Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-15
CALUMET SONORA Is
 PREPARING NOW FOR
 PRODUCTION SEASON
Development Work Is Being
 Pushed at the Present Time, While the Mill Is
 Treating Old Ta;lings.
REyINA DE SONORA
 FOR DEVELOPMENT

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 The6 Calumet and sonora Mining company Is at present very busy on development work and h making 3lre. paratiOns for a period bf production There is quite a-iiitls work being done underground, especially on the 300, foot 1eyels where over 36O feet of work has been done recently. Ore pockets have been cut on the a00-foot level aRds everything Is in 1eaainsss for steady operation on this level. Tho wet mill has Tbeen thoroughly oyel. hauled and much Of the wood wos 1. aboH the jigs has been replaced The mill IS bnsily working now on the old tailingss which are netting the company about S2.7s- IT. S. cys a ton. No ore is yet being handled at the mill since the plant resumed opera, tions. New ore bins have been con structed at. the mill The dry mill, which contains electrOstatic separa. tors, will be again started up during the coming week.
 At the main shaft Of the company. the ChiVera, a picking belt is to be installed and new ore bins construct ed. In fact one of the bins has al ready been built. the storage set. while receiving bins at the collar of the shaft are now being framed. There will be a 24x36 Blake type clusher installed at the shaft and the ore -will pass from this to the pick ing belt. which will carry it to the storage bins
 Dr.. Walter Harvey Weed. consult ing engineer and general manager for the company, is at present at the property having arrived this week from Duluth and New York city. He is very optimistic regarding the fu- ture of the property and it's eventual period of steady production. There is a possibility. of the company's re- suming shipments about the first Of the year. The lead is shipped to the Fl PasQ .smelter. zinc 10 Bartlesville. Oklasr and copper to the .Cananea
 The company just received a new electric hoist from the Denver Engin. eering company. lt is Of a standard type and has capacity of 1000 feet II is a double-drum pattern.
 Reina De Sonora
 A new mining company. which wiil operate a property in northern Son. ora. is soon to be organized by Bis bee parties. The property, known as the Reina de Sonora. and which comprises 20 hectares. or 90 acres, Is located on the eastern slope Of the Ajo mountains. and IS about s0 miles southwest Of Douglas, Ariz The own CTS are A. F BoTTego. J. C. Dale and A. Mccall, all of Bisbee The proper " contains several strong ledgCs which carry yalues in copper silver and lead, Immediately after the or ganization of the company develop ment work is to be commenced.
 Minneapolis Copper
 The new shelter Of the Minneapolis Copper company is rapidly being com. pleted, and. according to the manager of the property, William Kemp. the new plant will be blown in on about January 18th. Much Of the prelim- mary. construction work has already been completed and portions Of the steel work has already been placed. Mir. Kemp says that when the plant is operating steadily that the com pany will be producing in the neigh borhood Of I5 5.00O.O00 pounds Of cop per annually At the present time the company is shipping at the rate Of 200 tons monthly to the Copper Queen shelter at Douglas. The ores ship. ped are high grade. as the lower grade could not be shipped at a profit on account Of the long distance to be freighted. Dhe two new electric trucks recently received by the com pany will be placed in commission at once and instead of freighting cost.