Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-20
SONORA MINES
 RESUME WORK
Dispensing of Rebels Is Signal for Renewed Ac- tivity and Many Prop
 critics Will Resume
CANANEA CONDITIONS
(Joseph L Cohnl

CANANEA, Son, Mex. October lS: With the surrender and dispersipg of rebels in Sonora. the mining op,- look seems at the present time to be better than it has been in some months. Already many mining men are beginning 10 inquire as to the conditions throughout the state while others have gone to their properties and are now arranging for the resum- ing of operations. The Minneapolis Copper company has already resumed operations and it's new shelter will soon be built, the material for it now being on the way to the property Washington, San Lorenzo, TransvaaI. San Nicolas, Sonora Gueriguito and other properties tributary to Naco- zari and MocteZuma are planning to begin work again in the next few weeks. In the other districts of the state similar conditions are to be noted. with the exception of the Va. qui country, where the hostile Indians are interfering 10 a great extent with the operations Of the smelteT proper ties which were forced to shut down on this account.
 Excellent Conditions In Cananea conditions are excellent and the Cananea Consolidated Conner company Greene Cananea) is doing more work on it's various properties than for some time. Every week shows the ore deposits to be of great. CT magnitude than before and the number of men at work at present Is larger than in a number Of Years.
 At the shelter the new Great Falls type conyerters are giving excellent satisfaction and four more of the same type are now on the way from the shops at Milwaukee.
 The Capote shaft which is to be used as the main shaft for that pro- perty, and which was begun about four or five weeks ago. is now down 10 the 300-foOt level, and will be sunk to the l000-foot level before sinking Is stopped It is to be connected on every level with the old shaft, which is short distance away and the Hig new ore body will be worked from the new shaft. The grading for the belt conveyOr between the ore bins at the shaft and the railroad has been com Dleted and the foundation is now be- ing constructed.
 Largest Ore Body
 The Capote ore body is the largest sulphide deposit in the district. TuE. ming as it does, from the 800 to the S0O-fOOt level, and 10 a depth un- known at present. Drifting on the 90O-foOt level is now under way to ascertain the extent of the body on that level The whole deposit is sul phide ore, except close 10 the surface where there is some Carbonates. and it as a whole will average between and per cent copper, although t runs as high as 6 and 6 l-2 per cent. ! Estimation is that there are about one million tons of the ore already | blocked out. There is also some low grade sulphide ore in the CapOte which is so high in sulphur content that il is now being extracted and piled on a dump by itself, as it is feared that il will catch afire when the property is more thoroughly wOIK k . ed
 Shaft No. 12, located in Democrata { gulch has been connected with drifts { from the Veta mine on the third lev { el. A new electric hoist was recent ! ly installed at this shaft
 [ A big new electric hoist was install ed during the week at the Duluth shaft. It is the largest electric hoist { in the district. | Shaft No. at Elisa is now down to | the eighth level where the station was recently completed and drifting begun in a westerly direction. ! The motor tunnel which is being | driven to Elenita is progressing nice, | ly and when it is completed, which will be in a few months, will connect all the properties Of the company. A branch Is being driven through the ! hill to Puertocitos.
 The Calumet & and Sonora com. pany is giving all it's attention to ie- yelopment work al present. both the \ wet and dry mills being idle. New machinery is expected daily and when it arrives the entire plant will i be electrified.