Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-01

strike mentioned last week has now
been cut fifty feet. So far as ex-
plored il has been determined that
this ore body is at least twenty-eignt
feet in width and eighty feet in length
with depth unexplored This ore
strike is adjacent TO the Shattuck
workings.
Loud detonations heard several
times each day tell OF the destruction
of the old Stag dump. Years ago, be
fore Douglas was thought Of even.
this dump accumulated from the
smelter that was then located here.
In those early DAYS smelling methods
were more crude than today and less
values were obtained than now, the
lost values going into the Stag dump.
To mine profitably under the then
conditions, both as to cost of trans
portation and methods of reduction,
high grade ore was used. Now im-
proved smelling methods are employ
ed and these render profitable the
handling of ore containing three or
four per cent copper, But much of the
Stag in the dump runs much higher
than this, some six per cent or more,
especially that which came from the
earliest smelter and with copper close
TO is cents treatment of the old Stag
dump has been made worth while
There is now being shipped daily 70
Douglas eight car loads OF stag, used
for flux and for the copper values,
and it is stated that at the present
rate of shipment there is enough in
the dumps to last for some two years
to come.
Shattuck is Looking Good
Shattuck is now engaged in develop
ment work chiefly on the fourth and
fifth levels. II was on the fourth that
the strike Of ore which has been de-
clared TO be the richest ever known
in the camp was made and the devel-
opment on the fifth level is on the
lower part of this same ore body. This
work, this ore body, is in the same
fault as that which was found in the
strike in the Copper Queens South
west holdings, of which mention has
already been made.
II is said that the Shattuck is anx.
ious to do some deeper explora ton
work but is not able at this time TO
secure the men required for this and
hence is not increasing its force.
Cutting of four TO five per cent ore
is common in the Shattuck and little
or no attention is paid to IL. Develop
ing of richer ore bodies and blocking
these out for subsequent shipping is
the work in which the Shattuck torces
are now engaged. They are shipping
only enough to pay for the contin.
iuance OF development reserying the
n -.
smelter when completed.
Relative to the new smelter to be
built by this company it is stated that
plans and specifications are Complet-
ed, that representatives of steel houses
are expected in the district within
few days and that the contract for
structural steel will probably be let
about the middle of the month. Fol.
lowing the letting OF that contract
ground breaking may be expected 10
speedily start
Significantly Pay Day
1t is reported that this month viii
see the semi-monthly paydays estab-
lished by both the Calumet and Ari.
iona and the Shattuck companies To
this time no announcement has been
made by the Copper Queen company
but If Is the common belief that the
larger company will follow the ey-
ample of the two smaller companies
and that within a short time all OF
the mining companies viii be paying
twice a month. The report has II
that the c. and A. company viii start
the new system of pay distribution
about the fifth or sixth of the month
and that payments will be made in
cash instead of by check as hereto
fore
This month marks the beginning of
the new wage scale for underground
workers with its increase of 25 cents
Per day which it is estimated will in
crease the pay rolls approximately
| $4,000 each month. In consequence
! proportionatcly better times are ex-
| pected in the district and general sat
! istactiOn is expressed