El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-16
MINING NEWS
DID DOMINION
PRODUCTION HEAVY
Miami Continues to Produce
5000 Tons Daily; Pushing
Work on the Railroad.

Globe, Ariz, Oct 16.-Production of
the Old Dominion smelter was 100000
pounds of fine copper. approximately,
in September. A crosscut from the
drift on the 18th level has cut the east
ore body and has passed through eight
feet of ore that will average u per
cent copper The crOsScut is now IN
lean iron pyrite but the hanging wall
has not yet been reached and the pros
poets are considered very favorable for
finding more ore with this crOsscut-
Excavation for the new crushing plant
is well UNDER way. About 1900 men
are employed.
The Miami mine is maintaining an
output of about 5000 tons per day, most
of which comes from square setting
next TO the Gaping, and from devel-
opment work Five shrinkage Slopes
are in various stages of operation. One
is worked out and IS full of broken ore,
two are ready for actual stopping, and
two more are being made ready. The
Gaping is already beginning to settle
as evidenced by large cracks opening
up at the surface. A tWO-cOmpart-
ment raise is being driven in a horse
of barren rock from the 42O foot to the
go foot level A Nordberg, 100 horse
power electric hoist will be installed
on the 27O foot level for hosting men
and timbers from the 42O foot. or first
hauIage level to the levels above This
raise will take the place of No. shaft
which is sunk in the orebOdy and is
already beginning to squeezge. from
the settling Of the Gaping, and will
sooner or later be abandoned. The
company is employing about 1000 men
Employing 225 Men.
Railroad construction to the Inspira-
ton Consolidated mines is going rap
idly forward, and it is expected that
track will be laid TO the millsite and
to the Live Oak tunnel by January 1,
and to the main shafts by March I.
About 225 men are employed and it is
stated that there is a scarcity of men
and that 70 more could be used. Most
Of the labOrers are MeXicans and in.
dams. Grading for the yards at Miami
is finished, five miles of as pound steel
are on the ground, and as soon as the
ties arrive, track-iaying will be start
ed. Bids are being submitted for To-
comotives ana other railroad equip
ment.
September shipments OF the Iron Cap
mine to the Old Dominion smelter con-
sisted of five cars of ore averaging
per cent copper, As per cent iron and y
per cent fnsOIubIe. Three cars have
been shipped this month. The east
drift on the $50 foot level has had ore
for the last so feet While the vein is
reported to average five feet wide and
the average width of the ore is about
two feet A stOpe has been started and
is now about 20 feet long and two sets
high. The east drift on the 500 foot
level is in 50 feet. About is men are
employed.
Work in the shaft has been discon-
tinued at the Arizona Commercial
pending the erection Of the surface
equipment The steel head frame is
up and the hoist and a boiler installed
The hoist viii be operated with steam
until the electrical equipment arrives.
There are Is men employed.
Churn drill holes 4, Z, and s. are
SIS, 1885 and 1857 feet deep respect
lively Holes Z, and s are reported to
still be in chalcocite. No progress is