El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

than was hoped for and It is practically
assured that il viii be in operation
about the middle Of July. Many OF
the several departments are now near
ing completion and the sampling IS
finished, although its full equipment
has not yet been installed
The year closed with a number CT
rumOrs current that the 9. & a was
to take over number Of smaller prop
critics, notably the Saginaw and the
DEM In the case OF Saginaw, it was
said that the company was to De
taken over on the basis OF seven
shares of Saginaw for one Of c & A
The DEM property lies between the
C & A and Saginaw properties and
thus the taking over Of the Dem was
also reported Although no confirma-
ton Of these rumOrs is obtainabIe at
present mining men say that develop
ments along these lines are not i'm
probable in the near future
Commonwealth ExtensiOa.
What promises to be one OF the
most profitable mines developed by
local capital during the year is the
commonwealth extension, which has
now been practically financed. Parker
WoOdman, formerly superintendent Of
the Copper Queen, has been chosen
president OF the company, and has al
ready made one inspection OF the prop
erty with the view Of mapping out the
work that is to be done. The property
adJolns the famous Commonwealth
mine, which has already produced
millions for its owners, and competent
mining men have given their opinion
Ihat the rich veins of the Common
wealth extend, in the form Of a horse
shoe, into the Extension property.
ShattueI< ships Lead to III PasO.
The past year saw the resumption
Shattuck- The figures since the re-
sumption, which was but a few months
ago, are not available, but the figures
Ior December show that the mine
shipped 1,1O5,526 pounds Of copper and
S,5SS ounces Of silver, together with
10 ounces Of gold. Shipments to the
{. q A smelter are being forwarded
at the rate of $50 tons q day and
this viii be increased to nearly SEQ
tons daily upon the completion OF the
smelteF- The contract calling for this
amount runs for five years. A new
feature OF the Shattuck last month
was the shipment of lead ore, which
Is BENG taken from the three, four,
IlVe and six hundred foot levels, 10
the II Paso shelter. So far this month
29u tons nave been shipped to the El
Faso smelter. The ore is running in
NdIueS 40 percent lead. three percent
copper and 81 IL gold and silver
sdlueS- me ore being shipped to Doug
tas Is running eight percent copper and
IS coming mostly from the 500 foot
!eNel and below The deepest working
IN lne property is SEQ feet
The present force at the Shattuck
numbers 225. of which 19O are en-
pIoyed underground DEVELOPMENT is
going on on the soc. 400, 500 and
900 foot levels at the rate OF 90 feet
per month On the 500 foot level an
ore body was cut last month for a dis
lance OF 40 feet and has been found to
De enormously rich. 1t amounts to SO
percent IN copper and about SIS ton
IN SILVER and gold values Good re-
suns nave recently come from WOrk
on the Leo claim. This is absolutely
new territory and work is proceeding
On the 400 and 500 foot levels
AS lne work continues on the Shat
-I -. us great value becomes evident
~ 4ueIils We're resumed last month
. aLu, WIN The present shipments, tr
- - expected that the company viii easily
10y - snare, besides increasing its
claims
As q whole mining men regard the
peSt year as the best in the history
" 1he state Copper is selling so
CSuls hlSner tnan it was at the begin
INNS OF the year and this has meant
mat development Of old and the open
ing up OF new properties has gone en-
on an unprecendented scale. The
boom in the mining industry has
spread to all lines OF business
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