Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-13

ter enclosed in unaltered limestone.
The ore was SO basic that for short
time foreign silica had to be added
to the furnace charge: but it was so
rich that for months the furnace yield
was % per cent of copper.
The furnace plant consisted of one
water jacket of 36-inch diameter, sup
plemented afterwards by second,
They were erected Immediately be
meath the open cut from which the
ere was shot down. through breaker
sned on its way to the surface.
There was at the time only one
other company extracting q small
Quantity of surface ore from the Nep-
tune group CT Claims, 10 the south o.
the Queen hill. The profitable deros-
its lay so far below their surface that
even the most enthusiastic miner
would have lost courage in looking
for them. The property of this com
psny consisting of seven claims, was
ultimately sold by the sheriff, ana
passed into the possession Of the Cop
per Queen Mining Co. These ore
bodies-reached by underground de-
velopment on the dip Of the limestone
are still providing the Copper Queen
Co. with a fair share Of its ore sup
ply
In he beginning Of 1891 though
active mining was being prosecuted
only on the Copper Queen and Nep-
tune claims, the district for long
distance around had been located. I'M
mediltely above the Copper Queen,
on the hillside, a parallel claim, the
Atlanta. had been relocated over an
older claim, the Satisfaction. Inc
Queen ore body was dipping towards
Il. and maintained its full size. though
not its original percentage OF copper
when the claim was bought. on my
advice. by Mr.. James and Mr.. Dodge
the senior members of the firm OF
r helms. DODGE and Co. ] could not
conceive OF such an extraordinary
large and rich mass Of ore, as was
exposed in the Copper Queen. con-
stituting either the only deposit. or
Terminating abruptly within the ar
titr ny bounds Of 4 single claim.
was right, and yet / was wrong. Inc
Iimestones enveloped il on its dip
as completely as they confined II rs
It's outcrop. and this wonderful GYM
drical body OF copper GRE and ledge
matter disappeared before IL reached
the Atlanta side line This untoWart
disappointment happened after toli
wears 81 profitable work, at the tVV-
foot level Of the incline from ths
optcrop: but not until the original
owpers-and the shareholders OF the
comDanv they oTganized-had eX-
tracted S4,526. 900 pounds OF COPPER
and distributed in dividends Sl,S9v'-
OO0
During the arst period Of the Queen 5
orogress the Atlanta Mining co. mad
bsen driving tunnels, and foiio"ihs
irreguiar. tortuous suealIs OF copper
ron surface downward in the hope OF
sfscovering another ore cody, but al
!. vain Meantime, hoWever,the Prihce
Conner Co. has obtained a claim y
The vest Of the Copper Queen ana "I
the same limestone horizon ana Nc
extractjug rich ore from an OUT CROP
ord coutesting the rights oil the
0neen 10 follow their ore on its APP
=, ,onformity with TIE law OF the
snez into theQueen ground ines
Won their suit and prospered for =
m the summer Of 1854, The Copper
Queen co. had almost exhausted theiT
&c resources. and were drifting aim
Isssiv in pursait Of others. tne
sbareho'ders Of the Atlanta Mining
Go. had contributed their last assess'
mept before abandoning their search,
when almost simultaneously the shaft
which the Atlanta Co. was sinking,
and the drift that the Copper Queen