El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-18

directorate Of the company. have been
out in the AjOs all week and IL IS gen
orally understood that their inspection
has proved the favorable reports made
on the property. There is considered 10
be no doubt but that the Calumet and
Arizona viii take over these properties
but announcement may not be made
until the expiration of the option pc
Rod. Oct ]. The AjOs ore body IS sub
jeCt to steam ShOvellng with practical
" no over burden TO remove, while me
ore viii be amendable to the teaching
process. through which copper is now
being recovered direct from the ores
at a cost Of cents per pound at
Butte
With the large numbers Of miners
in the district, approximately 5000,
which number has been showing
steady increase for months, II IS be
lieved that with the opening of the
Calumet and Arizona smelter at Doug
las, even a larger and quicker IN
crease in miners employed IN the War
ren district viii be shown
The increased operations Of the Calu-
met and Arizona and ShatIuck proper
ties, which are directly affected. ana
the further increase in Copper Queen
work necesSItated by the increasing OF
that cOmpany's smelter extensions,
VIII, mining men estimate. make lne
total number of miners employed here
well over the thousand mark in an
other IS months Besides the Smelter
increase there is the strong probability
Of concentration construction ana
operation here, as well as steam shovel
operations.
To Work on Every Level.
Shattuck-Arizona will be working on
its every level before the end of the
month They are now in the 200, with
new development driving toward lOca-
ton Of the big lime crystal cave found
on the 300 some weeks ago. The pump
is ready to be lowered to the 900 foot
level and the cleaning out of the water
here will soon be taken preparatory to
DEVELOPMENT work. The ., 3. 4, >, 8,
and 600 foot levels will thus be brought
under active development Each OF
these levels has already made good
showing and their working is expect
ed to result in excellent ore finds and
meeting Of the company, at which divi-
dend action will be taken up viii be
held on the 10th of this month,
In the matter of lead-SilVer ship
ments the company is now awaiting
the forwarding of a new contract from
the FL PasO shelter The new contract
will give better terms than heretofore
and it is expected that around 100 tons
per day viii be shipped. This viii re-
turn an average Of so net or some
thing like S435.OO0 per year which, as
the Shattuck is essentially copper
producer. is regarded as pure vel
vet" Besides this the ore shipments to
the Calumet and Arizona Smelter at
Douglas will gradually be increased
until in a few months, they viii aver
age 500 tons a day
Improved Methods Shown.
Nowhere is the improved methods in
smelling shown more clearly than in
the work now being carried on by the
Copper Queen at the old Stag dump
Here hundreds of tons OF what. a few
years ago. was considered waste Stag.
was dumped. This Stag was tested and
found to run u percent and better in
copper and the Queen has been busy
shipping IL to the smelter. The Stag
working is cheaper and surer than in
regular ore fields, as it is accurately
mapped out and, all being open work
ing and nothing but picks and shovels
needed. the work can be carried on at
a rapid rate
General auditor PAUL. of the CalU-
met and Arizona. and Cole-Ryan mold
ings was a business visitor.
C. S. Schultz superintendent Of the
PalOrias mines nesr NacOzari, is a Wis
itOr here.
c. Fritshfe. of the Mexican Metals
company, is here. He reports that che
work on the survey Of the Meals
property is going along satisfactorily
Charles HOlquist formerly chief me
chanic Of the Calumet and Arizona
shops. is in the city from Los Angeles
Parker WOOdman, of -he Common
wealth extension, spent a few days in
Bisbee on his way to the property at
Pearce.