El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03
MINING NEWS
GANANEA RESUNING
NORMAL CONDITION
Smelter Production Is Now
90 Tons of Bullion Daily:
Four Mines Working.

Cananea. Son. Mex, May 3.-The
Cananea Consolidated Copper company
is gradually increasing its force OF
workmen and in comparatively short
time Il is expected that normal con-
ditions will DredOminate. Operations
at the smelter result in the production
of so tons Of bullion daily. with four
furnaces and two converters in use
Only four Of the ccmpany's properties
are working at present. CapOte. Kirk
No. 9. Sierra de CObre and Elisa. and
it is probable that soon WORK VIII be
resumed at Pueruecitos. The two rev
erberatOry furnaces have been started
during the past week
The Democratic mine and smelter
are again operating, work being re
sumed on the 18th of last month The
company is employing 500 men, The
smelter, consisting of one 25O ton and
one 125 ton furnace, is handling about
$50 tons OF ore daily. Conditions at
the property are excellent and every
thing is running smoothly
Operates Through the Battles.
The Mexican Metals company, Aug
Fritsche. manager. has been operating
steadily during the battles in this
neigh bOrhOOd- force of IS men IS
employed. The mill Is running with
but one shift it having been operated
'suluoW oMl Used 9Ul LOI STBos sTUl 10
due to the nOn-arrival Of disullate-
During the period. trains We're not
running. the COmpany's J-tOn PIERCE
Arrow truck made number of trips
TO Bisbee for supplies and mas given
excellent results Development Work
in the nature of sinking the PalO SecO
and Alacrau shafts to the 400 foot
level. is now in progress. The mill IS
producing $500 pounds of concentrates
daily, which nets the company $5l l.
s currency, ton
Calumet a sonora Resume.
The Calumet & sonora is planning
to resume operations on Monday, ana
viii a once give employment to DC
tween 100 and $50 men. The electros-
tatiC mill has been in operation FOR the
past few days cleaning up the zinc
and lead concentrates which have been
piled UP. Due TO the scarcity of empty
cars the COMPANY was unable to haul
its product TO the city. Now 1t mas
eight cars loaded and has five carloa1s
more ready for cars when they ar
rive. A 36-tOn crusher and picking
belt has been installed and Will be
placed in operation next week This
will enable the company to Increase
its earnings as previous to the shut
down it was earning q small prOIlJ-
". H. TanGye is in charge OF the prop
erty.
Superior Bonanza Closes.
The Four C's company has discon-
tinued work at the Superior BONANZA
property located six miles west OF
Imuris. Work has been carried on
for the past year under the supervis-
ion of Hany BOIlwaE. Due to the in
ability to secure supplies. it was
thought better TO discontinue all Work
for the present
Herman Wendler. manager Of the
Lampazos mine. located below MOcte-
yuma. reports that work has been
abandoned at the property for the pres
ent. due to the repeated visits of
armed forces to the camp. The prop
erty is owned by the BancO de Sonora
and is a rich silver proposition which
is being developed by the owners with
a view Of sale. It may be some time
before operations are resumed, due to
its great distance from a railroad.
Holt Brothers Of Magdalepa are
continuing operations at their CerrO De
Plata mine located west of CumeraL
They have installed a mill and opera
tions have been continued without any
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