El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
INNING NEWS
INCREASING WORK
At GAHAIEh PLANT
Concentration is Again IN
COmmissiOn-Other Mines
Resume at Cananea.


Lananea, Son, Mex, May 21.-Opera-
tons of the Cananea Consolidated Cop
per company are being gradually in
creased, and at the present time there
are about 200 OF $500 men employed
In the various departments. A month
ago there were only 1900 or 1900 men
employ ed work has been resumed in
a number Of the mines in q small scale,
and the number employed viii be
gradually increased. The PuertOcitus
mine was reOpened last week and ship
ments TO the shelter are now being
made There is but a small force Of
men employed there but the number is
10 be larger IN the near future The
work is in charge of Henry BOllWeg,
who was superintendent Of the Su-
perlOr BONANZA mine near Imuris,
which was being operated by the Ca
nanea company, but operations were
discontinued on account Of the IN
settled conditions preventing the re-
Ceipt Of supplies. This week work was
resumed at the Neta No. 5 mine one
shift being employed. a shift of man
was also put at work in the low grade
ore body in the CapOte mine
Concentration Operating.
During the week the concentration
was again placed in operation with one
section in use, three shifts being en-
plOyed The Neta 5, Capote and Puer-
tOcitos mines are furnishing the mild
with ore. Later, another section OF the
mill viii be again in operation
:
GaCes are in use, besides two convert
ers- There are two reverberatory fur
naces also in use at present The
smeIter is now making an average OF
20 tons Of copper daily
DemOeTafa Resumes.
The Democrat Mining company. Of
Cananea, is again almost running nor
malIy, about 800 men being employed
In the mine and smelter- The shelter
is making an average of 25O0 pounds
Of q "a &C. q
produces that amount The matte is
converted In the smelter OF the Cananea
company The Democratic smelter is
running with one furnace, the new one,
Of go tons capacity, while the old fur
mace, Of half that size. VIII probably
soon be again in operation The mine
is producing $50 tons OF ore daily The
ore carries gold and silver TO such an
amount that 1T increases its output
One-1Ourth In value. Most Of the ore
comes from the 500 foot level. C. e
Hoffman is manager and H. S. Mckay
superintendent
shipping Concentrates.
The Calumet q Sonora, Of Cananea
Mining company. which recently was
forced to suspend operations, due to 5Is
inability to dispose Of its product. for
the reason that a strike was on at the
El Paso smelter. is now shipping its
concentrates, having secured the
necessary cars to do So Operations
viii again be resumed in the near fu-
rure, or as soon as the returns Of the
sale of concentrates are received De
veIopments in the mine, especially on
the 900 foot level, are very gratifying
TO the management Some good ore has
been encountered in the south drift
on that level which averages Is. percent
lead IL percent zinc and I percent
copper. Fifty feet of the ore has been
passed through and the face Of the
drift is stiu in the ore. No crOsscuJ-
ting has yet been done to ascertain the
extent of the body. w r. Tangye is
in charge Of the operations.
ChenOWitl brothers. OF NOgales