El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19
MINING NEWS
DEVELOPMENT WORK
PUSHED AT BISBEE
Calumet & Arizona to start Drifts in
the Saginaw Mining
Property.


Bisbee. Ariz. March I9.-General de-
TelOpment and production work of the
district is highly satisfactory. As to
new Development. ii is probable that
the Calumet q Arizona viii soon start
its drifts into the recently acquired
Saginaw property 1t is considered as
probable that this work viii be done
from the junction shaft The Sagine "
is close to this shaft and the develop
ments made on the Saginaw during the
past year would indicate that the Bon
anZa-Circle also includes a portion Of
the American-Sagiuaw The territory,
to be developed. would necessitate the
putting down of expensive shafts. and
the Calumet & Arizona can more easily
and cheaply extend drifts from its
shafts into the property The stock
holders Of the Saginaw met and rati-
fled the sale of the company TO the
Calumet d Arizona
Continues Churn Drilling.
The Copper Queen continues IT'S
churn drilling with satisfactory re-
suits The work on the sinking of the
Wade Hampton shaft continues favor
ably The Wade Hampton IS far down
the valley and in new territory For
this reason the operations are being
watched with great interest for,
mean that many millions had been
added to the wealth of the district
The Copper Queen is also installing
number of safety devices. One of the
most IdQ4cdl OF these IS the enUEe re-
ductiOn of all electric current for
lighting purposes from 220 TO 10 volts,
thus doing away with danger from
shocks. 1t is also planned to form a
joint committee of miners and officials
to cooperate IN QeTlSlng SAFETY devices.
The annual report Of the Superior &
Pittsburgh, a subsidiary of the Cal
Umet & Arizona, has just been issued
and makes an excellent showing Dur
ing the year ending December 81 the
n ak
refined copper. 36L227 ounces of silver
and Is, SIS ounces of gold The value
of the entire production IS placed at
Sq.131.9 of which the gold and silver
values are represented by S4S6.254-fS-
The report Is remarkable for the low
cost Of production shown, which eN-
elusive Of the gold and silver values.
amounts to S.O633 per pound refined /
copper A total of S1,919,75S-76 was /
paid in dividends during the year or 1
this amount S449,93L60 was paid Tor /
each Of the three first quarters, the 4
last dividend being $56S,9zO-S6- An Az I
erage of ass men were employed daily 4
at the mine. Good progress is report 1
ed on the extensive Improvement Work I
that has been recently undertaken by /
the company.
The February figures on Shattuck
production show up very well For the
month the company produced 1,156,OSO /
pounds of refined copper Added 10
MS IS 1Uy ounces on SoAu anu 1920
ounces Of silver There was also /
amount of lead, figures
IN which have not yet been received
This ore was treated at the FL PasO /
;melter and viii probably continue to
20 there for the balance Of this month,
( not permanently. Samples OF the
cad silver ore have been treated by
,ther smelters and the returns from
hese and the FL Paso shelter viii be
figured out in connection with bids for
-ea1 MT a there been ]
sufficient time for q thorough estab-
ishment of what the approximate ex-
ent of the lead silver may be and
what II may be expected. to average !
This lead silver body is now producing
bout a car Of ore a day, and. if the
,Ompanv fishes, the production can
steadily increased from now on.
7he body is being explored on the 500, {
100 and 600 foot levels. from all three
# which production is being made