El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-19
MINING NEWS
NEW HOSTS PUT
IN INSPIRATION
RUmOrs Circulated that Flo
tatiOn Process Is Not Al
together a Success.

! Globe, Ariz.. Feb. 19.-At the Inspira-
J ton Consolidated Copper cOmpany's
| property the installation of three so
! horsepower Allis Chalmers electric
hoists is practically completed. The
holsts are being placed at the ScOr-
! plOn, Main West and Incline shafts.
/ Inc Incline shaft has been sunk 100
( feet below the $3.50 (Sea leyeD tunnel
| and will be sunk another 40 feet to
/ provide a stump. After completion of
I the stump a vertical Two compartment
/ raise Will be lifted from the incline
] shaft at the top of the stump. The raise
! q $50 ton pocket Will be cut. Waste
| from the pocket will be dropped
4 through the vertical raise and hoisted
/ through the incline shaft to the Joe
] Bush tunnel and thence trammed to the
In the incline tunnel contractor
Flynn is averaging set Of timbers
RumOrs Concerning New Process.
Unauthorized reports prevail in this
| region to the effect that the flOtatiOn
| process OF ore extra ctiOn has resulted
I In uncertainty as to the manner in
J which the Inspiration mill is to be con-
| structed, whether to contain tables or
the flOtatiOn equipment The flOtatiOn
process, which extracts the ore BY &C
! ton of oil and acid, according TO its
manufacturers, IS more effective than
the table, saving a greater percentage
I OF ore and operating at a lower cost.
Continued rumOr is to the effect that
the Inspiration mill grading is at q
standStll and that two units of the
Ray Consolidated at Hayden are being
| held up until the flOtatiOn process tests
have reached stage where they viii
be convincing
None of the officials of the two COM
panics admit that there is anything TO
the report Chief engineer NJ Kenyon
Burch IN charge of construction OF the
Inspiration concentration says that the
experimental plant being used by the
! company to test the flotation process
n oh Hnsa inf "a
the Inspiration has paid any great
amount Of attention to the matter The
fact that the grading on the mill site
has virtually stopped, he saws. is be-
cause of the cOmpany's program Of
having the railroad grading and the
excavation for the mill finished about
the same time. The steam shovel for
merly used on the mill site is now en-
plOyed on the railroad grading to the
west of the former.
Hole Nc. g Completed
The South Live Oak drill No fin
ished the hole at a depth Of 1017 feet
in ground.
Has Much Commercial Ore.
The Superior & Boston has cOnsid-
erably in excess OF 70 feet of CONNER
cial ore in the raise that IS now about
25O feet above the sOutheasterly drift
on the 500 foot level While the raise
has been in ore from the beginning it
has been averaging as high as nine
percent IN copper Tor more Inan me
last 20 feet cut The ore Is copper
glance and the average width Of the
shoot is about seven feet. partly mined
and partly revealed by drilling towards
the hanging wall 1t appears that the
ore is dipping from the raise southeast
erly under Quo Vadis hill. This will
necessitate driftinE, in that direction
on the 500 and 1000 feet levels TO eN-
plOre the 'ore body beneath the hill In
the southeast drift on the 500 foot level
the showing is so encouraging that 1t
is certain the 100 foot level will be
driven ahead very soon The mine has
been shipping excellent ore TO the Old
Dominion shelter at the rate of five
carloads weekly and as soon as the
raise has established connection be
tween the SOC and 500 foot levels the
shipments can be increased to a car
load daily. If the ore continues above
the 600 foot level the shipments can
be still further increased 10 two car
Shipments Increased.
At the Iron Cap mine the shipments
for January were considerably smaller
than for the preceding month, because
q the li-CL es-Ssu gSf e4o pIllSILt WIZ VI
the $50 foot level to explore the ore
body farther to the eastward and to-
wards the Arizona Commercial end line.
the management having decided to
drive the drift 651 feet farther east
ward before extending the stopping on
that level
The shutes are being enlarged to a
depth of 20 feet. which will allow
larger shipments in future.
stu Sinking Copper Hill Shaft.
At the Copper Hill shaft OF the Ari-
IONA commercial properly SINKING ~
being continued below the 500 foot
level Until the completion OF the new
Old Dominion concentration in the early
fall ii is probable that all work in
the Arizona Commercial will be con-
fined to development and opening up
the ore body. An interesting feature
of the Copper Hill shafts equipment is
the crOsshead now being used there
during the sinking. The great danger
formerly existing in the probability of I
the crOsshead becoming caught in the
shaft as the bucket was lowered and !
afterward falling upon the men being |
lowered on the bucket is Obviated by
the one now being used It is con-
structed as a platform and the men (
ride upon il instead of the bucket !
Should it become hung up" in the |
shaft an improbable occurrence be /
cause of the added weight of the men, 1
its occupants would Immediately sig
nal the engineer and stop their de- I
scent.
There are about 200 tons Of high 1
grade copper ore on the dump Of the 4
Idaho property in the Dripping Springs z
district awaiting shipment. The prop /
erty is owned by J. p. Hayward and [
Lyman c. Woods Assays from the /
property average 19 percent copper, {
81 in gold and I y ounces silver The [
ore will be shipped to the Fl PasO /
smelter by way Of Kelvin until the |
smelter at Hayden is ready to receive /
custom ores