El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16
Work Is Resumed on Good
wins Mine; the Kingdom
Shaft Being Lined.


Globe. Ariz, March 16.-The Gibson
Copper company is working the Glib
son mine. Is miles west Of Globe. with
a force Of IL men under Tip Hender-
son. 1t is preparing to make its sec
ond shipment Of chalcopyrite ore
since the mine reverted from the Sum
nit Copper company. The ore now
being mined comes from the south 200
level on the PasQuale vein and VIII
probably ASSAY over 20 percent copper
The south drift IS being extended on
this level and an eight-inch streak
OF ore is reported TO be showing In
the face. Drifting has also been start
ed on the 500 level, which is reached
by a raise from the crOsscut on the
500 level The ore is hauled by teams
eight miles to the town Of Miami
where It IS loaded on cars and shipped
TO the OLD Dominion smelter at Globe.
Work Is Started.
The Globe-Ray Development com
pany has started work on the proper
" formerly owned by Robert Goodwin.
p miles southwest Of Globe Sultan a
Wayne and John G. Gibson, who until
recently were leasing the Copper Hill
mine Of the Arizona Commercial Cop
per company, are the controlling splr-
Its in the Globe-Ray company. The
mine was at one time under lease to
Thomas Parish and associates, who
shipped 400 tons OF copper ore to the
Old Dominion smelter at Globe that
netted about SO per ton, but was
closed down during the 1907 panic
The property was purchased by the
present company two years ago me
claims are trsTersed by a fissure vein
IN the Pinal schist, which is opened by
an inclined shaft ESQ feet deep, from
which 600 feet OF drifting has been
done at four levels. Four men are
now at work repairing and unwater-
ing the shaft preparatory TO renew
I-rrrf~r .ara
consists Of an s by 10 steam hoist
blower and a Cameron sinking pump
and the necessary buildings
The work OF lining the kingdom
shaft OF the Old Dominion mine with
concrete is progressing satisfactorily.
The second section. Of .145 feet has
Just been completed, making a total
distance Of 500 feet from the collar
down that has been finished. About
20 men are employed, working Two
shifts, and the work advances at the
rate OF about u feet vertically per
day Tt is proposed 10 line the shaft
TO a depth Of 1000 feet in this manner
The work is being done under contract
by Paul Nicholson and c. H Weide-
man, construction engineer.
Needles Group Bonded.
The Needles group Of p claims and
Is adjoining claims, owned by various
parties. have been bonded to w F.
Kennedy, Of New York These claims
are situated four miles west Of Miami
and are Joined on the east by the Bar
neF group. now being explored with
churn-drills by the LeWishOns, and the Z
Montezuma group, which Is being
churu drilled by the Southwestern MI Z
Gml Development company Iney are !
Joined on the south by the Schultze +
group, under option to the South Live 4
Oak Development company.
The Five Points mine, Is miles vest I
OF Globe, is being developed by q force /
y = 2
for the 1IanitOu Copper COM (
pany. The Cracker jim shaft is being I
sunk and is now 40 feet deep. It is I
proposed to crosscut at 200 feet. The 4
ground is traversed by two fissure
veins in the granite-porphyryi from i
which some high grade copper Gre has
been shipper in the past
UnWatering Mine.
The Arizona Colorado mine threa
miles north Of Globe. now owned by
the German Copper company, is being
InWarered preparatory 10 reSumlnE de- I
work. The property consists
y q claims. traversed by strong lis
sure vein in diabase, quartzite and
limestone The principal opening is
: vertical shaft 500 feet deep from /
which crOsscuts to the vein have been
,un at several levels 1t is claimed that
so, ZOO tons Of chalcOpyrite ore have
been developed on the 500, foot level,
lssaying IL percent COPPER
At the Superior & Boston mine, the
EAST drift on the 18th level on the
Great Eastern vein has been advanced
% feet 6rOm the crOsscut and is breast
ID in chalcOpyrite ore for its fun
width. The width Of the ore Is IN
-nOWn, as the hanging wall is not eX-
posed The ore is reported to assay ;
hree and One-half percent copper and
bout 40 percent iron, the chalcOpyrite
'eing imbedded in gangue consist
ng mostly Of hematite- Discovery Of
re in this part of the vein is consid-
red very important The west drift I
g IN 100 feet and breasted in shat
cred, iron-stained diabase. The cross
ut. which has been continued beyond J
he Great Eastern vein TO strike the 3