Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-24
CANANEA MINING NEWS

| CANANEA, Son, Mex. March 22-
 The Cananea Consolidated Copper company IS arranging at present to ! install more new equipment at it's
 shelter and powerhouse, work upon which is to begin in the near future.
 Two new conyerters are to be added
 to the battery at present in use at
 the shelter, and which number seven. bringing the total up to nine. The new converters will be of the Great Falls type, which are vertical instead of horizontal as those in use at the ! local plant. They will be of larger capacity than those now in use and
 will use Sssic lining. as is being usS1
 in the other Conyerters here fer the past year or two. 1hc addison of the | conyerters will necessitate the en- 1 larging of the converter building on
 the eastern end.
 ! An additional electric crane is also
 to be installed in the shelter lt will | he of the same pattern as the two I now in use. made by the Morgan ! Electric company.
 ! At the powerhouse an additional blower will be installed. which will ] furnish the air for the new convert | Es ] The additional equipment is neces-
 sitated by the increase in Miami con
 centrates to be handled with the com
 pletion of the big concentrator of the
 company at Miami, Ariz.
 The Mexican Metals company Is do- 1 ing considerable work on the Mocte. ! zuma-AriZpe properties, southeast of i Cananea at present Sinking at the . A hn a cd
 all the work being confined to drift
 ing on the l5O ana 2OO-foot levels al
 present. Drifting IS being done in two
 directions on both levels and excel
 lent results are being obtained. Tho
 work on the 200-foot level has shown
 that the lead values are increasing
 with depth. while the zinc decreases ! On the 15O-foot level the zinc averaged i r per cent and the lead per cent
 while on the lower level the lead goes | g per cent and the zinc 10 per cent. l The silver values also increase with
 depth. Another shipment of ore will
 be made this month and will probably
 be shipped to the Fl Paso shelter. The Palo Seco No. l shaft has been
 unwatereG and drifting is now in l progress on the 150-foot level, the drift to connect with the Palo Seco No. 2 shaft, about 250 feet away. No. i shaft is down $50 feet and has also : been unwatered The drift started on ! the vein but left the ore a short dis
 tance from the shaft.
 ! It is rumored that the company is planning to install mill on it's prop
 erty and that plans have been drawn i for the equipment. President Keith | of the company is at present at The property.
 The San Felipe Mining company. operating at Realito. on the iaqui river. has encountered some high grade silver ore on the 150-foot level of their property recently. The ledge ! has been cross-cut at this depth and drifts run in different directions some distance. both now having a full ] breast of ore. The property is an an- ! tigua. J. l.. Shepard is in charge. ' Holt Bros, mining engineers and surveyors at Magdalena, are operat- l ing the Cerro de Plata property under l lease and bond. The property is To- cated northwest of Imuris. Shipments have been made monthly for some | time and they expect to ship every week hereafter to the Fl Paso smelt- CT
 ! The extension of the Mexican Union railroad from Minas Prietas 10 Ures, which will be completed by the first of June, will be Of great assistance ! to the development of many proper ! ties in the Ures district which now are unable to operate on account of l the great distance from Q railroad. The annual meeting of the stock holders Of the Lucky Tiger Combina- ton Gold Mining company was held at Douglas, Arizona, this week. The company is reported to be in excel lent condition, while the property is
 in better shape at present than in years.
 It is reported that an elimination is being made at present of the Lam razos property of the Banco de Son