El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-16
MINING NEWS
PATAGONIA MINE
SHIPS CAR A DAY
Copper Queen Takes Over
Bradford Mine; Hosey Mine
Is Bonded to Posey.

Globe, Ariz., Sept lev. S Sultan.
superintendent of n. L, Amster's R. R.
R. mine, near Patagonia. says that one
so ton car of copper ore per day is be-
ing shipped to the Ell Paso smelter,
but declines to state the grade of the
ore. A considerable tonnage OF low
grade ore is accommodating on the
dump. The vein has been opened by
drifts at the tunnel level for as
tance of about 500 feet along the strike
and drifting north continues. 1t IS re-
Dorted TO have a width of 40 feet at the
two points at which it has been cross
cut A winze is being sunk on the vein
and is now 80 feet below the tunnel lev
ell and drift has been started at
point so feet below that level The
sinking of the 375 foot, two compart-
ment shaft will be continued to the
tunnel level, a distance of about 500
feet. Six machine drills and 7e men
are employed
Takes Over Bradford Mine.
The Copper Queen company, after an
examination by its engineers and by
general manager Walter Douglas, has
taken over the Bradford mine, belong
ing to the Ferry estate. The properly
is three miles westerly from the R. r
R. mine and a mile west of the Amster
spur at Bloxton. About one car OF
copper carbonate ore per week IS being
shipped.
The Chief group of claims, owned by
Bracy Curtis. president OF the Fist
National bank of NOgales, VIM. Pow
ers, and others, has been bonded by
the Ell Tigre people, and 200 1oot
crosscut tunnel has been started Inc
claims lie one and one-halt miles
adjoin the famous Worlds Fair mine,
owned by Frank Powers. The ore car
ries copper, lead and zinc.
HOsey Mine Bonded
The HOsey mine, nine miles que west
of Patagonia, and owned by John NC
Donald and others, has been bonded
to Col. Posey, the former owner Of the
Gold Road mine, and Mr-Frazier- Three
cars of copper-silver ore per month are
being shipped.
Chris B. Wilson. is shipping two cars
of copper sulphide ore per week to
the Pioneer smelter.
At the Inspiration Consolidated
mines about 500 men are employed in
underground development and on sur
face and the Macarthur brothers are
employing 175 men in railroad con-
struction. The extension Of the main
line of the Arizona Eastern from MI
ami up Keystone and Live Oak gulches
to the Inspiration tunnel and the Live
Oak mine was started this week There
was 1900 feet of underground develop
ment work done in August and the
rate is increasing.
Live Oak is $50 feet deep and is re-
ported to have encountered chalcoefte
bearing schist at Clio feet, though not
of commercial grade. Results are con-
sidered very encouraging
At the Southwestern Miami, churn
drill holes s, Z and are respectively
935, $50 and $50 feet deep in schist- The
enlargement of hole No. to IA inch
size by under roaming has been fin
ished and drilling will be resumed
Commercial ore was reported in this
hole at a depth of $50 feet
Takes Lease on Old Irene.
J. A Fleming has taken g lease on
the old Irene silver mine, in Irene
gulch, about two miles north of Globe
The group consists of nine claims and
has silver bearing veins in 4uartzite,
diabase and limestone. The mine was
a producer of high grade silver ore in
the early SOS
The Iron Cap Copper company has
just shipped a car of oxidized copper
ore to the Old Dominion smelter. 1t
runs very high in iron and is estimated
to assay about eight percent copper.
Another car is now being loaded. The
ore is coming from the four foot shoot
recently opened up on the $50 foot lev
el. Drifting continues east on the ore
at this level and a drift has just been
started east on the 500 foot level to cut
the same shoot There are II men en-
ployed. F. A Woodward is manager
and H. W. Woodward superintendent