Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-08-21

| age value in carload lots OF $3.50
per ton in gold, silver and copper.
A force Of seventeen is employed,
and the labor is divided into two
shifts. The present intention of the
operators is If inlieaIiUnS and pro-
duction justify il, TO run 400 feet OF
levels from the bottom of the 100
foot shaft
Messrs. Bell and Wright began
their work on the claim only last
operators is if indications and pro-
ly experienced mining men ii seems
safe TO predict that their venture
will prove a profitable one in every
respect. The property upon which
they are operating is located about
one and three-quarter miles west OF
the town Of Pinos Altos.
Rains Wash Out Placer Gold.
Since the summer rains have start
ed in. the placer miners, of whom
there are always some at Pinos Altos
have been buster than usual. One OF
the peculiar features Of this camp is
the fact that the washing out OF gold
from the various gulches seems 10 be
present there are from fifteen to
twenty men all OF whom are married
and have families. who apparently
do nothing else except placer mining
from one years end to another. The
men are mostly Mexicans, and though
their incomes are meagre. they per
sist in subsisting on same. 1t is said
that some of the men thus employed
have been doing the same thing in
the same place for from thirty-five
to forty years. One of their present
methods is to take a pick and loosen
up the soil along the sides OF the
small gulches and take out the racks
Then they win wait until il rains
after which they wash the sand which
has been gathered in the declivities
in the bed rock for what gold ii con
ltains-and IL always contains more
or less. The washing is practically al
done with rockers. There hare beer
portion Of this gold has been found
in some of the arroyos. and as much
as $1,000 taken out of one small spot
by the lucky miner.
Tc Ratify chemung Mine Sale.
The sale OF the Chemung mines al
Tyrone TO the Phelps-D Dodge people
which was announced last week as
probable, will almost certainly bt
ratified at the meeting Of the stock
holders to be held in Pittsburg, Pa.
on the 18th of this month. The sale
is likely to have a very marked ef
feet on the Burro mountain mining
district, since II may lead to the com
Ipletion of the railroad to that poin
and the operation OF the mines ther'
on a more extensive scale.
The Leopold property and the Che
mung property are to be worked
Jointly after being connected in tbs
underground workings. It is claim
ed that this land offers the earlies
solution Of the difficulty that sur
rounds the task of getting the rail
road up as far as Leopold. Thu
road is grading as far as the Che
mung and a large amount Of worl
would be required 10 get 1t up t.
the main shaft at Leopold. This plar
of connecting the two properties
underground has not been announced
by those in charge OF the work nov
going on, but ii is considered entire
lily feasible by those familiar will
the two properties.
In the event an increased staff o
men Is at work on the Burro Noun
tain Copper company's property and
more are being added. 1t seems more
than likely that when the ending
deal is consumated the railroad will
be completed, a large mill erected
and the property worked on a great
er scale than ever before.
/ Manager to Resume Operations.
Il is understood that arrange
ments are practically completed 70
the resumption of work in the Burroi
} by the Mangas Development compan!
} There can be little doubt but tina
J the building of railroad into th'
district, as seems likely &c occul
J now, will result in very general &C
tivity in the many promising prop
critics at present undergoing devel
Iopment.