El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-31
MINING NEWS
NEWT PREGIPITATIN6
PLANT TO Be BUILT
VIII Supplant the One at the
Gar Shaft and is
Much Larger.

Bisbee, Ariz., May 31--Bids are be-
ing advertised by the Copper Queen
for the erection of a new precipitation
plant The plant viii supplant that
now located at the Gar shaft. The
present plant viii be torn down to
make room for the operations directly
associated with the mining division, in
the extensive improvements and alter
ations in Naco road canyon, on which
a large force has been employed Tor
some weeks The new preclpltatlng
plant viii be considerably larger than
that now in service.
In the call for bids IL IS specl1led
that about 5000 cubic yards OF grad
ir., will be required. Twelve wooden
tanks viii be constructed while ABOUT
IS. 900 feet Of timber viii be utilized
in the building Of fumes, tracks, etc
All materials are to be 1urnlSneu Dy
+be rOropanv The old precipitating
plant which was erected several years
ago. has resulted in the saving OF
many thousands Of tons OF copper 20
the company each year The water
from some Of the shafts is so impreg-
mated with copper that, by deposlIlng
tin cans. scrap iron and OLner metals
in the tanks, the copper metal is Qe-
posted and from the resulting mass an
average assay Of something IKE IL per
cent ia copper IS obtained Hundreds
of dollars worth Of old scrap metal has
been used By the preclpltaung plant
Recently. when the city had a gen
eraI cleanup. about dozen tons OF
old scrap metal was collected and THIS
was purchased by the Copper Queen
The mining industry Of the Warren
district viii be seen in actual Oper-
alton all over the world John T. COVE
and Arnold T. smith Of q motion pic
ture company are here and are making
arrangements to take moving pictures
Ha"
Of every phase OF lne "olA- opeelai
Illuminating apparatus has been Sc
cured so that the pictures may be taken
deep down in the mines and every
phase of the production OF copper
from its first being aug rom lle
earth to its smelling at Douglas, VIII
be shown
Underground Wealth Enormous.
An experienced mining engineer here
has made the statement that in recent
--ears and at the present time prob
ably half of the output OF the district
comes from discoveries made at odd
places in the course OF the conducting
Of the general system OF DEVELOPMENT
In other words, half Of the output or
10000. 900 pounds OF copper Lne an
nuaI production of the district, is clean
pickup in so far as the estimated ton
mage possessed by the mines at the pc
ginning of each year is concerned
This statement gives an Insight into
the tremendous wealth Of the under
=
trfcr and the constant gain that is be-
ing made TO these with less effort and
larger results than is PROBABLY recoEQed
in the history of any otner camp
Known ore bodies are located ana
blocked out to the extent OF enabling
the obtaining Of accurate tonnage 1ig-
Ures that show great activity for the
camp for many years TO come
BY reason OF the finds being made
almost continually Of lesser ore bodies
that are removed in whole or In part
to make way for the main Development
] these blocked out ore bodies are Win
every days life given additional IKE
in the proposition that the cnalce
find relieves the main body from pro-
ductiOn to fiji the daily requirements
OF the smelter Although many Ct
these finds are spoken Of as chance
finds, this is true only IN part as tneFe
is probably no district in the country
that has been as thoroughly and ac-
Curately gone over with a view 70 ue-
finately locating ore bodies me en-
tire net work OF tunnels IS All care
fully mapped out and affords every
4 facility for expeditions movement
Demand for Small Properties.
For some time past there was lit
tie demand for small mining proper
ties in the district, but recently the
demand has become strong One rea-
son for this is the taking over by the
Calumet and Arizona Of the saginaw
which revived interest in mines outside
OF the big companies Another impetus
is the development Of the big com
panies, which shows that what was
considered the known ore area mas
greatly increased
William Swiney, a former mine SUI
perintendent here but now connected
with the 1Toctezuma Copper company
at NacOzari, is in the city on bust
ness Mr. Swiney states that operating
conditions at NacOZari are again
smooth and that everything is going
along we'll