El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-29
1GINING NEWs
GAHANEA MINES
ENLARGE ACTIVITY
Work Is Resumed in Henri
eta; Calumet & Arizona
Makes Improvements.

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| Cananea Consolidated Copper company Is
now doing more actual mining and Ge-
Yelopment work at its various properties
! than it has done for years. About the
most important work being done at the
| present time is the sinking of a new
SHAFT at the CapOte mine. This work
has been under way for some time and
! the shaft has now reached a depth of
| 600 feet, beinG connected at every Level
with the old shaft, a short distance
away. The latest reports are to the
! effect that on the 700 foot level the drift
has been run to the new shaft and the
shaft is now being raised from that level
/ The shaft viii 90 down to the 1000 foot
level before sinking is stoDDed. On the
surface at the new shaft bins have been
installed belt cOnveyOr completed and
/ everything placed in readiness for the
operation of the new shaft when COM
pleted. The ore body at the Capote is
considered by many to be the richest
as well as largest in the camp.
Tunnel 13, of the Henrietta mine, 10
Gated towards PuertecitOs from the Hen
Tletta shaft proper. has been cut about
ore body has been encountered. As to
the Importance of the find, nothing can
be sad at present, as the tunnel has
only recently encountered the ore.
Work Resumed in Henrietta
Actual mining has been resumed in
the Henrietta mine after having been
discontinued for a number of months,
during which time only development
work was done. The mining operations
are being. conducted on the 400 foot level.
An important bit of work was recently
completed at Puertecitos. Tunnel No.
81 has been driven completely through
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Gently. The tunnel is a little over 1900
feet IN length. This tunnel is to be
used for a motor line which viii carry
the ores from the Elenita mine when
operations are again under way at the
latter property of the company. to the
bins at Puertecitos. The motor line is to
run on the surface between the portals
OF tunnel 81 from Puertecitos and Ele-
nita No. l.
- drift is being run to connect shafts
and at Puerto ito. which viii soon
be completed. Shaft 4 has already been
connected with tunnel IA by means of a
raise OF 100 feet, and exploration work is
being done IN that working IN an en-
deavOT to ascertain the extent of the ore
body which Is at present being mined
from tunnel a The majority of the
ores mined at Puertecitos comes out of
the ore body reached by tunnel IA,
which is the lowest tunnel at that por-
ton of the camp. Work has been re-
sumed in the breast of tunnel IA and
1t VIII be continued clear through the
mountain. Puerteeitos promises to fur
nish a goOdly portion of the ores for the
smeIter in the future.
Work Outside of the District.
The company has been doing some
work outside OF the heart of the district
Tor the past i've months or so. Some
time ago a contract was let for some
work on its ChiOewa announcement, To-
Gated about II miles southeast of the
city, and a tunnel was driven a distance
OF 300 feet. Later a raise was made to
the surface at the end of the tunnel. ana
the results BROUGHT by this work were
so encouraging that the raise was made
a shaft and sunk until at present it is
down to a depth of about $50 feet OF
more. Except the first 100 feet of the
tunnel, most of the work was done in a
Ieached ground containing considerable
irOn- Native gold and silver have been
encountered in this leached material and
the conditions warrant the belief that
with greater depth copper viii be found.
Calumet and Sonora.
About two miles northwest of Cananea
IS located !he main shaft OF the Calumet
and Sonora of Cananea Mining COM
pany, 5. A, which has been making con-
siderable Roadway, both in development
and IN improvements to the equipment.
Ever since the reorganization of the
company in June of 1912, the company
mas been following line OF work which
included the making of many improve
ments and developing the property. st
the time the company was reorganized
1t was decided to electrify the entire
plant because of the high cost of steam
as power. The installation of a new air
compressor, electric pump, double drum
electric hoist, pieAlng belt and crusber.
etc. was decided upon, besides to pur-
sue system of development work dur
ing the interim awaiting the arrival of
the new machinery. Now most of this
new equipment has been received and in
sUalled, and as soon as everything is in
readiness operations viii be conducted
on much larger scale than at the pres
ent time.
IN development work, erosscut No. 10,
on the 300 foot level, was started. it be-
mo the. intention to get out under the
pig surface outcrOpping, which is about
IOO Ieet from the shaft This work has
proceeded with very satisfactory results.
Inc shait was sunk to the 525 foot
ieVei, retImbered; the new electric hoist
Installed and is now raising ore in the
GWo-compartment shaft. New chutes
nave been put in on the lower level to
replace the old ones and the mine has
oeens put IN excellent shape so as to per-
mt operations on a much larger scale
than formerly.
New 90 Foot GallOwS Erected.
new 90 foot gallows frame has been
erected at the mine and two large ore
Dlns installed, of APO and 21O tons ca
PacltY respectively. These bins will soon
De connected with each other by means
OF a belt conyeyor, of the Robbins type,
ana a erusher installed at the collar OF
the shaft The crusher arrived during
Ine present week and is now being in
stalled. Two large tanks have been in
stalled near the shaft which will serve as
reservoirs and to regulate a steady flow
OF Watsr to the mill
new ore bin has also been installed
at the wet mill, and is of 270 tons ca
paelty The mill has been completely
0GVerhauled and remodeled. Two hydrau-
nc classlilers have been added to the
equipment, replacing one which was in
use heretofore The mill was again
placed IN operation, after being idle for
several months. on January Is.
The property IS under the management
OF Dr. Walter Harvey Weed, and the
work Is under the superintendent of
w. H. Tangye, assisted by A. W. Sans
burn and J. r. Bale As soon as all the