El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-21
NTFTKG NEWS
DECREASE ADDS To
MINING ACTIVITY
Calumet & Arizona Has Ore
Sufficient to Run New
Douglas Smelter.

Bisbee. Ariz. June 21--Mining men /
here regard as eminently satisfactory
the decrease Of more than e'VOV'OOY
pounds in the surplus copper durins
Nay and a commensurate decrease ~
dicated for the first half OF tle 49,.
eut month For weeks now the -
of metal has been steady, Win d 5AeI
ual Increase and the present price o.
Is IL or better has SHOWN us u -
bearing here in the NUMBER U H
clamis opened up and the lhCIee-SsS-
DEVELOPMENT and surplus or the 5o--7
COMPANIES. The decrease is so large
that it is sure that this factor aIonS
viii have a considerable DeaI1A6 VI
the continued steady price OF copper
and the demand for the metal IS grow
ing all the time.
Abundant Ore for Smelter.
The extensive and valuable holdings
Of the Calumet and Arizona nave
been drawn attention to by the open
ing of the new smelter at Douglas
and show that, without any oulsIG~
ore the company can supply the sllleL-
ter with all that 1t can use Tor years
to come. The Calumet and Arizona
holdings are a mile and a half long
and a mile wide and are underlald Dy
bodies hundreds Of feet IN length anu
running up to 20 feet In breadIhs Qe-
I welcomed to the 1900 foot level and VITA
indications Of good ore to a depth OF
1900 feet.
Probably only one-tenth Of the ter
ritOry has vet been opened up. me
ore seems TO be generally making
/ towards the south, where the large
I undevelOped portion Of the property
lies. the possibilities Of further large
/ additions to the ore and, therefore
4 of Urotracted life for the property are
/ excellent As an indication OF the
] size and value Of the already opened
ore bodies, adjacent to the Brlggs smart
/ on the 1900 foot level IS DOdy. OF
I ore hoo feet long and IN some places
/ as wide as 20 feet This ore runs all the
( way from 4 to 80 percent IN copper
/ This has been carried up nearly %
/ feet and there is q good chance OF
I picking II up on the level below IrlDu-
! tapy to the Junction shaft, although
I at present mined through the HOaL-
| son shaft, is located what IS prODaDly
] the largest body OF high grade copper
| ore in existence. 1t IS a great open
/ stone mora than 400 feet IN length
/ and in some places 40 feet wide. 1t eX-
! tends from above the 400 to the 15uo
| foot level This is being mined Dy
l shriuEaga SLOpes without the aid OF
/ timber. Probably the direct cost OF
] mining this body exclusive OF dead
| work, is not over 20 cents per TON
[ This exceptional low cost OF produc-
/ ton Of a high grade of ore IS probao4y
[ the lowest in the country.
/ At the present time the ore Is De
inb hOisted through three shafts, the
/ Briggs. HOatsOn and oliver, the tlrSJ
| named furnishing around $50 tons
/ daiIv. the HoatsOn about $50 and the
/ Oliver about zoo. Through the Ollver
| is hOisted the ore both adjacent TO II
/ and the Cole shaft When the eN-
| tensive cOncreting work at the juno
/ ton, which is progressing favorably, IS
| completed, it viii be the principal ore
Holds Record for Depth.
I The Junction holds the record Tor
[ depth on the Calumet and Arizona
| property, having been sunk 1900 IeeI
! and in good ore at that level though,
I on account Of the cOncreting, no de-
I velOpment work has yet been under
I taken on the 1900.
The high grade oxides in the mine
] have been nearly exhausted, but nave
I been more than replaced by great DO
| dies Of high grade sulphide ores lying
] mostly in the Superior and P1rtsbure
/ property, which is owned by the Calu-
! met and Arizona There was great III
| ficulty in sinking the Junction, one
/ shaft being sunk against mead OF
Z $500 gallons per minute, or equal q
| 5000, 900 gallons per day. The LABOR
| and expense have. however, been more
/ than justified by the results. as II
I was the deVelOpmnt OF the sulph1de
! the new smefter. That the suneilel
I viii be supplied for years TO come
[ is amply shown by the wonderful rlc1
/ ores of the company
| Charles HoIQuist, inventor OF the Co
| chise rock drill, has been in the city
from Los Angeles looking over tne
I general situation here, MI a0lqulS'
! has a large number OF his drills a
work in the Calumet and Arizona mine;
! and while here, he signed a conJrac
{ with the Shattuck and Arizona TO pu
in q number of the drills, which nav
| been found particularly applicable u
I the class Of rock found IN the dls'