El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-04
MINING NEWS
QUEEN IS
OUTPUT
Adds to Capacity Of Douglas
Smelter to Handle In
creased Tonnage.

DOUGLAS. Ariz. June 4-The erection
of the Calumet and Arizona smelter at
Douglas brings out the fact that the
Copper Queen company has been stead
lily adding to the capacity Of its smell
ter in that city, a fact made necessary
by its great increase in output OF ore.
The present month viii probably show
the greatest output in the history of
the plant. The explorations in SaCra-
menIo hill and the high values attend
ant thereon snow lnaI the copper
Queen is in the forefront of the deVel-
OpmenL This property IS showing up
spIendidly. with both concentrating and
smelling ore near the surface, Wnlch
point the way for new properties Calu-
met and Arizona, In development OF ter
ritOry in the district, Will undertake no
new work riValing the operations at the
Sacramento until IL begins exploration
Of The property recently acquired from
the american Saginaw, wherein it has
a large area TO be brought over into
proved territory or thrown into the
discard. as results nay prove. Ihe
company viii readily be enab led 10 40
Geep mining on this property through
the extension Of the Junction shaft and
the Briggs workings and II is believed
that this viii bring In some great ere
bodies The Briggs shaft is nOW OK
pecued to get even better results than
on the 1900 foot Saginaw and DEM,
both now idle, are in an even better
position than the Briggs was a few
years ago.
Copper Queen Development.
That the Copper queen is keeping up
TO the rapid pace OF development is
shown by the work now under way.
notably the erection OF the big precipi-
IariuE plant bids for which are adver-
tiseu. This viii mean that the payroll
viii be considerably added TO- Shining
men state that, with the deVelJpm.uU
going on by all the companies, more
than 400 men viii - added 10 che gen
eral payroll OF the district. This is cal
culated from the work now planned
and does not take into consideration
may be undertaken by the ShaIU-Ick,
Copper Queen or Calumet and arizona.
Work on the Higgins by the leasing
company is being attended by SaLlSfaC-
may be expedited before the, middle Of
the month. There IS every reason TO
believe that from the lay Of ore bodies
lT1duy proved up on auJacenL GAINS
the Higgins tunnel VIII soon encounter
ore. Besides the Higgins lease, there
are a number Of other leases working
large. but in all cases is reported salts
factory. Some Of these leases are
working on old Copper Queen ground
that was considered done for years ago
but which are nevertheless coming back
with good ore. II Is fact that there
is no working in the district that has
ever been completely exhausted of Its
resources N TN the present price OF
copper and the prospects OF II remain
ing there. owing to the constantly in
creasing demand and decreasing supply,
as shown by the copper producers re-
ports, the tendency in the Warren dis
uricI is to work every available piece OF
ground and this is rapidly coming
about.
James LersOn, president or the Hlg-
gins Leasing company. has gone to Los
Angeles on business for the company
Woodward Graves, a prominent min
ing man of the Patagonia district, is a
business visitor He reports conditions
in the camp excellent