Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-16
MUCH ACTIVITY
PIMA COUNTY
Worked and Entire Dis
tricr Is Favored by
Experts
SHIPPING TUNGSTEN

There Is more activity at present
in the Pima district than in any other
in Pima county. The Twin Buttes
people are working more than so
men ami opening up new Bodies Of
ore in several claims. The ship
ments of ore continue daily 10 the
Pioneer Smelter The company has
just held its annual stockholders
meeting and lis now in the process Of
REORGANIZATION. More extensive and
deeper work on the property is con.
templated and a spirit of enthusiasm
prevades the minds of the urge
stockholders.
The Empire Zinc Company. which
took over the old San Xavier claims.
are broadening out in their work
and adding new men all the tine.
now employing about 25 men. They
have in the drifts run from the deep
shaft bodies of high grade carbonate
OF zinc ores. which is Ee ne extract
ed and piled on the dump. II is
said the ore will be shipped TO their
smelter at Canon CITY. Colorado.
Whether concentrating machinery
will be placed on the property is yet
TO be determined
The Olive Mines company, repre-
scented by the Tufts people of New
York. are pushing she.r work of
erecting their concentra;or and are
doing development work on several
bonded claims at the same sme, now
employing about 40 men. They are
down some 260 feet on one claim
and the showing of silver-lead ore IS
quite pleasing TO them. II is Their
belief that development work in this
old Olive Camp Will soon show up
some good big ore produu ng claims.
=. Louis EzekieIs is working the
South San Xavier group of copper
claims Sln5er lease and making oc-
casionas shipments Of ore TO the Pho
neer smelter, having four or five
men at work The ore extracted
runs well up in copper and has
some silver and gold.
The Chesterfield Copper company
is working four TO five men and is
prosecuting from the deep shaft to
cut the ore veins, so it is said.
There are a few other claims be-
ing worked in this district and the
ores shipped to the Pioneer smelter.
Arivaea District
Harold X. Bacon has lately gwen
a HOnd TO eastern uarties on the old
Oceanic gold claim and also on two
other groups, one being an extension
Of the Oceanic and the other in the
slme yicin ~. Extensive develop
ment Will be made on all these
claims The Oceanic gold claim has
produced some gold bullion in past
days, there being a twe-stamp m, II
on IT, There was a little trouble in
making q close saving Of the gold.
but IL is now understood this has
been overcome. The mining claims
in this region are most all gold bear
ing. carrying some silver. The ores
are occasionally base and hard 20
treat.
Max JunghandeI manager OF the
Las Guiias Tungsten Mining Com
pany. keeps a good force OF men at
work on the claims tonded from
Bent and Sampson in the Las Guijas
mountains and is producing some
very fine tungsten bearing ore.
Shipments of ore will be COM
menced soon, either to Denver or
perhaps concentrated and shipped to
Germany.
Helvetia District
Considerable prospecting is being
done in this district Work on the
Tip Top group is going ahead. some
four or five men being employed.
South Of Helvetia in the Old Badly
camp. II. f. Brandt is opening up a
very promising group Of copper
claims w, b. CIeary Is quietly de
veloping his copper group OF claims.
Some work is being done by the
Santa Rita Copper company people
on their claims.
Rosemont District
The LewissOhn Brothers of New
York. who own the old Rosebout
group Of copper claims and smelter.
have taken bonds on a number OF
claims around and near their hold
ings and have quite a force OF men
az work developing. Some very
good ore has been discovered n
these new workings.