El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-11

thought the one now in use viii not
be able 10 furnish air for all the
drills necessary for the development of
the ore body. Until the new equip
ment is installed at the Scorpion shaft
the gasoline hoist at that shaft viii be
used in sinking.
A force of men has been put TO work
repairing the wagon road in Webster
gulch from the Inspiration mine office
and camp to the Black Warrior camp.
Live Oak improvements.
At the Live Oak mine the boilers
have been blown in at No. . shaft and
the hosting and air COMPRISING ma
chinerT placed in commission. A con-
tract has been. let 10 j. McIver for
sinking this shaft from its present
depth Of 92S feet to a point below the
HOO feet level No ] shaft near the
eastern end Of the property viii be
sunk $50 feet deeper, its present
depth being 40 feet. 1t is expected that
the Development OF the mine TO the pro-
Quclng stage viii now rapidly proceed
through the four development shafts and
tunnel above mentioned The plans for
Jne WORKING shaft viii not be cOmplet-
ed until the location OF the cOncentra-
Tor has been definitely decided upon.
Inc tests which have been under way
in the experimental mill were fur
nished last week and an announcement
OF the results are expected in the near
future
E J. Harrison, J. l. Nauch and c. B.
King, construction engineers. associ-
ated with Repath and McGregOr OF
Douglas. have arrived in Miami and
VIII spend the next two or three weeks
at the inspiration mine in connection
with the construction work that viii
be begun IN the near future
The machinery and supplies for the
South Live Oak Development company
are arriving in Miami daily and are
being hauled TO the camp three miles
from Miami. The camp is now fully
equipped and many of the roads to the
proposed drill holes are completed and
the water tanks have been erected and
pipe lines laid, so that as soon as all
the machinery. tools and other equip
ment arrive the drilling can begin. Har-
ry MIlard, a well known driller Of the
district, who has operated drills for
several years, viii have charge of the
drilling.
The new engine and air compressor
for the Copper Reef company. have ar
rived and have been hauled to the mine
and their erection at the mouth Of the
California tunnel IS nearing completion.
1t IS expected that this machinery will
Re in operation by May ! 3 and the work
Of driving this tunnel will then be re-
sumed.
Warehouse Work starts.
Work has started on the erection Of
the Inspiration structural steel ware
house at the end Of the approach to the
Inspiration tunnel The approach u-as
completed last week across the can
yon from the tunnel to the site of the
warehouse. over which the electric
locomotives Will haul all material and
supplies 10 be used in the development
Of the ore body which will be developed
from the tunnel and the Joe Rusb
shaft This warehouse will also bs
used as 2 Storage for supplies needed
in the construction Of the 1900 ton CON
contractor which IS TO be built by fhat
Inspiration Consolidated in the near
future. The building viii be Of steel
and concrete, with three separate
floors, all Of which viii be accessible
from the tunnel approach and the
ground floor by means OF electrical
driven elevators, which will be capable
OF handling the heaviest pieces Of ma
chinery or steel.
Four machines are working at the
present time in the tunnel and il is
said that several more win be started
in the near future, developing the ore
body preparatory to blocking oHt for
imm ediate mining at the finish of the
mill.
Find Rich Ore.
At the Sho Ne shaft No. several
pockets Of high grade coper have
been encountered the past few days, bur
the general ore body remains on an
average with the large body of low
grade IN the district, and it is thought
with Development that the ore BODY
viii be proven to be very large and
likely that a very high percent COP
per and silver bearing ore will be en-
countered within the next 100 feet Of
sinking At shaft No 2 sinking con-
tinues very rapidly. The schist forma-
nation IS still fin evidence and in places
carries nigh values in native copper
and some iron, and II is expected that
the percentage Will increase with