El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-22
MINING NEWS
WORK RESUMED At
THE COPPER REEF
Instalment of New Equip
ment Finished; -Four
Veins in Property.

Globe. Ariz.. May 22.-At the Copper
Reef mine. Is miles south Of San Car
los, the erection Of the new equipment
is finished and the Development of the
mine has been resumed
The equipment consists Of an lnger-
soIl-Rand five-driu air compressor,
driven BY so horsepower improved
Slower low grade distillate engine, and
a small pump for furnishing water TO
the mine and camp Every thing IS In
running order and on May u the dr1v-
ing Of two headings was resumed,
namely, the California tunnel, which
is now about 1000 feet long, and the
California drift. leading off from this
tunnel A two and three-Quarter In
gersol-Rand air drlu Is Delng usea IN
each heading. The pump is driven by
compressed air and furnishes about %
gallons per minute
Chas. Saxman is superintendent. Dan
Mcdonald foreman, and Harry FauA
chief clerk
Al present only two shifts are work
ing but III is intended to put on third
shift in a few days and drive the tuh-
mel and drift with all possiole speeu-
The property is traversed by -FOUR large
veins with good surface shoWings OF
conner. and the tunnel will cut them
at depths Of from 1000 TO 1900 feet
COnereting started al KINGDOM;
At the kingdom shaft OF the United
Globe mine of the Old Dominion com
panv. the concretng Of the fourth sec
tfon has been started ana viii be nm
ished I'm about 10 days the concrete
work IS fully completed to 0epJn OF
525 feet. TIE fourth section was start
ed at a depth of 40 feet ana the con
crete will be poured in around the
forms until the bottom OF the tnlIo
section. at the 525 foot point, Is
reached, which viii thea give i-O Leet
OF completed lining.
The next section viii be the last as
the ground below the bottom OF IAe
! fourth section Is quite firm ana sollu'
"a IL To #nNr ~
Z inc distance OF 290 feet in one section
Tbis will take 10 to the 18th level
which is 1000 feet below the collar OF
the shaft. the distance called for IN the
Tbree shifts are being worked and
about % men are employed G h
Weideman and Paul Mlchaelson, con
tracing and construction engineers
are doing the job
Harrington Resigns.
Jack p Harrington. better known 10
his friends as -Slasher Harrln8 ton'
! has resigned his position as foreman
/ at the Superior Bosloh ana ms a.
cepted a similar position unueE super
fntendent Thomas Iighe at NaIlonal'
Nevada He viii leave for Nauonal on
the first OF the month Mr. Harrlng Ton
I IS one OF the best known miners LH
Arizona and holds the record Tor tQn-
mel work in the southwest, having
driven the main tunnel at the lnsplrd-
I ton mine $50 feet in % days. be also
l holds the record Tor stail4-Au ai-----
/ work IN this district
Are Down $50 Feet in Live Oak
Churn drill hole No. ]. of the SCUM
Live oak Development Co, is over 500
feet deep and drilling Is progressing
most satisfactory under foreman Harry
/ NiIard The hole IS IN silicSfied gran
lite formation and is being arted with
II - inch bit l. D. Mcclure IS
] manager for the company ana IL =
Dunn superintendent
strike in Kelley Cure.
Teddy FullwOod and Thomas HamiI-
ton report a strike OF rich silver ore
on the Kelley Cure mine, i've miles
north Of Globe. as an evidence that all
the silver has not yet been mined IN
I the Globe district
Great Many Miners at Work.
Mr. FullwOod reports that great
/ many miners and prOspectors are work
( ing their claims in the vicinity of the
| old Mexican and Irene camps, stlmu-
/ lated by the rise in copper and silver.