Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21

his last years report As to where that concentrator will be located, no announcement has ever been made but 1t is assumed that it will be at | Bisbee and closely adjacent the prop erty from which the porphyry ore is to be taken. If such shall be the case i considerable additions to the working | forces at Bisbe will be made with ! consequent additions to the already great payrolls
 | Exploration of Sacramento Hill was one of the big matters which Captain Joseph P. Hodgson undertook after assuming the office of Mine Superin- tendent. Changes in stoping methods which have proved successful and highly economical were also put into operation by him. Commenting on such work Mir Sherman said in his report: Great credit is due to Mir Hodgson, the Mine Superintendent and his assistants for the economical operations of the year.
 Mines Meet Demands.
 There have been periods during 1915 when the Copper Queen mines have been called upon to meet largely increased demands from the shelter because of temporary interruption in the operations of the Moctezuma Cop per Company at Nacozari, or in the shipment of ores therefrom, arising from military operations in Sonora Such an instance is occurring at thh writing. To make up for the shortage of ores at the shelter from such in- terruptions the Bisbee mines have been called upon and have in every instance quickly responded.
 In the report of General Manager French the production of gold and sil- yer from the Bisbee mines is also detailed and for 1914 amounted to 13.- 731 ounces of gold and 699,OS8 ounces of silver, while from the lead-silver ore shipped to the El Paso shelter for treatment there was recovered 1922 ounces of gold. 332137 ounces of Silver, S.8S9175 pounds Of lead and 3991G6 pounds Of copper these fig ures not being included in any set forth above il this article. The total recovery of gold and silver from the r Copper Queen mines in 1914, there fore, amounted to 1,O21225 ounces of silver and to 15.553 ounces of sold
 Employees Are Protected.
 For several years the Employees , Benefit Association has been an i'm. portant feature to the operatives of the company. It has proved to them highly advantagCoua over other forms of accident insurance as offered by insurc1cc companies. Tn 1914 the members contributed $35.205.9O and the company $7,5o0 during the year Death losses (dcath occurring from natural causos) were paid to the amount of $17G3935, accident benefits amounted to Sl3.2Jn15 and sickness , benefits to S2O,9l5.G7 This association s the first of the year had a balance of S57Oo48, but as it's expenditures in two years had considerably exceeded receipts the company determined ' Increase its conrriDlJio1 10 S12,5O0 and thereby couuteracl the engct. !. A pension system was introduced by P the company early in 1914 and in. the , first IS months Of its operation 10 ! old employees took advantage of the offer. In that period a total of &C., ,- 18167 was paid out.
 n Splendid Medical Service. - The hospital department Of the conn pany is especially efficient under the superintendency Of Dr. F. r. Shine, and an able corps of physicians and surgeon assistants, numbering seven
 in Bisbee and three in Douglas Hos. pitfalls are maintained at Lowell ana in Douglas, the Lowell hospital being the larger In conduct it is a model to bc followed by much larger com muniUos. Dispcusaries orc also main. tained in Both BisDee and Douglas in the former city a fine new structure having been built and equipped and turned over to the hospital depart. ment in October 1914.
 At Bisboe in the year 1914 there
 were admitted to the hospital 618 patients and at hospital dispensary and their homes, there were 98O pa ients cared for There were 12451 house calls made and 33,468 called at fhe dispcnsary for treatment At the hospital 2f6 operations were per
 formed and at the dispensary 39- fSS But 33 deaths occurred among those receiving treatments from tho Bisbce Hospital department
 Physicians iu Douglas for Inc com pany made 9615 calls and received 20,O23 visits at the disponsary and performed 61 operations. Of all pa- uents cared for am dfrom an causes but 23 deaths occurred
 In addition tO the care for sick and
 injured the company physicians make al examinations for the Employe
 leneft Association and of all appll.
 ants for positions in the mines, sat-
 sfactOry physical condition, as prov ru by such an examination being a prerequisite 10 the obtaining of em- 1loymont with Che company
 Mine Safety Work
 Mine safety was taken up by tho ,. Copper Queen company first among & he mining companies Of Arizona and |. Wallace McKeehan was made safe ly inspector heading this department. first aid and mine rescue work was