El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-09
MINING NEWS
GOOD STRIKE IS
MADE At SUPERIOR
Superior 6 Boston Co. Plans
For Increased Ship
ments to FL PaSo.


Globe, Ariz, April 9.-A good strike
o. high grade ore has been made on
the Whitlaw- Brown claims These
claims lie about one-haIf mile south
east Of the famous old Silver King
mine Leasers on the Horn silver
claim, which lies -One-half mile nOrJn-
west of the Magma, are taking out
considerable high grade ore, having
already made one shipment The town
Of Superior is experiencing a small
boom, several new business buildings
being in process OF construction
Plans Made for Increasing Tonnage.
At the Superior and Boston, plans
are being formulated for a greatly
Increased tonnage in the near future
a favorable contract has been entered
into with the American Smelling and
Refining company at FL Paso. whereby
this company is to handle all the Su-
periOr and Boston ores for a period
extending over the following two years.
Drifting on the east and west drifts
on the COO foot level has reached a
raise from the Sth TO the 9TH level is
expected to break through within the
next week. The crOsscuts on the 10th
and l2tth levels are daily encounter
ing geological changes which are
highly indicative OF the clOseness Of
the main ledge, and IL should be en-
countered very shortly
The present shipping capacity of a
car per day IS being maintained and
within the next 60 days the company
expects to increase these shipments to
$50 tons daily
Arizona Commercial Pushes Work
The Arizona Commercial steadily
continues to carry on the active pro-
gram of development work which the
rev management has inaUgurated
Operations at present are confined to
the Copper Hill shaft Sinking is be-
ing carried on. the shaft having now
reached a point below the 10th level.
is
Drifgting continues on the 9TH and Hth
levels On the 9TH level an eXtrac-
ton drift is being driven for the pur-
pose of handling the ore previously
encountered on this level
The highly favorable developments
az the Superior and Boston may lead
the company 70 resume operations near
the old Eureka shaft which IS stu
ated near the superior and Boston
At the Iron Cap after further de-
velOpment work the recent discoveries
on the 650 and the 500 foot levels still
remain very promising The raise from
the Sth TO the $50 foot level IS now
in over so feet and constantly cOntin-
ues TO disclose ore OF commercial
grade. The strike on the $50 foot
level still holds out with the ore show
ing only a slight variation IN It's cop
DER contents. The shipping rate of
four cars per month to the FL Paso
smeltery is being steadfastly main
tanned
Gibson Employs 40 Wen.
During the month of March the Glib
son Copper Co. shipped five cars OF
ore 10 the FL PasO smelJeT. Indictment
weather having curtailed the monthly
output. However the company eN-
poets 10 again reach It's normal snip
ping capacity during April About 40
men are employed by the company
Mining conditions are excellent
At the warrior copper Co, STEADY
shipments OF from 20 to $50 tons of
siliceous ore are being made daily to
the Fl PaSo smelter- The ore is freight
ed by teams to the Warrior siding on
the Arizona Eastern. about two miles
below the town of Miami Between 50
and 90 men are employed
At the South Live Oak drilling OPP
eratiOns are progressing at a very sat
isfactory rate Hole No. Z has now
reached a depth Of sos feet and is to be
discontinued during the early part Of
the ensuing week. The new hole No
s the location Of which has already
northwest of No. = and about 400 feet
west of hole No ,. the hole in which
s. feet of over two per cent ore was
Has Series OF Accidents.
A series of unavoidable accidents
have been retarding drilling opera
items at the Southwestern Miami dur
ing the past two weeks The broken
beam at No hole, and the broken en-
CINE at No II were repaired in the
record time Of less than p hours, only
to be succeeded DE CahE EEOluQ dc
Nc. 4 and a lost LarSin sand pump in
No. IA
All three crews have been fishing
for the sand pump at No. Il but so far
have been unsuccessful The bad
ground encountered at No. I necessi-
tated the casing of the hole, the casing
being bOttOmed after much trouble.
Hole No. is 755 feet deep, No. a Is
SIG feet deep and No II is 1915 feet
deep. the unusually fast time Of SO
feet per day having been averaged the
past few days at the latter hole
Sinking Superior Shafts.
The two main shafts of the c. & 4.
AZ Superior. that are being sunk on the
Morris ledge are respectively 200 and
135 feet in depth General manager
John A Greenway states that no ore
of commercial value has as yet been
encountered and the company has no
expectations of striking ore at the
present depth. The shafts are located
at points convenient for working
shafts not OF account of any special
geological reason and active eXplora-
ton work viii not be prosecuted I'M
til depth OF 200 feet is attained.
Finish 500 Foot Hole
At the Magma extensive exploration
work is being carried on by diamond
drilling. an SEQ foot horizontal drill
hole ruuuIuE in q SOUtherlv direction