Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-05-12
Warren District Mines

Copper Queen company in the sinking
OF an air shaft between the machine
shops and the power house. drifting
from three stations at the Dallas and
sinking wines from the 1900 level Of
/ the Sacramento. The last mentioned
work is perhaps the most interesting
and important since IL shows the con-
tinuance OF the ore bodies below the
/ 1900 level. One OF the wines that is
being sunk is now down and timbered
for fifty feet. II is in ore which will
average per cent. This is known as
,Winze No. I. Wine No. has not yet
been sunk TO this depth. is down about
35 feet and is in a sulphide ore.
Chris Finnelson has been awarded
the contract for the three drifts that
are being cut from the three lower
stations OF the Dallas and this work
of drifting is now in progress. II has
not yet progressed TO the point where
definite results were expected.
In. l.. Stallings has started work OF
sinking the 220 feet OF air shaft that
was mentioned. He expects to have
the gallus frame up today or tomor-
row. In the past week good progress
in preliminary work was made at this
point.
Among future work that is said TO
be contemplated by this company is
the sinking of new shaft and II is
reported as likely that this work will
be begun in the course of the summer
or fall. Definite announcement has
rot been made on this point. however.
New Superintendent Is Chosen.
Iron Ore states that Captain Joseph
Hodgson of Ishpeming has been Sc
llected and has accepted the mine su-
Iperintendency OF the Copper Queen
to succeed Parker L. Woodman who,
as was stated a week ago, rendered
his resignation to take effect June l.
captain Hodgson Is paid high tribute
for his ability and given credit for
valuable experience in the Iron Ore
article which is of highly compli-
mentary nature and shows the es-
TEEN in which he has been held in
the district which be is leaving.
1t is understood that Captain Hodg-
son will arrive in Bisbee about the
twentieth Of this month and that he
Iwill as sumo his new Office on June /.
He was in Bisbee some two or three
weeks ago looking the situation over
before accepting the Office which was
rendered to him. 1t is not unlikely that
some OF the plans of the company
ARE being held in allegiance pending
his arrival and assuming the superin-
tendency
Shattuck Looks Good.
| No announcements of developments
lof particular interest have been made
by the Shattuck company during the
week Work is continuing and the
results are highly satisfactory, the
property never having looked so good
as at this time
Considerable interest may be heard
given expression relative to the work
which is proposed by Bisbee Coali-
ton, which 1t was stated last week
has perfected plans TO resume. No
announcement has as yet been made
as to how large force is to be put
?; to work nor as to just when the al
,nounced resumption will occur though
lit is understood that it will be in the
near future.
! as high as 40 per cent lead and &c
ounces of silver to the ton. These
lodges are not worked yet, as the
main workings are now concentrated
to the principal ore bodies of copper
Mr. King was very enthusiastic
about the future of the property and
! believes that the management is go
( ing to open up the Cananea Eastern
J on a large scale in a very short time
t Meanwhile, the ore extracted is being
P piled up. Several hundred tons are
: on the dump as second class ore, and
) all first class chalcopyrite, paying Sif
: a ton up are kept separately.
: The management would have been
: cLerating the properties at the pres
ent time on a fairly large scale lad
It not been for the prevailing cCIdi
items in bts,ieo and it is 10 be hored
: that affairs OF the republic will soon
= permit more extensive operations.
The property is located about .,
miles east of Cananea aud was work
ed for some time b. the Canlnea
! Eastern company. later by the Fay
CaCanea company, which succsedcL
} tire former Considerable stock is
held in Cananea in the company
r.,'i;h q few months ago gave an -
;iCa ~ d party of New York mining
:a@a at price of 100000.
I'e:sy Irvine q Douglas, Aux tit.
: week purchased of Jack CrOnin, his
property located about six miles south
of Nacozsri. the price paid being 80,
900 pesos. Irvine takes charge i'm
mediately and has already left for the
! ! property, which he intends to open
up at once. II is a gold, silver and
copper proposition of much promise
Irvine will ship TO the Copper Queen
smelter at Douglas.