Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-22
SONORA MINES SHOW ACTIVE
 WORK |S DONE

It is reported that the output of the Greene Cananea smelter for Feb ruary was in the neighborhood Of 1900 tons, or $500 900 lbs. exceeding thst of January by 100000 lbs. Dur ing February five furnaces were in use. This week there are but four in use The new reyerberatory fur mace has been put to work on cal cines and fue dust and is now pro ducing matte. A number of the new McDougal roasters are also in opera ton.
 The annual meeting of the Calumet & Sonora Mining Co. of Cananea, (Mexican corporation) was held at the offices the company on March 4 The following officers were elect ed: A. L Warner, president; J. N. Hauser, vice president; w. D. Under hill. secretary and treasurer; P. C. Propert, commissario. Mir Hauser Is also superintendent of the prop erty The American company has de cided to issue bonds to the amount Of $100,000 and the funds will be used to pnrchase a zinc plant (electro- static) and electrify the mine and mill
 The reduction plant of the Cobriza Co. whose property is located west of Noria station on the Sonora rail road. has been completed and the ar rival of coke is now awaited The plant will be blown in in about ? weeks.
 George Mclean. superintendent Of the Cubana mine. located about 30 miles south of Cananea, reports that there has been another rich strike made at the property. This recent find was made in drifts on the 100-ft level, while the previous one was made in a winze at a depth of 130 feet A full face of ore has been en countered in both drifts and the ore averages 8 per cent copper
 The properties of the Mexican Met els Co, which are located in the neighborhood of Noria. give promise
 soon entering the producing class. The Amelia, which recently made | shipments to the Csinanea shelter. has been actively worked since last June and has SO far exceeded the eX ! pectations of the engineers of the company The old shaft has been Icleaned out and a gasoline hoist l good for 1000 it. hes been installed. i Three hundred and sixty feet of sink ing and over 39O 1t of lateral work have been done since that time Sta tions and loading pockets have been cut on the 200 and 300 f. levels and drifts have been run at both points. | vein has been cut on the zoo it. 1 level, showing total width of 32 it. l of milling ore. carrying copper, gold and silver On the hanging wall there is a shoot of first class ore from i to 1t in width This is chalcopyrite ore, some of which ass avs as high as 12 per cent copper. s | pesc5 in silver and 12 pesos in gold. ] This is the ore of which one was shipped to the Cananea shelter. The i shaft is being sunk to develop the vein on the 400 and 800 1t levels in | order to determine as soon as poss- | itle the full extent and value of the | ore bodies. A wagon road is being improved from the mine to the rail road The Las Animae mine is rich in gold and copper and is an antigua. heing worked by the SpaniarHs to a depth of 200 ft. 100 years ago. Chas. T. Tryon, of the compaiy's engineer ing staff, has completed an evamina ton of the mine which included 200 assays of samples taken across the vein every 10 it. throughout the old workings. The examination discios- ed extensive mineraliatiozn. The main shaft is nearly 300 it. deep and is in first class condition A steam hoist has been intaIled and sinking is being done to develop the zone of secondary enrichment Fl Torobio mine is a gold property with rich veins of gold quartz It is at present being worked by lessees who are goug ing out the rich ore in open cuts and
 grinding it in arrastres. The Red
 Bird mine is near Magdalena It is q porphyry copper property and is only half a mic from the Magdslena 1 river It is extensively mineralizsd
 n the 'surface. like all ore deposits qf this character
 The property of the Arizpe Mines 70. near Cananea, which was taken
 over by tbd Mexi4an Metals Co.,, comrrises 2S00 pertenencias. or about 6900 acres. The Arizpe Co. spent
 s2000eO on this property. There g a good wa=on road to Csnanea and
 an amnle water supply The surface euuiTment includes an office. supply
 house. me=s house. boarding house assay office. tore. three 4 room hous es and anumber Of tent houses. The
 mining equipment includes two