El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
MINING NEWS
MINE TAXATION
MAY Be BURDEN
Good Strike Is Made in the
Junction Shaft of the
c. & A. Company.

Bisbee. Ariz, May 10.-Interest IN
Bisbee, IS well as other mining com
munities continues to be centered in
the probable action Of the legislature
upon mine taxation. Agricultural in
terests throughout the state, it is
charged, continue to seek TO saddle the
burden of taxation upon the producing
mines II has been urged upon the
legislature that the very interests that
seek toe increase the assessment upon
the mines are those that are dependent
upon the mining communities for a
market but the effort TO increase the
Elopoflcn or taxes paid by the min
ing companies continues The present
Dll before the legislature fixes the
assessment at four times the net pro-
ducticn, plus One-eighth of the gross
production. and amendments raising
THIS 10 SIX times the net production.
p1us one-elsnLn OF the gross produc-
ton, are penang II the Oil as II
stands now shall pass Il viii Increase
the valuation on the producing mines
10 more than double present figures
The Warren district and Cochise cOun-
~ would be more affected by such
increases than any other section Of the
state.
Despite the taxation agitation. no
c1miuuuOn In development and i'm
provements Is being shown by any of
the big companies and the only de-
crease in shipments is of lead silver
ore by the Shattuck and various leas-
eIs, occasioned by the strike in the
character is shipped. Such shipments
are for the time being stopped. though
the taking cut OF ore continues in
anticipation Of an carry resumption Of
shipping
Construction Work Continues
Another new change house has been
put into use by the Copper Queen COM
paHy and stil another is being COM
pleted- plasterlnE work being under
way. These change houses are novel
to the district modelled on the latest
German ideas OF improvement Work
on the new hoist at the Sacramento
shaft Of the same company and on its
new toll and machine shops continues
70 be pushed as does the entering Of
the tim Der tunnel into the Sacram entO
IN preparation for top slicing. in that
country as IS now pracuced In the Hol-
brook Gar and Neptune Shipments
continue at what has for several
months been the normal and general
development work as we'll as explOra-
tlons IN the pOrphyry and churn drill
ing on the Copper King. continue with I
no added announcements On the re-
suits Of such exploration work depends /
the erection OF a concentration here and /
while II is admitted that this project /
IS being considered, It is stated that no 4
immediate plans have been made for
the construction Of such a plant
New country continues TO be opened ]
mp, but the old country is not neg
lected- One Of the oldest properties !
Of the Copper Queen is the Uncle sam /
shaft. and one Of the important de- I
--elopments Of the past few months is I
here. An ore body was found near the 4
Shattuck line and has been determined /
TO be more than $50 feet in length. J
countries are deposits being proved I'D.
Good c. & A. Strike
one or the most recent strikes re ]
ported IS IN the Junctlon smart OF the I
c & A company. This strike occurred /
on the 1890 level to the southwest Of I
the shaft and so far as explored has (
been found TO extend so feet in length. !
Already this shaft has been found to I
contain one Of the largest ore bodies /
known to exist in the district and other
mas OF good sized ore bodles nave
been common in that country Work OF
the Junction continues to I
make rapid progress
Shatfuck Looks Good.
production and development work
continues at the Shattuck. shipments
OF go tons daily being made to the
T. & A. smelter IN DOUGLAS The man
agement has been chatting because it
has been impossible to continue shin 4
nents OF lead silver ore to FL PasO. and I
because in consequence the develop
nent OF thaT ore body has been tenn
porarily checked.
Many parties have visited the beau
tltul crystal cave opened on the 500
level Of this property. but it is now
closed to visitors except by special per- /
nit It was found impossible to pre- I
vent the breaking off and carrying
away OF some of the beautiful speci-
mems. and 1t is desired to keep the cave
intact until IL shall have been visited I
1y the directors Of the company. It is
the largest and most beautiful cave |
ever broken into by any Of the mines
Of the district
Many Men Employed.
Inquiries from officials as TO the
number Of men employed in the district I
IS being made. and Indications are that
this VIII be determined to be in the
Of 400. including those
employed by the leasers. This would
give an approximate daily nayroll Of I
$4,000 or upwards OF s450.00 monthly
Tor the men employed in and about the
mines alone official announcement a
to the Copper Queen employees has not (
vet been obtained but there are 1850 |
IN the @ & A mines and 28n in the ]
Shattuck To this must be added the !
force and those engaged in I
lead silver mining nv the leasers
Stag DUNN Disappears.
The old Stag dunn that rose when !
the smeiter was operated here. is now
last disapDearing- The earliest Stag is
being shipped for resmelting. which has [
been found profitable, and the later
Gag IS used for ballast along the FL
'aso r Southwestern. When the dumps [
have been removed the precipitatfng
plants are to be removed and new ones /
built elsewhere Meantime the NacO {
road VIII be remade, recurring the re-
noval OF a number Of residences and /
other buildings and the creek viii be
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