Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-30


 29-The Cananea Consolidated Cop per company made an important an nouncement during the past week At the time the company resumed opera tions in July of 1908, after the long shut down. promise was given to their workmen that whenever cop per should reach a selling price in the market Of iS cents a pound some readjustment would be made in wages. While the price of copper has not vet reached that level, the outlook is nevertheless good. and the management of the company feels justified in making some concessions to the working men. Accordingly mo- tices have been posted announcing changes in working time and other readjustments which will take effect July l.
 All those employees. with certain exceptions. such as watchmen, etc, wRo are at present working nine and a half hours day, have had their working time reduced to nine hours day. This affects all the day shift at the mines. all shopmen throughout the camp, the concentrator men and the shelter men who work nine and a half hours, of whom there is a considerable number In fact. out side of the foregoing exceptions, it leaves only two working schedules, namely. eight hours and nine hours
 The premium system has been su- speuded, and all those employees who are at present on the premium basis will receive the equivalent of the premium rate in fiat wages; that is, those who now receive, for example. three pesos a day and a premium of 50 centavos in case they work at least 26 days during the month, will hereafter receive regular wages of $S.50 tpesos) day without premium, regardless of the number of days they may worl. during the month.
 Announcement is made that the company reserves the right to rein. develop that the employees generally become unsteady in their work as a result Of its suspension.
 The change from premium pay ments 10 fiat wages involves a sub stantial increase in the amount of the monthly pay roll Of the com pany. Certain other changes in wage rates have been made especial ly in the mechanical departments. and although the advance = not quite general. it is in the nature of general readjnstment. and the total increase will be substantial
 The company reserves the right to readjust wages in the event that a considerable drop in the market price of copper should make this necessary.
 This week work was resumed at the Fl Pillar mine, located in the Santa Cruz district. about 30 miles west Of Cananea, in the Magdalena mining district. The work is being superintended by 4. o. Ropes. It is owned by Ed. K Arnold, former mayor of Cananea, who at present re. sides at Nogales. Ariz. A small force of men was placed at work on cleaning up the mine preparatory to the beginning of active operations and it is expected that in 8 short time shipments of copper ore will begin. The property is considered an excellent one and deal for the property was about to De closed a short time before the political trou- bles began.
 The Calumet and Sonora Copper Co. operating a property on the Alamo ranch, about 10 miles esst of Llano, is preparing to resume operations under the management of Supt. Thos. Lake. The property Is considered a good copper proposition and quite a little work has been done in the way of developing it, with excellent results. The West Coast Smelling and Re- lining company (Tecolote Copper Col will probably soon blow in it's new shelter which has not yet been used, owing to the unsettled conditions. During the past week fifty men were taken out to the property and put at work cleaning up preparatory to the active operation of the property
 Considerable activity is to be not iced about the Altar district. especial ly among the placer properties. West of La Cienega, John Harris is work ing seven men and extracting about 15. 1000 pesos worth of gold weekly with the aid of dry washer. Other small properties are being success fully operated by F. M Doane jr.. pr. Roberts, Ben Bray and others, some using the Quenner machine.
 1 Tigre Is reported to be mining and milling more ore at the present