El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-25
MINING NEWS
INSPIRATION To
ERECT 4 BIC MILL
Announcement Made That
6OO-TOn Plant VIII
Soon Be Built.

eraI months of apparent indecisiOn.
the Inspiration Consolidated Copper
Co, finally has announced its inten-
ton of erecting a 600-tOn MILL to test
. the flOtatiOn process Of extracting
sulphide ores. The machinery for the
mill has already been ordered. and il
viii be built at a point just west of
the main cOncentrator site
Chief. engineer H. Kenyon Burch, OF
the Inspiration. says that the ma
chinery to be used in equipping the
test mill has been so selected that ii
can be used in the main mill anyhow
in the event of the 1OtatOn process
not being used by the company Build
ing of the test mill will occupy six
months, but construction Of the In
SEPARATION concentration will not be re-
tarded as a result of this alteration
Of the original program. as the test
plant will have been finished and SUI
ficient time have elapsed for all
tests necessary before that portion OF
the main Mills equipment shall be
needed.
Grading at the millsite will be fin
ished about August Is and building
viii proceed as rapidly as arrival of
supplies permit Railroad grading
between the mine and millsite has been
finished and track laid. Work on the
main haulage drift of the Inspiration
between the Live Oak orebodv and the
main east and west shafts viii be dis
continued probably until september
the New keystone not vet having
bv the Inspiration invoking the right
OF eminent domain.
The InsniratiOn test wells In the
washes below the mill have nrOved
very successful one having shown no
diminUtion of flow when 1.150 gallons
Der minute were Dumped from f. and
a second well. which viii he tested
early in July. seems 70 have an
force at Live Oak section Of the mine
has heen reduced cousidera blv- pre-
sumably because Of the enforced dis
continuance of work in the main haul
age drift. Three Churn drill RIGS are
operating on the live Oak end
That the recoveries and Grade Of
concentrates being secured by the
fIOtation tests at the INSPIRATIONS
test mill are PROVING satisfactory is
the consensus Of opinion here. espe-
ciallv so since the recent announcement
of the cOmDanyas decision to erect a
600-ton flotation test mill. Ores from
erty are being tested
Inspiration Extension.
At the Inspiration Extension proper
ty. adjoining the Inspiration COnSoH-
dated Copper on the northwest. ground
for the shaft viii be broken few
days hence.
Work Resumed on Gibson.
Work has been resumed at the Glib
son property under lease by Sultan q
WAYNE, Of Globe. Wayne is in charge
at the property and is gradually IN
credSlng the WORKING force NOlulL6
definite viii be done until consldera-
Bile preparatory work planned shall
have been disposed of.
Improves With Depth.
The aspect of the east drift on the
G61-fOOt level Of the Iron Cap con
tinues to improve with every foot ad-
vanCed. The crOsS-vein encountered
recently still holds a course of north,
90 degrees east The main lode is
STRENGTHENING again to a more easterly
course. making il probable that the
veins will not intersect at point far
Their eastward as their appearance a
week ago would indicate. As cutting
of the crOsS-vein delayed the raise
that was TO have been started II is
impossible TO predict the depth or
width of the OrebOdy-
The entire force is still engaged in
extracting ore from the two veins and
the shipments OF ore from the property
continue at a rate that viii exceed
general manager Woodward estimate
of 500 tons output for June
Leuscrs Shipping.
Lea sers continue shipping ore from
smeltery at Globe. The ore, which IS
carried by burrOs contains good cop
per values and considerable iron.
Vice president and consulting en-
gineer 7. Parke Claiming, Of the mi
ami Copper company. reports recent I
mining to have revealed no serious
damage to the pillars of the Miami
mine resulting from the cave OF April Z
26.4I3 tons of ore were delivered to
the mill, but during the following
seven days the mines output averaged I
3,119 tons per day, rate of eNtrac-
ton that will continue.
With only five of its six units in
operation, the mill is easily handling
the daily output OF 5000 tons. The
sixth section of the mill is being en-
ployed somewhat in the nature Of an
experimental section. multinle-deck
Deister tables and other added equip /
ment resulting in a saving of one and
One-half pounds more copper per ton
OF ore treated. Because of the fact [
that much of the Miami ores near the /
surface and in the stOckpiles contain I
considerable oxides and other mineral {
values that would not be saved by the I
1CtatiOn process the Miami manage ]
mcnt has decided not to alter in any
radical manner any portion of its con- /!
and other methods now being tested ]
shall have been thoroughly tried out
This decision. announced by Chan !
ming about a year ago, has also been !
adhered to by the Anaconda company.
its original intention to enlarge and ]
reconstruct portions of its reduction !
plant at Anaconda. Montana. having /
been held in allegiance until the many 1
experiments throughout the country
should have attained more definite re-
suits. Before leaving Miami, June 10, /
Claiming stated that while all man /
ner of water concentration. flOtat4On /
and teaching methods would be tried /
out thoroughly. il is his opinion that /
teaching viii prove most effective in ]