El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24
MINING NEWS
At
BISBEE INCREASED
Heavy Demand For Copper
at 10 Use; Important
Strikes Made.

Bisbee. Ariz-, May 24-SteadiIy ad-
vancing bids in the price of copper
metal is regarded by local mining men
as highly favorable. Up to a COM
paratively short time ago the price
seemed to be anchored at l5 cents. At
this price with the constantly in
creasing devices for lowering both
cost of production and treating, good
returns were being made on all War
rem district properties. With the in
crease in price, however, a greatly in
creased production by the properties
now under development and the open
ing up OF new properties is already
noticeable, and this viii be on the in
crease as long as the price Of the metal
holds strong around the present price.
Latest quotations put the price at
Is IS with many sales at 10 cents re-
corded Another excellent feature is
that copper at this figure is only
booked for future delivery, as the
stock on hand is small and is showing
a decrease at each report Of the Cop
per Producers association Under
the stimulus such new development as
the Higgins claim in the new develop
creased output at. both the Calumet
and Arizona and Copper Queen may be
noted.
The big ore finds at the Lowell
Uncle sam and the Sacramento. all Of
the Copper Queen, continue 10 give
satisfactory results Combined. the ad-
ditiOns- made to ore reserves and re-
sources by the Copper Queen, shat
tuck and Calumet and Arizona during
the year show a wonderful increase
brought about without extra effort
and in the regular order Of the systa-
matte Development and prospecting OF
established workings which Is contln-
ually going on The figures give
good idea of the seemingly unending
resources Of the district
Makes Important Strikes.
Besides the big ore bodies that have
been opened up on the Copper Queen
properties, the Calumet and Arizona
has reported some important finds
that viii greatly add to the resources
of that company The Junction SHAFT
IS the most important in these recent
developments Confidence that there
was considerable ore body 10 the
to do extensive prospecting in that
direction This persistent effOr. which
was attended by many disappO1ntments
finally resulted in amply proving the
wisdom of the great extra work as
the drift has encountered high grade
sulphide body, entered from the l5OO
foot level Of the mine. So lar the
company has opened into this ore Tor
more than 100 feet with the end not
vet in sight. The find was made near
the end Of the Copper Queens Hard
Scramble claim and has a bearing on
a considerable area in that territory.
CrUsscutting in this body. is now un-
der way which is proving TO be one
Of the richest finds Of the year
Excellent returns are coming from
the Briggs shaft of the same company
Here the company is opening another
big ore body. just south Of the SHAFT
and at the 1900 foot level. The body
is a big one and the discovery is an
important one as the Briggs is located
at what has generally been believed
as the sOutherly ore bearing area Ct
the district This particular body OF
ore was entered for a distance Of about
80 feet some two years ago but more
pressing work came I'D at that time
and the work was temporarily aban-
dOned. There was some ground for
doubt at that time as to whether the
ore TO the south would develop to an
important extent but this has been en-
tirely done away with by the work re-
Gently prosecuted. for the find Of two
years ago is developing into big and
rich ore body It is now being drifted
and prosecuted with excellent reSul-s.
An important feature in connection
with the ore is that the body does
not appear to be connected with other
developed ore Of the mine, being ap-
parenrly a large and independent de-
posit Streaks of rich ore are being
found over a considerable area to the
south of the Briggs and, although not
productive Of results, the entire sur
very of the area is favorable to big
results. Whatever may be picked up
viii be pure gain to the district, as
tt viii be at q point two miles or more
from where anyone would have con-
coded the presence Of ore showing at
depth is years ago
AFlzpe and Chispns Undisturbed.
r. B. Phillips. superintendent of the
Maria Mines company, below Arizpe,
Son. and W. H. Roberts mining en-
gineer with the same company, are IN
the city. Conditions about Arizpe