El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-07
MINING NEWS
NEW SOURCE OF WEALTH IS FOUND
BY MINES IN THE BISBEE DISTRICT
Ores Considered Worthless
Yielding Big Returns;
Shattuck's Good Report.

Bisbee, Ariz, Sept. Two good ore
strikes in the Junction shaft of the
Calumet & Arizona company; explora-
ton of the porphyry deposits in and
about the Sacramento shaft of the Cop
per Queen company; rumors of extern
sive plans of the same company which
have not yet been officially announced,
and the best report ever issued by the
Shattuck company, are the most re-
cent developments in and ABOUT the
mines of Bisbee and the Warren DIS
trlct- Of these, the exploration Ior
eSting and promises to develop into
the greatest Importance. II is a mat
ter which has not previously been men
toned in newspaper columns and rev
know that it is under way extensively.
When the mines of the Warren dis
trict were first opened copper deposits
were found between lime ana porpnyry
and the general assumption at that
time was that the ore was not to be
found elsewhere Ore IS found now
where it was formerly thought there
was none This is witnessed by the
important shipments of lead silver ore
to the FL Paso smelter within the past
year, ore which in past times had been
ignored but from which large returns
are being received This is generally
found between the copper ore deposits
and the lime and promises to be an
important addition to the wealth OF
the properties.
In the past, little or no attention has
been paid to the porphyry country, 1t
having been assumed that the values,
if any, there contained, were of little
Importance. The companies went on
mining and developing ore bodies be-
tween lime and porphyry and the re-
suits were satisfactory But now comes
wealth in uneXplored rock has come
and the Copper Queen company began
and is conducting exploration and de-
velopment work to ascertain the ex-
tent and value of porphyritic deposits
This work is being conducted from the
Sacramento shaft of the Copper Queen
company, where there is a large por-
phyry body. 1t is from this shaft that
practically all of the $500 or more tons
of ore from the Copper Queen mines
are daily hoisted, underground con-
nectiOn with all of the other company
properties making this possible. The
deposit of this rock there is more eX-
tensive than in other sections. Calu-
met & Arizona officials are watching
the results obtained and present indi-
cations are that source of wealth
heretofore unexpected will be devel-
oped for all of the mines hereabouts.
Study Other Methods.
In order that those in charge of va
rious underground methods may be-
come better posted and more proficient.
the Copper Queen company has started
a new policy. Men are TO be given Op-
to learn mining methods there. With
this end in view two employees of the
company left this week for points in
the north, where they will visit the
large copper properties. After their
return, others are to be given similar
opportunities and the company will re-
celVe the benefit of the information
which these men CLEAN and by the edu-
cation which they receive the men will
become of greater value to the COM
pany and to themselves.
Strikes at Junction.
In the Calumet & Arizona properties
the most important results have been
two good ore strikes at the Junction
shaft one on the 1900 and the other on
the 1000 foot levels Thus far the ex-
tent of these two strikes have not been
sufficiently explored to give an idea of
extent but they are termed important
The Briggs, and the Junction especial
~, have become of great Importance
throucN recent developments.
osattucl1's Good Report.
Inc report OF Shattuck, Arizona, to
its stockholders was issued this week.
ousinesslike report ever issued by this
company Included in the directors
report are statements relative to the
smelter to be built at Douglas. For
this PSI acres have been obtained as
site for a $500, 600 plant This entire
cost. 1t is stated, will be returned to
the company within two years through 7
savings over present smelling costs !
The finding of lead ore is mentioned |
and this is considered of enough i'm |
oortance to cause consideration of |
plan to put in a lead Jacket in the pro-
posed new smelter. The jacket would /
add to the cost of the smelter only |
about $4,000.
Important ore developments on the /
100 and 500 foot levels are reported on /
he former, of which there has been
4 large amount of cutting through ore 1
hat runs better than II percent OW- |
ng to their high lime contents these !
)res can be profitably added to the de-
7eloped ore on the 600 and 500 levels /
The carbonate of lead deposit is be-
-ween the 300 and 400 levels. On those 1
evels there have also been copper de-
1osits revealed which run as high in |
silver.
In the past year Shattuck has done
1912 feet of development, which brings
he total Of work done up to 4O,37S. |
There was shipped 1904 tons of ore
which averaged over 90 percent cop |
ger. This amounted to 1853, 305, while |
here were 21,O0S ounces of silver and
3 ounces of gold This ore was merely
AIKEN out of development work with
'ut any STOPPING whatever. The returns
more than paid the expenses of the
york done.
The financial sheet of the company
he year to have been S213. 653.75 In
crest collected and miscellaneous re-
e1pts increase these figures to S215-
1921. The cost of DEVELOPMENT at the I
nine and of ore shipment was S152-
10. and the office expenses at Du-
nth and taxes were $17,117.7O. There
S shown a gross rTOfif of Ae5