El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-28
MINING NEWS
sHATTUCK ARIZONA TO INCREASE ITS
FORCE AND BEGIN SHIPMENTS At ONCE

ham may result in the drift hither of
some skilled American underground
workers.
Will Concrete Shaft.
Outside of the news relative to the
action at Chicago by the directors Of
the Shattuck Arizona, the most i'm
portant information that has been CIV
en- out in the past week is that with
in few days work will be started by
the Calumet & Arizona company to
concrete its Junction shaft for depth
Of 1900 feet. This work will not be
let by contract but will be done by
the company and IS one of the most
important undertakings ever known IN
the camp.
The Junction is a five compartment
shaft 1900 feet in depth and it has
been determined to concrete it from
the surface to the 1900 level This con-
crete viii require less space than do
the timberings now. The concrete will
be mixed on the surface and run down
into the moulds through pipes. The
force at first will be at least 80 men
and it is estimated that it will require
at least ten months work.
Explore Copper King.
The Copper Queen company is put
ing a road up to the Copper King
property, which it acquired by pur-
chase a short time since. When the
road is completed a churndrin is to be
put in for exploration work, the first
of this kind ever undertaken on that
property. Since taking over the prop
erty the new owners have started
drifting on the zoo level and have now
extended that drift. nearly 500 feet.
In the Sacramento country of the
same cOmIany the exploration OF the
porphyry deposits is continuing to
show excellent results. Some good ore
values are being found in this rock
and the Importance of the exploration
is growing daily. An immense pOphyry
copper mine may be opened in
this direction where nothing had for
merly been expected if results thus
far obtained are to be taken as indi-
cative of final results.
In the Southerwestern country, also
owned by the Copper Queen, the ore
deposit that abuts on the Shattuek
property has been still further ex-
plored during the past week and as
yet the extent Of its length and depth
remains undiscovered. The length has
now been cut for about 200 feet
Mining Town Houses FIJI Up.
Dwelling houses in Bisbee are now
growing scarce. There has been no
such demand for five years and the
supply in the city is nearly exhausted
ROoming houses are well filled up and
hotels are running to capacity. At
Lowell the same crowded conditions
are not so noticeable, although there
are few unoccupied houses. At War
Ten there are no residences for rent,
Out at BakeTIlel0 IneFe are still a
few. There has been little building in
Bisbee, except after the fire for the
past five years, very few homes hav-
ing been erected and now the need
Of them is appearing and a building
movement is expected to soon follow
the present activity in other lines In
the city there are now only four va
cant storerooms and two of these are
under refusal. Further increases in
the operating forces at the mines are
expected ard the mater of accomTao-
dations is beginning to become a prob
lem that will demand an early solu-
ton.
We would appreciate your lumber
orders. Crawford, phone 49S.