Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-20
SSP PROPERTY TAKEN
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According to an announcement by the company development work will be started on its work during the coming week The work, as outlined consists in the sinking of a shaft 400 feet in depth and from that point the running of drifts and cross cuts to develop the mineral zone
 This property is considered one of the best in the entire state and now that development work is to be started at an early date its progress will be watched with much interest. Should the mine eual the expectations of the men behind it the near future will, un- doubtedly, see the erection of a good sized mill and tn shipmnt of concn- trats of the ore.
 Charles Jones, who with Joe Mu- helm owns several claims adjoining the Middle Pass Mines Company's property, with Bill Gore went to the Dragons yesterday to show the pro- perty to a representative of some out side capitalists.
 Nancy Lee Showing.
 J. H. Hierl, secretary and treasurer of the Nancy Lee Gold Mines com pany, yesterday received word from the manager of the property, Fred T. Bragohier, which gives the stockhold- CTS in the mine an added faith in the future of their investment
 The shaft work has been proSecu- ted to the 13O point and there cross nA "a ch i'm foot width and five feet on the hanging wall. The shaft is now in commercial ore averaging s15.70 ton.
 In the center of the vein there are three feet of leached ore. which dis closes an excellent eraracter and ad- mirably: suited to a cyaniding plant. Tie entire work gives every indica- tion of of much better, commercial ore att a greater depth and the develop ment work is being prosecuted with vigor.
 The Nancy Lee, is practical con trblled by Warren District people The pFoperty is located in the Secret Pass section of the San Francisco district, BPhave county and but a few miles north of the United Eastern-Tom Reed >geld zone.
 Commonwealth Extension.
 FThe work on the 225 level of inc Commonwealth Extension property. at Psarce, which was shut down at the time of tie big snowstorm on account of the failure Of the fuel oil supply has been resumed
 The work on the 225 level is being prosecuted to cut the vein which was encountered on the 200 level. eighty feet in a drift from the Rainbow shaft.
 Many interested parties in Common wealth Extension in the Warren Dis trict, have the utmost faith in the work now being done at their proper ty and feel, justly, that the future operations on the mine will uncover a vast body of rich ore.
 Domestic Copper Trade.
 The exports of copper for the IT, month period ended Decemyer 1. 1915, despite much higher metal prices. were value at S106, go 900, compared with s110, 900 for the same period in 1914. This indicates that the ad- vance in the price of copper is due to an and increased demand for domestic consumption. The demand for man. ufacturing purposes in the United States has increased from three 10 four times over that of a year ago. The European demand is almost nor nal. the heavy consumption for war munitions having resulted in the cur tailment of consumption for ordinary purposes.
 The acuteness of the metal situation is clearly shown by the following statement by leading authority in the trade:
 "We are at loss as to what to do Our plans naturally are to take care of all legitimate business as fast as we can, but as the supply is so much smaller than the demand, we are with out control over the price movements The buyers are now actually bidding for their needs, and from indications of their activities it might be judged that they have allowed their plants to work down low in their stocks stocl;s of copper As result they are crowd