El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
MINING NEWS
WORK TO BEGIN
ON HIGGINS LEASE
Wolverine Mine Is Shipping
Daily; Gets Ore Through
Higgins Tunnel.

Bisbee, ARK. March 15.-Work on
the Higgins lease will probably com
menoe next week. The company has
been incorporated for 5000 and plans
for extensive workings are now under
way. Every Indication is that ore Of
good grade will be found on the isase.
The Higgins tunnel, which runs
through the property, abuts on the
wolverine property and ore. in paying
quantities has been found at the VOL
VERNE line. 1t is also anticipated that
lead-silver values viii be encountered.
The Wolverine mine is now shipping
daily, taking its ore through the Htg-
gins tunnel For some times past il
has been the general impression that
the Wolverine management has been
idle, debating the levying Of an assess
ment, but this is incorrect The com
pany is already on a half self-sustain-
ing basis on the ore that is now be-
ing shipped, and considerable develop
ment work is being understaken- The
Wolverine is now working about 700
feet below the surface. They have a
contract permitting them to operate
through the Higgins tunnel to their
own ground. The company is now ship
ping on an average OF u tons Of ore
a day. This ore runs in the neighbor-
hood of II per cent copper, eight per
cent lead and four ounces silver. This
makes good return, and further de-
bring Wolverine into prominence.
Under general development the pros
pecting Of the Copper Queen toward
the old Copper King property is the
erence to large bearing upon expan-
sion of the proved ore one OF the i'm
mediate district The Copper Queen has
already done considerable deV eiopmene
work on the Copper King property with
the churn drill and later this form Of
development has been tried in the vi
cinity OF the old Stag dump. All OF
these developments showed satisfac-
tory results and viii result in the Cop
per Queen adding to its operating ter
ritOry a considerable new slicing ter
ritOry. Across the gulch there has
been carried out q drift OF probably
l,5O0 feet from the Holbrook shaft to-
ward the Copper King. This drift
stops a short distance from the King
and will be followed Immediately by
another from the 30O-fOot level The
present drift is only about Is feet be-
low the surface. 1t is in fair grade Of
ore all the way. Should the 30o-foOt
drift find this ore a new body Of large
value will have been discovered.
Operations have started on the Com
monWealth Extension property at
PearCe. which was recently taken
over and financed by Bisbee capital A
shaft viii be sunk on the Arthur claim
to cut the ledge. 1t is planned to
make the shaft a double compartment
one. 4 to "A feet. Lem Stallings, SUI
perintendent, is now on the ground and
will have actual charge of the de-
velopment work. The machinery. con-
sisting of hoists, engines, boilers and
a compressor, are now on the way or
have been received a. the property.
A large gang Of men is at work and
already considerable work has been
done in grading for the foundations
and working directly on the collar of
the shaft. The Extension property di-
zs.s- - h ~
wealth mine. It is believed that the
rich veins OF the Commonwealth ex-
tend into the Extension property. The
proposition is q gOld-silYer o.