El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-17
Inspiration Pushes Underground Development
Miami Mine Makes An
Advance of 3, 300 Feet
Crushing Plant at Scorpion
Shaft Is Again in
Operation.

IA8IL Ariz, Dec 17.-During the
M month the Inspira ton Con-
4F1 soIidated has made a total ad-
vance in its underground work
inrs of $500 feet 1876 f5el, OF which
vas in large drifts. TS2 feet in smaller
drifts. and /, 332 feet IN raises Nearly
all of the raises were Lifted IN the
Colorado ore body, only two raises BE-
ing driven in the Joe ISuSh SectlOnl
for the purposes Of affC riding chan
nels Of ore extraction 1ro IN the over
lying ore dumps or stoC l1p1ieS- one
Of these two raises hOled Through into
the edge Of the stockplle cn December
Connection was made wi tn the main
east shaft on the sixth ley feA ana con-
nectiOn on the same IeV'A with the
main west shaft should be made soon.
On the faUrth level the drift to the
shaft lacks only about zoo feet OF De
ing double width ali the way and its
widening continues at rapid rate
Work continues in the main west
shaft timbering and other work pre-
paratory to cOncreting being pushed
ahead rapidly.
The crushing plant at the Scorpion
shaft is again in operation crushing
the waste from that section OF the
mine The crushed waste is being
used for filling holes and depresslonS
in the vicinity Of the concentration site
At the latter place concrete pouring IS
still in progress on the retaining walls,
now about tWo-thirds done. Machin-
erv IS being Installed rapidly in the
test mill, the 500 ton flOtaIlon equip
ment and all the crushing machinery
now being erected. John Parry, OF
Hamlet. Mich. has arrive ed and has
taken charge of the cOrrugating work
at the mill and has begun on the ware
house and machine shop section Of the
steel Has Arrived.
The steel for the coarse crushing
plant and Main east and west shafts
double head frame has arrived and has
been unloaded, and considerable work
has been done preparatory TO erection OF
the steel frame work For the past
week carpenters have been busy cut
ting away a portion of the south side
of the Main west shaft house and the
wooden head frame now there and the
American Bridge company VIII lay
track in q. few days to allow the crane
locomotive to move to the site Of the
head frame erection This spur VIII
run directly over one compartment OF
the Main west shaft.
A small force Of carpenters IS now
at work where excavation for the air
compressors and transformer house has
been completed. preparing forms and
launders (inclined troughs) for con-
crete pouring
Three No. s gyratory lkIIis- Chalmers
crushers have arrived and are being
unIoaded in Webster guich- The coarse
crushing plant viii consist Of four
crushers. the first crusher having been
received some time ago, being used
temporarily at the Scorpion shaft for
the plant that viii handle the daily
output OF 500 tons of ore that will be-
gin TO come out of the mine for the
test mill about January l.
CrOsscut Is Driven
AT the Superior & Boston the cross.
cut on the 500 level is being driven TO
interesesst the veins cut off by a fault,
but subsequently relocated by dia-
mOnd drHl and has already been driven
so feet. Drifting in the foOtWau of the
vein is in progress Diamond drilling
is still going on Ore shipments are
being maintained at the usual rate.
a c. Shaft Is 1850 Feet.
At the Arizona Commercial the shaft
has reached depth of 1880 feet. Work
on the 1900 is still suspended pending
installation of pumping equipment to
handle the water recently. encountered
on that level Work on the 500 and
1000 levels is being carried on in the
nature of drifting on the vein No
work IS being done on the zoo level
About so men are employed
Ventilation Now Perfect.
At the Iron Cap underground Tentila-
ton at the mine is cirtually perfect
since connection with the Eureka shaft
of the Arizona Commercial was estab-
lished. On the 500 level drifting on
rate, at present being .245 feet from the
saft The face is breasted in ex-
cellent ore and the management ex-
poets to encounter in another so feet
the high grade streak at present being !
worked with such excellent results on
the $50 level. On the latter level stop /
ing IS still being carried ahead Up to i
the 9th of December the mines ship !
ments Of ore to the FL Paso smelter
had UOtaled seven cars of ore.