Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-07
COMMONWEALTH EX.
 TENSION COMING.
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 has had anything to do with lne property is pinned on this work. The work will be started straight south. It is hoped and many indications point to a successful conclusion, that the contact vein. expected to be reach |, ed from 300 to 4O0 feet will uncovel
 Q great body of ore.
 This work will take the drift i'm mediately under an old shaft, sunk many years ago by John Pearce ano from which he took out ore that rar as high as s1 pound. This shaft is down d60 feet and the ore indications
 are wonderful. The compant's pros
 pective. future plans contemplate
 driving drifts far into the southern
 part of the property. under the flat,
 south and east of the hill. Many min ing men have declared a tissue vein to lie. under the flat and to carry and to carry rich ore. Only develop
 ment will work will prove these gol- den promises, however.
 At the present time the Extension dump has about 1000 tons ia good
 grade of milling ore. Some of the samples are high grade and the horn silver, can be found in considerable
 amounts The Commonwealth Min ing and Milling Company has offered
 to handle this ore if it can be taken , to the sampler and crusher. On ac-
 count of the crusher being far up OF the side of the bill il will be exceed ingly difficult for this transportation to be made The officials of the com
 pany are making every effort to
 transport the ore however, and it will, undoubtedly be followed to 8
 successful conclusion
 A solution to the transportation
 problem is seen in the woTk now be- ing done by the Commonwealth peo-
 pie in exploring their south ground
 They are pushing this drift and in
 time it will be connected with the workings of their shaft, a matter of 7 some hundreds of feet. This will en- able the Extension people to trans
 port their ore underground, through the Commonwealth drifts, up their
 shafts and to the mill. Only the
 waste will be handled through the Rainbow shaft in such case. The matter of sinking the shaft another one hundred or so feet is be- ing considered. Development of the 22O level, for determination purpos es. will be prosecuted first The shaft . is now to the water level and more sinking would necessitate pumping operations.
 The personnel of the officials and directors includes some of the best l known men in southern Arizona. The property is owned largely in Bisbee
 local business people and miners be- : ing heavily interested. Charles F. { Hicks is president, P H. Fitzpatrick secretary and Gus Hickey. treasurer ! Jno. Metcalf is in charge of the min
 ing operations Metcalf worked in the
 old Commonwealth and has had much experience as mine foreman in Mex ican silver properties. The stockhold- I CTS and directors can feel assured that their mining interests are in eX- i cellent and capable hands when the present officers are in charge.
 l Summary: The Extension is still Q prospect: but a prospect where ! consistent effort, the expenditure , Of money and the following up of ex- cellent indications. will undoubtedly
 develop a mine Ore taken from the
 220 level, in q comparatively small
 working, has demonstrated the fact