Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-25

started about the latter part of May so that the l400 feet depth was made in less than nine months.
 At the Dallas on the 1400 level, where they are in good ground be cut at the HOO level and drifting will also proceed from here. In addi- ton to this orders for door to b6 put up were given on Friday afternoon. There is now a grating door but an air tight affair is thought necessary. This is a precautionary measure sug- gested by the fires at Globe of three or four months ago and the report that a fire is now burning, having started recently at Morenci. Should an unfortunate fire break out here the closing of the door at once would cut of the air and smother it quickly while without the door there would be an up draft like the flue of chimney.
 Gas Problem Solved.
 The air shaft at the Lowell. where gas was occasioned by the fire has now been connected up and given the required vent for the noXious fumes so that this shaft is now free from gas. There is a little fire still but it Is entirely under control and within a short time it is expected that 1t will have been completely eNtinguished. As it is, the cutting off of the air shaft has made it so that this fire now in no way interferes with the work of any part of the Copper Queen mines eN- cept in the immediate drift where it is located.
 All Kinds Of Ore.
 While M hac haart sQld nf oxides and sulphides above in this article is to some extent applicable to the Cop per Queen mines 1t is not entirely so. In these mines there are good oxide finds that add to the reserve store Of this character of ore. These stores are chiefly at the Uncle Sam and South west and there is a very recent strike on the I5OO level of the Sacramento, a considerable depth for oxides to De found and one at which the most of the ore finds in the district are sulphides Reference has been made to the time when the local mines were glad to get sulphide ores and would use as low as one per cent ore is the sulphur contents were high enough. It is not generally known that the Copper Queen mines here are sending to Globe daily two carloads or this character oi ore It runs from Ito E per cent copper and contains A. per cent sul phur. This is needed to add to the ores of Globe to obtain the most economical results. So far as the Copper Queer itself is concerned the srlelter people have but to notify the mines that they need a certain character of ore II i certain quantities for a specific pur pose and within a day on two the de sired ore is at the reduction works such are the facilities for meeting tho demands and so great are the yarietie. ! of ores developed in the vast workings cf these mines.
 Output is Heavier.
 There are now employed in 'Jh' Copper Queen Mines at least 300 mou men than a year or less ago. Practl cally all good men seeking work hav' no trouble in obtaining it. The outpu has been decidedly increased and thi month will run about equal to that O January which was away in excess o the same month or the previous year Snll further increases over the pres ent are, however, hardly io be eN pecled by the Copper Queen compan until the smelter improvements ar completed. This will be cOnsiderabl
 before the new C. and A. works ar ready for operation.