El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-05
MINING NEWS
SURVEYING ROUTE
FOR POWER LINES
Roosevelt Dam Power to
Operate Superior; Rich
Ore Strike Made.

Globe, Ariz.. Feb Government
surveyors are surveying the route Of
transmission line that viii convey cleo
trio power from the Roosevelt dam to
Superior. 1t Will tap the line now be-
ing built to Miami at a point near that
town. installation of electric power
Will act as an impetus 10 Development
in this district, as the present cost OF
power is almost prohlbluVe- The Mag
ma mine IS shipping 100 tons OF nlSh
grade copper, gold ana silver ore Week
~ and IS puSnlng development WOfh
ahead at a rapid rate. The eXplOra-
ton work will be augmented by dla-
mOnd drilling in about two weeks, one
of the drills being already on the
ground. The Silver King mine, Idle
for a decade, was relocated a year ago,
and the present owners have sorted
some rich silver ore from the Jumps
and glory hole. The ore IS native sill
yer occurring in thin sheets and wire
in a light cOlOred, fine-Sralned por-
phyry that also carries some tetrahe-
drite. The GuggenheimS nave aDan-
dOned their option on the Black Dla-
mOnd property. one mile north OF the
Silver King. Work on the =. q A.
property is being pushed and the new
shaft Is being sunk rapidly. tlIJy men
High Grade Ore Encountered.
a very important strike of high
grade ore has been made at the Su-
periOr q Western mines in the raise
between the sixth and eighth levels.
asSaying 81 percent copper with drill
ings into the hanging aSsaylng IS per
cent copper for distance OF four
feet The high grade ore has thus
been proved for a width of seven feet
with the hanging wall as yet un-
reached The raise is now up 10 feet
above the eighth level, indicating
continuous ore body between the sixth
and eighth levels, and this new strike
Of glance ore at the present horizon
leaves little doubt that this ore BODY
viii extend considerably higher In
the west end of the mine commercial
ore was mined TO within 80 feet YER
tically, OF the surface IN this same
Pushing Churn Drilling.
At the South Live Oak Development
company unusually rapid progress IS
being made at churn drill hole No o.
The drill has already attained the
depth Of 600 feet. an average Of 80 feet
daily having been maintained since the
starting Of the hole 20 days ago The
management reports that the drill IS
now passing through a zone of heavily
iron stained schist which is very IA
Vorable for ore with depth This hole
is located $50 feet southwest OF hole
No. 8. and IS the 80 feet Of PA per
countered at depth Of about 500 feet
il is expected at No. to strike ore at
a similar depth.
At the Inspiration property sta
ton is being cut at the main west
shaft. Both the main east and west
viii have a hosting capacity Of 10000
tons each every q hours, and prob
ably a capacity of 1900 tons each for
Is hours insuring a full supply for the
mill in the event of disaDIement of one
OF the shafts. A 20 by 26 foot station
at Live Oak shaft No. l has been fin
ished and a drift started from that
point to connect with Live Oak shaft
Ore Below go Foot Level.
At the Miami nine one OF the eight
diamond drill holes has revealed ore 10
a depth Of 500 feet below the 720 foot
! level. In the future the main shaft
VIII be sunk to the $50 foot level TO
extract the underlying ore At the
Captain shaft mo. ID a large head
/ frame is almost completed and the
rains from the 420 foot level has con-
neCted with the shaft at the depth or
I 200 feet. From that point another
compartment is being stripped down
ward. When completed the shaft viii
feet and one 81 by 4 feet in size.
The larger compartment viii be used
/ for hosting rock extracted during de-
Velopment work. the smaller will be
used for cOunterbalance cages For
I tunately all the development work at
/ the Captain shaft viii be in hard rock
underlying the secondary enrichment
/ take the place of shaft No >. which,
/ because Of its situation in the ore body
/ Will have to be abandoned
/ The electric hoist now at shaft No.
! , will be moved to the Captain The
zoo. 0O0-tOn stock pile at shaft No.
J is nearing exhaustion vice president
! J. Parks Charming has assumed direct
/ charge of the Miami Copper company
/ during the illness of general manager
| b BrittOn GOttsberEer.