El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-30
MINING NEWS
MINE DISTRICT
GREAT PROSPERITY

panies and which gives the camp an
assured life OF at least 20 years
4Iiami's Big Production.
The Miami Copper company is now
producing 35.OG0,O00 pounds OF copper
per year, and this viii probably be in
creased TO over 40OO0,0O0 There are
over $4,000, 600 tons of ore developed
averaging 2.5S percent copper and this
tonnage IS being increased by dia-
mOnd-and churn drilling.
Inspiration Consolidated has proved
45, 100000 tons averaging percent
copper and has started an era Of de-
velOpment and construction involving
the expenditure of 100000 in the
next two years over 500 men are en-
ployed in and around the mines and
over 200 more in railroad cOnstruc-
ton, consisting Of 115z miles of track
to the mines and the mill site.
Working on Concentration Plans.
r. Kenyon Burch and staff are
working on plans for the 1900 ton
cOncentratOr, power house, shops. etc
and their construction viii be started
after the railroad work is a little more
advanced This work is now hampered
by a scarcity of labor, consisting
mostly of MeXicans and indians 1t is
expected that Inspiration Consolidated
viii be producing 20. 900, 600 pounds
of copper annually within three years.
Besides these big mines, the Glib
son and the Black Warrior mines are
regular producers on small scale
and viii contribute materially to the
districts output. SOuthwester- Miami
andSOuth Live Oak are conducting churn
drill exploration over a large area Of
mineraliZed schist to the west of the
Inspiration Consolidated mine, and
while 1t is too early TO draw definite
conc uSlOnS, they have already OBJ
tanned encouraging results. Some new
development companies are in the
process Of formation and many small
er prospects are being developed by
their owners.
Labor is Scarce.
There is q scarcity Of labor in both
the Globe and Miami districts owing
TO the fact that natives of the Balkan
states are leaving on every train to
fight for the fatherland- 1t is esti-
mated that from 500 to 400 viii leave
within the next few days
An electric railroad to connect
Globe. Miami and the Inspiration Con-
sOlidated mines is a probability of the
near future n. l. Amster, president
Of the shannon Copper company at
Clifton, owner OF the famous r. r. r.
mine at Patagonia. and who has eX-
tensive interests in Globe including
the Globe Light & Power company,
was in Globe last week in connection
with the promotion of a company for
building such a line. A franchise was
submitted to, and approved by a meet
ing of the citizens and a committee
was appointed to secure signatures to
a petition to the board of supervisors
asking that a special election be
called at which the question of grant
ing the franchise viii be submitted
to the voters of the county. Many
citizens have agreed to take stock in
the company if a franchise is granted.
san Carlos Attracts Attention.
Besides the Globe and the Miami
districts, the country around san Car
los. so miles to the southeast. is at
tracing considerable attention be-
cause of favorable developments at
the Copper Reef mine, where the
drift on the California vein at the
tunnel level has been in ore for over
500 feet. The ore is reported to have
an average width of five feet and to
average Z percent copper. SO per ton
gold and 81 per ton in silver.
Everything points to the advent of
an era Of unprecedented prosperity.
When Inspiration Consolidated is pro-
uuclng at fun capacity, the combined
output of the mines at Globe and
Miami viii be from 100000 to 15O.-
100000 pounds of copper annually. or
from 1919 to 49, percent of the pro-
duction of the United States for 1911.