El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

ing with regularity. Contracts have
been closed with the General Elec-
trio company for hosting equipment
and with the 1ngersoll-Rand company
for compressors- The hoists will have
a capacity of 10000 tons every IA
hours, lifting $50 feet. They will be
automatic and of the fiy-Wheel type
with Ward-Leonard control. The
compressor equipment is to be deliv-
cred in November Compressed air 10
comotives for underground work also
have been ordered The preliminary
work on the mills foundations is ex-
pected to begin about August l.
Gibson shipping Again.
At the Gibson mine lessees Sultan
& Wayne are making fair progress in
their preparatory work and are eX-
tracing considerable ore in the mean
time. They have shipped one Acton
carload of hi@h- ~rade chalcOpyrite ore
and will send out another before the
end of July. The sub-leSSeS have
shipped two SO-ton carloads Of ore
averaging about IS per cent copper and
viii ship another carload this month
The raise being lifted from the zoo
level for ventilation is now well under
way and considerable excellent ore has
been cut on the same level, although
not uncovered to any great extent
Sultan and Wayne are employing a
force of Is men, Jigs that will con-
Centrate five tons of ore daily will be
ready for their initial test about the
of jigs will be increased. It is thought
that eventually the flOcation process
Of concentration viii be installed at the
Gibson, its chalcopyrite ores being es-
pecially adapted to that manner OF
concentration
Shipping 20 Percent Ore.
The Magma is still extracting high
grade chalcocite from the fifth and
sixth levels and chalcOcite and born
tie from the 500 About Is tons of 20
Ill
Florence by wagon, the Two auto
trucks formerly used having been
Withdrawn from the Magma service
by their owner. Other freight trucks
ordered by the company have not yet
arriv ed, although Ihes have secured a
car that is used for passenger serv-
ice.
On the sixth level diamond drilling
continues, the present hole cross-cut-
ting the mineral zone below the 500 at
al angle. Surveying for a probable
mill site has been finished, the place
under consideration being directly
south Of the mine entrance. This en-
TRACE s a tunI e. which taps the shaft
the shaft being about zoo feet above
the level of the tunnel The hoist
is at the intersection OF tunnel and
shaft. The shaft is 500 feet deep, or
6)C feet below the tunnel. The vein
dips northeast about 90 degrees, the
cross cut on the 500 being about 500
feet from shaft to the center Of the
vein
Tho foundations for the towers of
the transmission line are now in place
from Roosevelt to Superior. Instala-
ton OF the towers probably VIII De
completed about October /
AT the Reymert everything Is ready
for beginning Of active development
work, a crew Of 10 men being now
at the camp
At the Pacific Group, south of and
adjoining the c. & A, Hilliard and
English are driving a tunnel towards
the main vein 1t made good progress
last month. now being 125 long, and
should reach the ledge within another
80 feet. The ground now being cut
Is heavily 1mpregnated with iron ana
contains considerable copper stain.
President William G. Rice of the
Superior q Boston is here again for
q visit and consultation with the S.
& 3. force. This is Mr.. Rice's first
visit since the death of his brother,
the late Carlos Rice former general
of the S. & B.
Americans Take Mexican's Places
At the Calumet &, Arizona the shaft /
is still making a fair amount of water, |
although not nearly so much as three !
weeks ago. American shaft men have |
been substituted for MeXicans formerly
employed and piston drills have re-
placed the lighter air drills since the !
water was encountered. The shaft is |
now 500 feet deep and during the past |
two weeks it has been cut at the rate |
Of 25 feet per week. Connection be- /
tween the shaft and main tunnel has |
been established at a depth of $50 feet, |
the connecting drift being about 100 /
ieet in length The transmission line |
S now working smoothly, running the (
Wo compressors evenly. The current |
from Winkleman, is stepped down from |
500 volts to 40, 240 and 30 for var |
Gus uses Of the plant
ERECTS NEW ORE BUNKERS,
Wilcox, Ariz, July 19.-The Mas
cot Copper Co, has completed the |
erection Of its ore bunkers here, and /
shipments are being made. The ore i
5 hauled from the mine in the new /
'ierce-ArroW truck, which the COM /
'any has purchased for that purpose