Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21


 Hoatson, Junction, Briggs and Cole
 shafts. In this Junction led with 21,-
 54S In both the Briggs and the Cole
 upwards of 1S.00O feet was done in
 each A large body of oxides was
 blocked out on the 900 level of the
 Cole and a SO foot sulphide body cut
 below the 1000 level Large ore bod ies were opened up and explored in the Junction at various levels In the Briggs some fine bodies of oxides and
 a rich sulphide body were opened.
 At the Junction shaft the work of concreting from the 1900 to the 1900 level was completed January 90. 1914.
 and thus ended the important work Of
 concreting this great shaft from sur
 face to 1900 level and changes in i pumping arrangements give a capacity 1 of 4700 gallons per minute During
 the year there were pumped 1521,7 ,742.- 1 S27 gallons.
 During 1914 there were mined from 1 the C. & A mines 6S.0S2 wet tons | and from Superior and Pittsburg hold l ings 54OO44 making a total from the combined properties of 6OS.126 tons ] hoisted. Al the shelter there were | treated. including customs ores. 6GS.- 776.26 dry tons. Despite the fact of Curtailment for the last five months. l the mining costs showed a reduction
 of 53 cents per ton handled and smelt- l ing costs were reduced 35 cents per ton A lower grade of ore was handl- ed. however. with deliberate intent. and this resulted in an increase of 54 hundredths of a cent per pound over 1 1919 in costs Of copper. In that year costs were said to be around 2 cents ! which would make last years costs approximately 7iA cents per pound. 1T Copper Queen may be said to have established the Warren District as a copper producer Of great merit. Caulmet 6 Arizona must be admitted to have saved the district There came a time when the operating companies worked away from the ore bodies i Months past unayailing in search for ! their continuance. Discoura cement grew and abandonment was an but al hand when Calumet x Arizona meth ods brought them in contact with the l ore bodies once more. Since then onward progress and growing ore re- l serves have been the rewards of an the companies of the district.
 Calumet and Arizona made its start
 at the Irish Mag then the extreme east of the developed district and Cap tain Tom Hoatson and his associates were rediculed by many for going out into the improved country. a mile and more from the original workings. But 1 he persisted and the Irish Mag pro-
 duced its millions. Later Calumet &
 Arizona was again ridiculed when they went 10 Lowell and sank the Junction shaft. Again they were way out of the mineralized zone" But again was their good judgment vindi- cated and today at the bottom of this, the deepest shaft of the district is what is termed the largest known ore body in the district And SO the Michigan miners perservered in pio-
 neering Further and further east and south they persisted in their ex- porations Further and further from the original mineralized zone they put down shafts explored and developed and brought producing mines into Warren District ranks On and on they have pushed with such develop meni work. constantly extending the limits of known mineralization. until fc1gsr ft is lsrd t, g,1 a,,- ,,-f.~ -t1, suggest an easterly and southerly
 boundary to the mineral zone and all admit the foresight. pluck and deter imitation of the Calumet & Arizona officials that they deserve every whit Of the success which has been achieved
 For many years Superior and Pitts burg had its troubles The water problem was their greatest and it was mostserious While the richness of The ore in the Calumet & Arizona and the Superior and Pittsburg mines won them the name Of Bonanza Belt" Superior and Pittsburg had need of
 an this richness Unwatering was
 most costly and ate deeply into their profits All of the water Of the dis trict appeared 10 drain into their
 mines In quantity it seemed ever 10 increase. But the problem was solved and today practically all of the water from the district is hoisted at
 the one central unwatering shaft. the l Junction, which also hoists practically an the ore from the c. & A. and S. & P. mines. averaging last year about | 2.0O0 tons and for the first seven months of the year closely approach | ing am average Of 5000 tons daily
 As a dividend payer there have been | few properties in Arizona that can ] compare with Calumet & Arizona for the same period Handicapped at first with high operating costs, and especi- ally by the water problem" still this company has been able 10 disburse in | dividends we'll upwards Of twenty
 five millions. including s. & P. dis bursements, and at the same time 10
 constantly improve and build up it's
 mining plants and its reduction works Indeed it has built two shelter plants for the rebuilding Of the Douglas plant.