Arizona republican., 1911-08-24
SOME MINING DATA
FROM OLD MEXICO
Recent News of Doings by the Cananea
Consolidated and Others There.

About the works of the "&uanea Con-
solidated Copper company several i'm
lproycmonts are being made. both at
the mines and reduction plant. At
the former a pipe line is being con-
structod between Henrietta mine and
Pucrticitos property which will con-
Voy the power for the operation of
the drills. The line will be 1000 feet
in length and the air viii be furnished
by a new compressor which is being
installed at the Henrietta. The con
struction of the line is being rushed.
Additional trackage is being laid in
the oversight mine for the motors
ana several other minor improvements
are being made in this mine and the
Neta which will add To- the economical
handling Of the ore. The old mill is
being carefully rebuilt and repaired.
and at present is now operating fun
capacity with the exception of one sec
ton.
At the smc'tcr the work on the two
additional convertcrs is being rushed
and they will soon be i'm 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.
The new mill of the Calumet x So
nora Mining company. which was plac-
ED operation last week. is giving excel
lent satisfaction and beginning today
three shifts Will be employed ut the
plant At the old mill only one shift
IS working but on the first of the
coming month there viii be two shifts
mt work The new mill viii have all
the concentrates on the storage piles
handled by that time and will then
handle the output of the old mill di-
rcctly after concentration. Shipments
have been resumed To the smclter and
viii be regularly made hereafter.
The Cananea- Boston company, which
owns the Siempre Viva 40. and .. de
nouncomcutS. located between the Cal
umct and sonora ana Cananca Con
solidatcd properties. about "a mile from
town. is planning To resume work on
its No % shaft which is located but
q short distance from the Catalina No.
shaft of the calumet and Sonora
company. Since the spring but little
work has been done on the property
on account of the unsettled conditions.
but as the property was and is stiu
i'm the development stage the financial
outlook was not encouraging At the
present time. however ii is planned To-
sink the shaft down ~ n depth of POO
feet and as the workings are on the
same vein rs tho Catalina it is pre-
dicted that considerable ore viii be en-
The shaft is about $50 To-
POO feet lower down the hill than the
Catalina and it is expected that the
ore bodies viii he penetrated mt q
more shallow depth than that in the
Catalina. The shaft has been sunk to
a depth Of about 100 feet and consid-
cradle ore has been encountered which
ran high in lead. silver and zinc. but
the water i'm the shaft caused work
to bc suspended for the time being
until Arrangements could he made for
the handling OF same. The electric
power line from the Cananea company
to the Catalina passes but a few feet
from the Cananoa- Boston shaft and
crosses on their property. ana it will
be but a small cost % install an cleo
trio hoist and secure power for it from
the Cananea company. The outlook is
very favorable for this company.