El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-02
MINING NEWS
IS GREATEST Of
G0NGRETING TASKS
Junction Shaft of G. G A,
VIII Be Ready Before
Contract Time.

Bisbee Ariz-, Aug. 1.-The cOncret-
ing Of the junction shaft of the CaIu-
met and Arizona, said to be the great
est piece Of mine concreting ever at
tempted in America, will be brought to
completion by September !, according
to company officials The cOncreting
of the Junction was commenced ar the
bottom of the accompaniment 1900
foot shaft eight months ago It was es-
timated at that time that ten months
would be required to complete the
work and that If done IN that time it
would represent a very fast piece OF
WORK The original estimate on time
will be beaten by a month. Shaft con-
Creting, so far as records are available
in Bisbee, has never been carried on in
such an extensive manner as in the
case Of the Junction. Practically all
cOncreting in this country has been
carried on at low depths, most Of it in
the Lake Superior country. In this
state the deepest shaft to be concerted
is one Of the Old Dominion at Globe,
which has been finished 700 feet down.
In the Junction the additional problem
Of carrying on the work in five com
partments and not interfering with the
steam pipes, water columns and other
equipment has been encountered and
successfully met Don Raft is IN
charge Of the work.
The Junction has five compartments
one 11-foot,i a 4-fOOt and three 5-foOt.
When the cOncreting is brought to the
top there viii probably be another
months work in hanging new cages It
will be ready for commission, however,
close around October l. The work IS
now within $50 feet Of the collar and
excellent Roadway is being made.
ships Second Car of Ore
The Higgins Leasing company mas
sent out the second car of ore mined
from its lease since undertaking the
development Of silver-lead values IN
the Higgins Mining company ground.
The first car, sent out two weeks ago,
made returns averaging SSe to the ton.
While the margin Of profit left from
this figure is not large, the company
considers that IL is satisfactory IN view
of the development completed to date
The officials are expecting that almost
any time now an ore body that viii
greatly improve on the present figures
viii be encountered. The last car
shipped is likely to run better than $50,
though no large increase is anticl-
pated- From the $50 IL is necessary
to pay all charges Of mining, shipping
and treatment. besides paying royalty
to the owner Of the property on each
ton of ore extracted
ore taken from the mine to date has
come from the raise from the drift The
raise was run IN on ore that was en-
cOuntered on the drift and this ore has
improved in quality as well as guam
tity. It is in the main drift, however, /
IudL Luey are LOOKING luE the Dls Doug-
The drift is now getting along to /
point that must be near where the
Uncle Sans rich ore should break into
The Higgins
Pay Rolls Break Record.
Bisbee pay rolls are now the largest /
in the history Of the camp, despite the /
fact that it is midsummer and the time /
Of the year when plans have been made /
to have the smallest employment in all /
divisions Past seasons have taught I
that 1t is the summer months that I
find labor least available, and for that 1
lay out work so that in June, July and !
August the minimum forces are re- !
quired- In September, plans call for 1
increased work all along the line. and i
the two following months viii bring !
the requirements to the top. In the !
summer months the miners from all !
over this section go to Colorado camps, |