in its history,
it being generally known that II costs
a little less than g cents a pound
Making HeadWay on shatt.
The Cananea-BOstOn company IS
making considerable Roadway on ITS
shaft. which is being sunk TO the -yO
level At present the smart mas
reached q depth e about 1yo rect anu
is tfnbered all the way down me
formation has changed recently ana
is now pretty hard and growing ugnl-
er as depth is attained me nanslL8
wall has probably been cut and the
SHAFT has left the ore very NIUE
water is being made under the so 1ooI
level. when the 200 level is reached
crosscuts viii be run TO the vein.
GreenidEe Buys DenOuucemenrs.
S n Greenidge has purcl9seu from
p n Norton. of Douglas, the IoUiln-
son-Miles announcements, Localeu
northwest OF the city, and which are
well mineraliZed- The purchase price
has not been made PUBIC III IS De
75az-ad that Greenidge has bought the
rroDertv for eastern interests sen
delarf & Cook, Joplin NO. LlrlLl'
Iast wear spent q little money in sink
fre- several holes on the properly al
z-ario71s locations and the results were
fairly encouraging one smart was
sunk 100 feet and considerable ore
was encountered WOrk was eDaA-
doned presumably on account Oh LO-
encountering large ore BODY at 2
Preparing for Operations.
steam is now up at the Alacran mine
of the Mexican Metals company, ana
ono shift is being employed in clean
ing out the shaft and DONG oLneI
necessary preparatory WORK DeLo- {
ODerations are conducted on a more
elaborate scale. Aug trlLscne vice
7,~asident and manager OF the COM
Dsnv- is at present at the property
superintendiug the WORK
one shift is now at work, but an
other VIII be put one as soon as con-
S5tiors warrant an increase in the
force. which VIII be in the near III
The boarding house has been opened
ana everything placed In readiness LOI
-r-o-l-ina the property 0n-a fairly large
scale. There are about 25 men en-
pIoyed at present
81 L. Neer. in charge Of the Cerro
COrdo property near Cumpas, reports
mat conditions at the mine are eZ-
oelIent Another shipment IS Delng
,,-eDared and taken to NacOZar1, where
it viii be shipped by rail to the smell
ter.
T-f7Ifam Hefnecke of Magdalenas are
meeting with considerable encourage
nent in working their PROVIDENCE
DroDertv. located in the Sierra Azul
range southwest Of Cauanea- Consld-
cradle sulphide ore has Deen encoun-
tered which also gives a good assay
I'm silver contents
Ore and Bullion Shipments Heavy.
ore and bullion shipments through
the port Of Augua Prleta7 from Va-rl-
ous northern Sonora properties, fOI
the month Of September. almost