Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-28
FOUR c. COMPANY
IS NOW DOING VAST
DEVELOPMENT WORK
New and Important Shaft Is
Being Sunk on Capote
Property Where Ore Bod
les Are Believed 70 Be
DETAILS OF WORK
ARE INTERESTING


CANANEA. Son. Mex. Jan. 27-
The Cananea Consolidated Copper
company is az the present time doing
more actual mining and develop
Inent work at its various properties
han Il has done for quite few years
About the most important work being
done at the present time is the sink
ing Of a new shaft at the Capote
mine. This work has been under way
for some time and the skaft has nov
reached a depth OF soc feet. being
connected al every level with the
old shaft a short distance away. The
latest reports are 20 the effect that
on the 700foot level the drift has
teen run 70 the new shaft and the
shaft is now being raised from that
level The shaft VII 20 down TO the
l0oO-foot level before sinking Is
stopped On the surface. at the new
shaft, bins have been installed. bel,
conyeyor completed and everything
placed in readiness for the operation
Of the new shaft when completed. The
ore body at the capote is considered
by many to lie the richest as well as
largest in the camp.
The Henrietta
Tune! l3 of the Henrietta mine. To-
Gated towards Puertocitos from the
Henrietta shaft proper, has been cut
shout l65 feet INTO the hill where "A
carbonate ore body has been encoun.
cred. AS TO the importance OF the
ind. nothing can be said at present
as the tunnel has only recently en-
countered the ere.
Actual mining has been resumed
in the Henrietta mine after having
been discontinued for q number of
months during which time only de
velOpment work was done The min
ing operations are being conducted
on the 400-foot level. An important
bit o. work was recently completed
4 AT PUeriocItos. Tunnel No 81 has
been driven completely through the
hill, or mountain. being "holed'' re-
Gently. The tunnel is a little over
1900 feet in length. This tunnel is
/ TO De used for a motor lire which viii
| carry the ores from the Elenita mine
/ when operations are again under way
at the latter property of the com
paHy, 10 the bins az PuerteCitos. The
motor line is 10 run on the surface
between the portals of tunnel 81 from
] Puertecitos and Elanita No. 1.
A drift is at present being run TO
( connect shafts 4 and at Puertecitos.
( which will soon he completed. Shaft
has already been connected with tun
mel Il by means Of a raise Of 100
( teet, and exploration. work is being
done in that working in an endeayor
( to ascertain the extent of the ore body
/ which IS at present being mined from.
tunnel IA. The ma ioTity Of the ores
mined az Puertecitos comes out of the
Ore body reached by Tunnel Il
{ which is the lowest tunnel at that
portion Of the camp. Work has beer.
resumed in the breast OF Tunnel II
and ii VIII be continued clear through
the mountain. Puertecitos promises
to furnish a goodly portion Of the
ores for the smeltef in the future.
Outside the District
The company mas beer doing some
work outside of the heart of the dis
trict for the past FIVE months or so
Some time ago contracL vas let fol
1 some work on It's Chippewa deuouHce
mcnt, located about u miles south
east of the city, and a tunnel wa
driven ? distance o. goo feet Later
raise was made 10 the surface at th'
end OF the tunnel, and the result,
Brought BY this work we're so encour
| aging that the raise was made a shat
and sunk until at present il is dow
TO depth of about $50 feet or more
Except the first 100 feet of the tun
nel, most OF the work was done in /;
leached ground containing consider
3 bic iron. Native gold and silver hay,
been encountered in this leache'
material and the conditions warran
the belief that with greater depth COP
per win be found.
Calumet & Sonora.
About two miles northwest of Car
anea is located the main shaft Of tn
: Calumet & Sonora OF Cananea Min
szg company. S. A. which has beef
making considerable headway bot
in development ana in Improvement
10 the equipment. Ever since the re
/ organization Of The company IN Jun
OF 1912. the company has been fol
, lowing a lire OF work which include
tlle making Ct many improvement
, and developing the property At tn
, / time the company was re-organize
il was decided to electTify the entir
| plant because Of the ;:igh cost Q
! steam as power. The installation Q
2 new air compressor, electric pumI
/ double-drula electric hoist pickin
heit and crusher, etc, was decide
upon. besides TO persue a system Q
! development work during the intern
awaiting the arrival OF the new ma
, chiRery. Now most Of this new eQuiI
pient has been received and installed
} and as soon as everything is in rese
:, mess operations viii be conducted o
a much larger scale than at the pres
ent time
In development work. crosscut Nj
20. on the 300-foOt level, was started
? it being the intention 20 get out al