El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-28
LINING NEWS
LOOK FOR GOOD
ORE At 100 FEET
Commonwealth Extension
Outlets Rumors Of Strike;
Good Progress Made.

Bisbee. Ariz., May 28.-PrOgress
made BY the Commonwealth EXten-
sion Mining company recently is shown
liz the report Of r. L StaIlings, super
iutendent Of the property The EXten-
sion adjOins the famous Commonwealth
mine at Pearce, and is Differed and
most OF the stock lelQ DE BlSDee MIN
ing men, During the week there were
many rumOrs that a large strike had
been made at the mine. The report
however, disprOVes this and greatly
reflects on the good business manage
ment Of the company IN that a PLAIN
statement of facts is given The re-
port says in part we nave the
plant installed and in operation and
every part of the machinery is IN line
working order. We are firing with
oil and the consumption is about 20
gallons per a hours. We are sink
ing and timbering an average OF SIX
feet per a hours in the two cOmparI-
meut shafts and working three shirts.
We are down 48 feet"
The company mas tanks lnslalleu
al the end Of the railroad and pipe
line connecting through which fuel
oil is being pumped, thus making
ReEarding the character Of the
ground. the report says I'VE have
encountered what appears TO be the
top Of a body Of ore but II IS so lar
leached and decOmpOsed that IL is Of
no commercial value However II IN
dicated the presence OF ore Deneatn
and we expect TO be working In COM
mercial ore at 100 feet. This decOm-
Dose5 breccfa fiIs about one-half Of
the shaft and appears TO be dipping 70
the west at about the same pitch UnaL
the bodies on the other side or the
hill dip The trend IS northwest
southeast This breccia came into the
shaft very near the collar and has
continued on down so far, widening
al the way, but the assay returns
show the value has practically all
1eached out Everything IS running
smoothly and we expect to finish the
shaft to 400 feet within SO days
Furnace No to Blow In.
A highly important approaching
event to the Warren district IS the
blowing in, on June Z, OF the NO 4
furnace of the new Calumet & Arr
iona smelter at Douglas This first
unit Will have a capacity OF 500 tons
Der day Calumet & Arizona costs
FOR production per pound have Deen
eyceDtiOnally low in the past by rea-
son of high grade ore and splendid
management at the mines and reduc-
ton works but with the opening OF
the smelter an even better record VII
be made. The placing OF the unit IN
commission viii be attended by Tor
nal ceremonies. in which the oLIlcers
and directors Of the company VIII take
part Following the inspection OF the
plant the officials viii come TO BIS
bee for an Inspection of their mining
rroDertfes A reception and smoker at
the Country club has been arranged
The visit here OF the officials viii
be watched with much interest as II
is expected that they viii make an in
enection Of and thus decide on the
fessfbflitv of purchase Of a number OF
mines that have been prominently men
toned in connection with Calumet q
Arizona recently Among these prop
critics are the Dem and the Warren.
both Of which. in the natural course
of events mining men say. VIII be alb
ecrbed by the larger company. Besides
the probable looking towards new pur-
chases the officials when here VIII
decide on the development work that
is 10 be prosecuted on the American
Saginaw. which was recently acquired
The Calumet & Arizona properties in
the Afos VIII also come up for con-
sfderatiOn. following which IL is eN-
Dected that announcement relative TO
the future policy REGARDING these prop
critics viii be made. The properties
are now held under option but there
is every Indication that these options
VIII be taken up
Workings Go Into Shnle.
Work at the Higgins continues very
satisfactorily The workings have gone
through the sulDhides from the drift
and are now in shale that is identical
in character with that which has been
found next to silVer-lead ore bodies in