Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-03-09
MINING NOTES

There is excitement at Saragosa
Texas, over tie recent discovery of
god A rush Of prospectors is ON and
more than 100 claims have been filed
Assays taken from the hole in which
the original discovery was made give
an average return of $3.50 gold. Ii
was while boring for a wei on a farm
owned by John Wilson that the gold
bearing ere was encountered al a
depth OF So #. The vein is y ms vide
The Board of Cancellation and In
vrstiEatiOn, recently held under the
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act
1907" TO consider the demands of the
miners and others employed at a num-
Der Of mines in KooteRay districts, has
sent in TO the Minister OF Labor, OF.
tawa, two reports-a majority report,
signed by the chairman ard the repre-.
sentative of III emine owners. and a
minority report by the representative
Of the miners. The former is a con
ClusiOn that the increase OF 50 cents.
day in wages asked for by the men is
not justified. while the latter supports
this increase being granted. for the
chief reason that the cost of living
has increased considerably The min
ers ard ether mine workers concerned
viii discuss the position ~ meetings
in different parts OF East and West
Kcoteuay and decide uUon their
course OF action following the result
Of the investigations fthc board
Two points in the Goldheld district
that are practically unpro5pected are
destined to attract attention from de-
yelopment work that is in progress or
Planned. These are the ore channel
that is associated with tho Columbia
Mountain fault and the so-called foot
wall country. west of the apex of the
main Consolidated vein system. The
Columbia Mountain fault. the most ex-
tensive and continuous displacement
i'm the district is traced from the Rel
Top mine of the Con. Mines Co.,
through the ORC and Booth properties
and traversing Columbia mountain to
The Conquerer Con. group, north OF
this mountain. In the Red Top mine
the rich ore bodies are shown to be
closely associated with this faulted
area. but. with the exception OF soma
work near the surface, its course has
no; been explored north of this mine,
and Il il apparent that the ore ex'
tends into the ORC ground at depth.
adjoining the Laguna group OF the
Cen. mines on the north, and having
The same vein and fault on the easter
IL din Developmen. in this territory
l. 20 be conducted upon a comP:e
bensiye scale by the Goldfeld Orc and
Booth companies. both OF which viii
sink deep shafts for this purpose.
Increased sctivit in copper mining
Is expected to follow the compile
tion of the branch railroad 10 OrHro
poIivia. The completion OF the la Paz
Arica railway has done much to solve
tnc TRANSPORTATION problem, and a
soon as TIE branch into Ihe copper
district is complete. much greater de
,-elormeut is certain. A recent report
do nv AdoIfo CalderOn. The Chilean
,,-nenl as La Paz. shows that Chieans
1,ove invested $4,000. 900 in the min
80, industry in this republic. OF this
..9,s1nt he estimates that S3,OO0.OOO Il
q fo,aI loss: that s7,5O0.O 900 is invested
in enterprises paying DIVIDENDS, ane
49, the remainder is invested II
rronarties still in the development
stage
The Idora Hill Mining Co. l6aso' Is
constructing 50-ton concentrator
snd a $50 ton aerial tramway. TO cos
snnroximately $4,000. The mill is De
signed especially for the treatment o.
Idora Hin ores. which are lead-si yer
zinc.