El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-05
MINING NEWS
RICH STRIKE IN
UNCLE SAM MINE
Bisbee District Continues
Development; Copper Mar
ket Considered Solid.

Bisbee, Ariz-, Feb. 5.-One Of the most
important strikes in the whole Bisbee
district that has been made in recent
times has been reported at the Uncle
sam workings Of the southwest shaft
of the Copper Queen The length and
breadth Of ore body has now been well
determined and current report IS that
the company is now going TO determine
the depth, and that they are TO go
down 200 feet further. This ore body,
as now developed, is directly cOnugu-
Gus to similar developments in the
Shattuck, the property OF which drect-
IL adioins the Queen holdings. The
result of the developments for depths
on the Copper Queen property viii
have its effect on the development
plans of the Shattuck- The present
indications are that the January ship
ment of the Queen will practically be
at the same figure as those Of Deeem-
Der.
An important undertaking has been
started by the mining committee OF
the Warren District Commercial club.
On instructions from the directors, the
committee will begin Immediately the
preparation of a full list of the 1ndl-
vidual owned claims in the Warren
district. One of the chief objects or
this work will be to correct the gen
eraI public impression that all the
claims are owned by the two big com
painless, the Copper Queen and the Cal
umet and Arizona.
Local mining men are of the opinion
that metal prices in the east have
steadied at a price approximately a
cent a pound lower than the price that
prevailed a short time since, but stllI
at a figure that guarantees profit to
the producer ElectrOlytic is still be-
tween 16 and 16 ID cents a pound and
this Drice is generally considered as
satisfactory, even at the lowered
prices the local copper situation is
considered as sound.
The Calumet and Arizona reports
that a discovery has been made dur
ing the past week Of body if sulphides
on the 1900 foot level Of the HoatsOn
shaft Thus far this body has been cut
for % feet and the cut is still IN ore
and exploration and development OF the
body has Just started. On other de-
velOpment work the company IS con-
tinuing along several lines and no par
ticular strikes have been reported
At the Junction shaft the company
is working a large shift on the con-
being made. The company continues
at practically the same. production
figures this month and is shipping
close up to the capacity OF the smeIter
at Douglas at its present stage.
Conner Queen Doing Much Work.
The Copper Queen is doing more work
at the present time than In several
years. Extensive development work IS
in progress, new machinery IS DelnS
installed building construction Wor n
and the continuance of the production
up to the high figures of the end Of
the year is keeping the company busy.
The further sinking at the Sacramento
and Silver Bear shafts has progressed
favorably during the week
In Dorphyry development the i'm
portance can hardly be Overestimated
for the proof of the values running
through that character Of rock are
certain TO be of much value to the dis
trict. Thus far the Developments have
been better than were hoped for It
was expected to make this character
of ore a concentrating proposition and
the values being obtained are running
HIGHER than would be necessary for the
success of this Indeed, the values are
so high that much of it has been made
a smelling proposition from the outset