El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-22
MINING NEWS
RICH ORE FOUND
IN THE ALTO MINE
Bronco Mine Is Being Tn
watered; Shattuek Is
Heavy Shipper.

Bisbee. Ariz., Jan. Edward Nc
Donald who, with J. Fraser, mas the
lease on the Alto mine at Patag onls7
has received word that the mine prom
ises to be very heavy producer FROM
a sack of ore brought IN from the
mine, assays made IN patagonia snow nov
value of more than SIP ton Inc
knife blade streak first found IN the
tunnel has Widened out to better LnSin
four feet and shows lndieatlons thaI
II will be even wider. A large guam
tity of ore has been blocked out ana
is now ready for shipment to the
shelters
Bronco Being Unwatered.
Jack McGregor, president of the
CoT1nercfai club. mas returned from q
trip to the Bronco property, near
Charleston. Mr.. McGregor says EhaI
prior to the shutting down OF the mlne
some time ago, the shaft was down
some 500 feet Now that WoEk mas Deeu
resumed. the first work TO be taken
up is the unWatering Of the mlne ana
Mr.. Mc(Sregor reports that the water
is ont to a point between the ZOO ana
500 foot level. Fourteen men are now
employed at the property and the OWL a.
erss Pittsburg parties, are eApecI55o ~, -
silver proposition and it is expected
that the decision OF the owners AFTER
their arrival viii be to work it extern
siVely. A drift is to be started at the
200 foot level as soon as the unWaJer-
ing will permit
New System ESeduees Force.
It is stated by local mining men that
one of the most important improve
ments installed at the Copper Queen
mine during the past year IS the new
type OF cOnVerrefS- IneSe new con-
Terters are known as the basic lining
process, which takes the place Of the
old and expensive acid lining that has
been a feature in the converter process
of the past. BY the old method OF lin
ing COnVerters 1t was necessary TO pro-
vide a new lining for every ten tons
Of metal treated By the new system
more than 5000 tons Of metal may be
treated with one lining. This new lin
ing consists Of magnetic brick and is
something new in the mining industry.
By this new lining method the refining
department has been done away with
at the Copper Queen and with 1t went
As men who were required in the de-
DaTtment
With three reVerberatOry furnaces at
the Copper Queen mine, the company
VIII be enabled to keep two OF them
constantly in operation. Before the
third reverberatOry was installed re-
pair work on one Of the first two often
necessitated the closing down of the
reEerberatory plant.
J. W.. Williams, il, general manager
Of the MOntezuma Copper company, at.
NacOzari, is in the city
Shipping 80 Tons Daily.
The Shattuck-Arizona now he's about
LOCO, OO0 tons Of high grade ore blocked
out. The company IS now shipping
$50 tons a day to the c. & A. smelter
at Douglas. When the smelter is COM
pleted, which it is believed viii be
about the middle Of July, the present
shipments will be almost doubled.
Work on the cement foundation for
the new 800 ton reduction plant at the
Commonwealth property is well under
way The mill viii contain 80 1900
pound stamps and the total cost will
be about $500, 600. More than a mil
lion and half dollars worth Of low
grade ore has been blocked out.