El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-18
MINING NEWS
SUIT DOES NOT
STOP MINE WORK
With the Exception Of Main
Tunnel, Inspiration Con
solidated Is Active.

. --,ir,+5or Consolidated the ldleneSS en-
rorca5 in the main transportation tun-
mel by the Keystone suit has had no
I effect upon any other portion Of the
WORKINGS. The usual rate of work is
being maintained in the blocking out
Of the Colorado ore body, which viii
he worked by the caving system being
! enDlOved at the Ray Consolidated,
diTferfnr from that used by the Miami
Copper At the 1--we as sTCl ION, OF
the mine an Aldrich vertical IrlpleX
electric pump is being installed 1t
will have a lift OF 100 leet
Work at the mill site and on the
railroad grade between the mine and
mill site IS proceeding rapidly and the
! grading for the cruSners at the Main
East and West Shafts IS almost com
pIete- -
At the Miami Copper company
property the mine 1Orce IS rapidly
overcoming the check imposed upon
ore contraction by the cave Of April
II. and il is expected UAat the normal
output viii again be reached IN the
near future. Investigation subsequent
TO the cave mas resulted In the con-
cluSiOn that the settling OF the. cap
ming was largely due TO the presence
of a fault whose presence was not
apparent upon the surface and re-
vcaIed only after the Gaping came
49, Iron Cap OrebOdy Larger.
The Iron Cap is keeping up It's eN-
I ccuent shipping record, having shipped
a 55-ton carload OF 10 peIceht oEe-
The ore in the easterly drift on the
661-fOOt level is increasing ana re-
mains as high in value as ever ABOUT
40 feet east Of the shaft the mann
lead is crossed by another vein at an
acute angle Forty feet beyond TINS
I crOss-vein the ore in the face OF the
drift is turning to caurse OF norln
[ 20 degrees east As the cross en-
. rrHh no
angle of north, IS degrees east, the
veins probably meet at a point not
very far from the present face OF the
drift. and a greatly increased ore
body should be encountered there.
Like the main lead the cross-yein mas
not yet been explored suItclenlly
/ laterally to show It's width ana us
drift is turning TO a course OF north
height and depth also are unknown
From present Indications the iron Gap
/ is on the verge OF an ore increase o.
I considerable magnitude
At the southwestern Miami IJeEelop-
ment cOmpanys ground, drill hole No
/ is now 1873 feet deep, No IA 80
/ feet IN depth and No. 10 close TO 10
New shaft to BE sunk.
At the Inspiration Extension prop
] crtv the ground has been cleared Tor
I beginning of the shaft, and material
4 is being hauled to the ground, ad-
! joining Inspiration Consolidated on
I the northwest, TO erect head frame
] 4 25-hOrSe power gasoline hoist en-
! zine formerly used at the Globe Mich
{ igan property, is being installed at the
/ Inspiration Extension, and other nee
I essary equipment viii be secured i'm
mediateIy.
Elaborate Tests nt Hayden
J s j. GOrmIy. formerly in charge OF
/ the smeIter at CerrO de PascO, IS con-
I Quoting an elaborate series OF tests at
/ Hayden TO determine the exact result
+ of the treatment OF Ray Consolidated
I ores by the American Smelling and Re
/ filming smeitery at that plasce- The
I result of the tests viii be the basis
/ of a new Ions term contract between
! the Ray Consolidated and the A 3 x
I r. Co. The tests, which include fue
{ and gases. viii cover a period OF
about so days, being half finished TO
Superior & Boston Repairs.
/ AT the Superior q Boston the ship
I ments have been temporarily delayed
/ by the imperative necessity Tor re-
! pairs including work on the shaft and
] laying of Jurn-Sheets. etc The sup
/ ply of railroad cars is normal again
I and the 5. & 3. viii experience no an
/ fiCulty in shipping three carloads OF
! ore daily, as soon as the repairing IS
I finished. two or three days hence The
] pump has been installed on the 1000
( foot level. Ore extraction continues IN
| the east and west drifts of the $50
{ foot level both faces continuing in
/ excellent copper ore
Arizona Commercial Development
per Hill shaft is finished for all pres
I ent purpose of development at depth
of 1900 feet. The AldTiCh vertiCa
l tripIeN electric pump to be installed
: should arrive within few days
( Drifting from the bottom levels Of the
( shaft is beginning
Vice president J. Parke Claiming OF
I the Miami Copper Co, mas returned
/ from a trip to the Cumpas district,
/ Sonora, Mexico
/ Superintendent r. R Boyd of the
/ Arizona Commercial is in California
Magma May Have Railroad.
I The Magma mines last shipment of
/ ore Melted the company about $4,000,
/ a record price for a carload of cop
/ per ore The ore at present shipped
[ from this mine is almost a pure chai-
I cocite. 1t averages well above so per
/ cent copper and contains some silver
I There are persistent rumOrs here to
! the effect that railroad branch viii
| be built from the main line OF the
I Southern Pacific at Florence, 80 miles
! from Superior. but nothing can be
! learned from railroad or mine OIL
] ials However. the costly conStruC-
I ton of an electric transmission line
( being built here from Roosevelt.
! through Miami, and the fact that the
/ great richness of the ore shipped from
/ the Magma. makes it almost certain
I that only the richest ore body is be-
/ ing extracted until installation Of tina
I electric line makes operation of mill
/ and concentration of larger ore eN-
] traction possible. would seem to lndi-
/ cate a program of future development
! that viii include a railroad from
/ Florence The Gum * Thompson peO-
! pie continue their policy of refusing
| an Information concerning the Magma,
I with exception OF giving out the re-
I turns from ore shipments, and refuse
/ to allow anyone to enter the mine.
q. a 4. at Superior.
/ The Calumet & Arizona is working
] steadily at the ground il has bonded
/ from DagEs. Thompson and Newman,
| south of the Magma The develop
/ ment work at present consists of a
/ shaft and tunnel The shaft at present
! is nearing a depth of $50 feet and the
I tunnel has passed the 900-fOot mark.
/ Both the shaft and tunnel are below or
I west of the ledge. which lies higher up
{ the mountain. Thetunnel is being driven
/ eastward to serve as q working adir
( and Will serve to some extent as an
/ exploration integer of the mines work
/ 1t passes to the north of the shaft at
I q distance of about 200 feet from the
/ latter and is being connected with the
/ shaft by a drift driven from a point
I $50 feet below the collar of the lat
/ ter
About 90 men are employed at thee.
I & s.. A shortage of labor at pres
! ent is somewhat hampering the opcr-
! atoms of the company
Phelps-DOdge Abandon Option.