El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-31
MINING NEWS
MIAMI MAY GET
SMELLING PLANT
The Purchase of Inspiration
Stock by AmalgamatedIs
Thought Significant.

1uOuS4J ~ ILL
Miami Ariz. May 31-That a smelt-
ing plant will be built here to handle
/ the immense output Of copper concen-
trates that viii follow the completion
! Of present plans at the Inspirations
: huge property. is admitted. but officials
I Of the two largest miues-Insplratlon
/ and Hiami-have nothing definite 10
say on the subject. Beside the 1OO,OOy,-
900 pounds annual output or these wv
mining properties future tueLG
smaller properties beng oeNeIop,tIf
whose final ascertained tonnage VIII
. add materially to the district S. prouug4-
I ton, and westward from 1ll%Il- Iugi E ~
/ mtneralized zone OF vast area y rs -
] scores of prospects twill furnish ore LOT
B custom smeltery at Miami, InelI Only
/ possible shipping point ,..-.-.-
{ Age the purchase of 10000 snares OF
{ Inspiration Copper by the Arnalsa-
mated IS significant OF LL9 IIiLs- u .s-+
/ Smelling & Refining company 5 Al .[tSslg -
I in the future smeltcry OF the SlIalllL
( district. Commenting upon the mal1ei
the ,feOE DuIcFass Of 80 900 shares Of
! Inspiration Copied by the Amal garnaleI
! Copper company gives the latter pI
tlge IN the porphyry 0ranch r OF El.S il
I ouSLry- IL appears LnaL ms ~ q -
3 stock was purchased by AInalsalllttlSu
( considerably below $50 per snare 1LSpl-
/ ration will have a production OF dDoL-
Z so 600 600 mounds of COPPER per year,
I and it is Understood that the Interna-
: tiOnal Smelling & Refining company.
I more than 40 percent OF the STOCK OF
I which is held by AmalgamaIeQ. WIZ
] build a shelter to handle. the prOduct OF
] Inspiration 1t has been known rlgl-
Z along tnat Amalgamated was clOsely
! identified with Inspiration, but the an
{ nOuncement in the annual report issued
4 recently was the first 1TL1lulaIlOn as 70
Z the amount Of stock acquired
Z When the above facts are taken In
f conjunction with the scrutiny Of the en-
( tire western portion Of the Miami dis
] trict and adjacent territory Dy a MI
Z ami engineer in search OF iron pros
] poets and other material required Tor
/ flux and reducing in smelling plants,
4 there Is nothing snort OF acLQdL an
! uOuncement by company officials lack
] ing in the way Of proof that Miami and
I Inspiration viii soon build a common
! smelter or separate plants here
/ working 40 Men.
At the Copper Hill shaft OF the Ar1-i
I IONA Commercial the exploration anu
] development work is continuing at
Z brisk pace The shipments OF ore are
I still small but the sinking and olner
Z work of the program being pursued ~
I the present management mas FequlIel
! the services Of the greater pOrJl0n OF
I the working force The smart VIII De
Z finished within a week at depth OF
viii be begun The mine IS beng
T worked by two shifts, the entire force
Railroad work Is Pushed.
1 Work on the railroad grade between
I he main east and west SnaIJS OF Ine
B TuspiratiOn Consolidated company S
. mine and its mill site is being carried
i on at a normal gait, but all work al
] the mil site is at a standstlu, pending
the result Of the location tests DelnS
Z made at the COmp2Hys eXperlrnellIa TAI
Z mill To date the tests are supposed TO
Z have been satisfactory. but until ores
/ from every portion OF the mine nave
I been handled by the new process moth
ing definite in the way OF mill con-
structiOn viii be contemplated
The persistent rumOrs OF immediate
erection Of a 500 ton experimental mill
. apparently have no foundation In fact
the smaller test mill being wholly ade-
( quate for such purpose 1nere nave
. been some purchases by the Inspiration
/ company Of material TO be used in the
test plant, but it is Of such nature that
it can also be used for the mill as orig
I inaly planned in the event OF the uOta-
/ ton process proving Impracucable-
Near the Geneva mine. a cLusher
D plant is being erected Tor use curing
the erection Of the mill, and between
Z there and the mill site a large bin for
screening sand and gravel for use IN
I the construction OF the cOncentraIor IS
virtually finished
Iron Caps lIny Output.
The Iron Cap had shipped 215 tons
Of ore to the FL PasO Smeltery May -,
had another car holding "a tons ready
for shipment. and expected to ship still
i. another Of about the same tonnage be
fore today. altogether an output Tor
Nay in excess Of its homogeneous Tor
mer estimate Of a possible 300 tons 1Oz
the month. The ore on the go foot
level continues In richness ana WlCIn
as it was when first reached, and the
same two foot StrlnEer OF unusually
rich copper glance and high grade sill
yer remains in the face Of the drift.
The Iron Cap is greatly bothered BY
l shortage OF cars and could have
shipped much more ore were II not for
the present restraint imposed BY the
I railroads lack Of rolling stock The
I May shipments all were made after the
10th Of the month. labor troubles at FL
81 n
/ embargo on the Copper Hill mines ship
ments previous to that date.
Car Shortage Felt.
At the Superior & Boston the output
was materially retarded during May by
/ the labor strikes at FL PasO smeltertes
: and subsequent shortage Of cars The
latter check TO the mines output was
/ partially due to the fact that the Miami
[ district was using every car empued
Of concentrates and ore, the Black War
riOr alone shipping about 1000 tons OF
ore during the month.
I The week beginning May IS was
marked BY cOnEesued ore bins on the
{ surface and packed ore shoots under
ground The Arizona Eastern railroad
J is endeayorlng Co supply the needed
cars, and has ordered three more daily
I from the Southern Pacific. but up to
the end Of the month no relief had been
[ obtained The suD-leVel l140 1eeC below
l the sixth leTell continues It's excellent
showing, both the east and west faces
( continuing In excellent copper ore, and
elsewhere the aspect of the mine is
more promising than at any time dur
ing its existence.
Working Spring Creek Claims.
In the northern part of ella county
several prospects are being worked by
Z their owners and some Of the are
making excellent shOwings- Dan r.
Williamson and A ID. Williamson, Of
Globe, are working their group Of six
I claims on Spring creek in Pleasant val
ley. seven miles from Young. The for
nation or the group generally IS
quartzite and schist, with some evidence
of limestone sedimentaries. The prop
I erty, which the Williamson brothers
have been developing rather steadily
for about a year. keeping one man con-
I stanty at work there. has a tunnel on
the lead about 240 feet long The tun-
mel has been following a lode Of rich
ore that uniformity occurs on the con-
tact Of the 0uartzite and schist- 1t as
says about $40 gold and carries a few