El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
IMPROVEMENT IS
UNDER WAY At
CANANEA
The Cananea Consolidated
Builds Pipe L ine-Many
announcements Made

Copper company several improvements
are being made, both at the mines and
| reduction plant. At the former a pipe
Henrietta mine and Puertocitos prop
erty which will convey the power for
the operation Of the drills. The line
will be 1000 feet in length and the
air will be furnished by a compressor
which is being installed at the Henri
eta The construction of the line is
being rushed
Additional trackage is being laid in
the Oversight mine for the motors and
several other minor improvements are
being made In this mine and the veta
which Will add TO the economical
handling of the ore. The old mill is
being gradually rebuilt and repaired
and at present is now operating full
capacity with the exception of one
section.
At the smelter. the work on the two
additional converters is being rushed
and they will soon be in readiness for
operation. The smelter Is at present
operating with seven furnaces and the
production bids fair to be greater this
month than any month this year.
New Mill Working Wen.
The new mill of the Calumet &
Sonora Mining company is giving ex-
cellent satisfaction and beginning
Monday three shifts were employed
at the plant. At the old mill only one
shift is working but the first of the
coming month there will be two shifts
at work.
Plans to Resume.
The Cananea-Boston company which
owns the Siempre Viva No. and de-
nouncements, located between the Cal
umet & Sonora and Cananea Consoli-
dated properties, about a mile from
town, is planning to resume work on
its No. shaft which is located but
short distance from the Catalina No
shaft of the Calumet & Sonora COM
pany. Since the spring but little work
has been done on the property on ac-
count of the unsettled conditions
. 1t Is planned to sink the shaft down
to depth of 200 feet and as the
workings are on the same vein as the
Catalina it is predicted that consider
able ore will be encountered.
The electric power line from the
Cananea- Boston company TO the Cata-
lima passes but a few feet from the
Cananea-Boston shaft and crosses on
their property. and 1t will be but a
small cost to install an electric hoist
and secure power for it from the Can
anea company
Mexican Company to Organize.
The Cananea Northern Mining COM
pany, Mexican corporation, held its
annual meeting in Cananea The
company is planning to organize un-
der the laws OF the territory of Ari-
zona and finance the company for the
purpose Of developing the property.
h. fc
people.
The San Jose shaft will be sunk to a
depth of 500 feet, according to the
present plans Of the company, and ma
chinery has been purchased for this
purpose, including a hosting plant
and compressor. The property is To-
Gated near Alamos and the shaft was
sunk 100 feet during the past year.
Considerable ore has been encounter
ed which runs high in silver contents.
The Zambona Development company.
operating In the Alamos district. has
installed an addition to it's mill. in
Guiding 10 stamps. The property is
located near Minas Neuvas
smelter to Blow In.
According to information from
Guaymas, Courtney DeKalb, manager
of the Pacific Smelling & Refining
that city, the plant will be blown in
this fall The smelter will handle
lead ores and Mr.. DeKaIb has been
busily engaged recently in contract.
ing for ores of that nature.
Many announcements.
That the mining industry Is receiv-
ing more attention than for some time
is shown by the large number of
announcements which have been
made during the past two or three
weeks Almost a thousand pertenen-
cias have been filed on, the only large
announcement being one of $50 hec-
tares. Following are some of the re-
cent announcements:
A. r. Rodriguez, six pertenencias
near LaBrisca mine, municipality of
Cumpas, district of Moctezuma.
George F. Woodward of Moctezuma.
four pert. near Cumpas: three pert,
near Chururibabi. district of Moctezu-
ma
John r. Wood. 10 pert. San Javier.
Hermosillo.
J. H Longnecker of Cananea. 80
pert, Minas Prietas, Hermosillo.
Adolph Hilles. 16 pert. Suaqui
Grande, Hermosillo.
c. I. MeReynolds. 10 pert. Oso Ne
gro. Arizpe.
George w. Megrew, IL pert, Pitt
quito. Altar
A. p. Serrano, six pert, near Llanos
de Gro property, Altar
S. B. Martinez, four pert, Bacade-
huachi. Moctezuma; six pert, same To-
cality.
C. Ortiz, four pert, near Pilares,
Moctezuma
L. Diaz and J. NJ Samaniego. II pert.t
Bacerac, Moctezuma. also pert, same |
locality.
E. B. Holt of Magda1ena. 81 pert, |
near Tucabe ranch, Magdalena.
w. c. Abbott of Cripple Creek, Colo. !
30 pert, near Cuchucheri, Alamos.
F Seaman and F. D. Murphy of Ala |
mos. three pert. near Los Angeles |
mine, Alamos
B. J.. Silbert of Los. Angeles, Cal,
four pert, near Baboyahui ranch, AL |
amos.
Peter Scott. pert, near Baboyahui. |
Alamos
F. J. ochoa, for R. B. Brewster,
pert. near Aguilar ranch. Ures.
Charles l.. Austin, of Pasadena, Cal, |
80 pert. Cumuripa, Guaymas.