Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-14
COCH|SE MINES ARE FORGING
 AHEAD
Information Reaching Here From Gleeson Forecasts Act i've Development in That Camp-Mascot Ships.

 Word from Gleeson. the little cop , per camp adjacent to Tombstone in the Dragoon mountains, is to the eff feet that the camp is enjoying a sub stantial boom at present. Besides the Copper Bella properties which are working about I35 men in two shifts. several other properties have started work Among these is the Tejon, be- longing to Captain McKittrick, which has started with force of about forty men and are shipping about carload of ore day. l.. I. Thiers is superin- tendent, and the ore that is being taken out at present is only few feet from the surface, carrying copper, sil- yer, gold ard lead, and the return so far has given a handsome profit. Work on a larger scale is contemplated shortly, as soon as the shaft and prop erty can be gotten into shape. after having lain idle for the past three years. ..
 The Copper. Belle is shortly to start the sinking of a two compartment shaft, and plans are already begun under the management of Superinten- dent Pemberthy.
 It is also reported that the proper ties known as the Gleeson properties, claims adjoining the Copper Belle on the East are to be opened within the next few weeks, and small force of men put to work.
 Walter Cummings recently made a big strike on his claim known as the Sugar Loaf. south of town, running high in gold, silver and copper values. The find is directly on the surface and was encountered while performing the annual assessment work
 Mascot Mine Shipping.
 "The Mascot mine on the Mascot railroad a short distance east of Will COX, is opening vast bodies of ore. It is making regular shipments, and some of the cars run s4,0O0 to the load. The company is now contem- plating the erection of a concentrator this year. In opening one body of ore recently. it was cross-cut for fifty feet and drifted 100 feet, the average cop per content running six per cent. This was on the 400-foot level, Thirty places underground have been opened with stopes. Some of the ore runs 20 to 30 per cent copper. The mine is doing business in good shape and get ting ready to do more.
 Tombstone Mines.
 The Bunker Hill Mining company, a subsidiary of the Phelps-Dodge people, located in this camp, is making most satisfactory progress in development work along with production. The property is under the management of Dr. E. Grebe, a geologist of note and a man who has held high positions for some time with the Phelps-Dodge peo- pie There are signs that indicate bigger things are in store on the hill in the way of improvements. The various properties are now shipping in commercial quantities, manganese. gold. silver, lead and zinc, with now and then little copper.
 It is rumored on what appears to be authentic information that tunnel will soon be started connecting the shaft with the Lucky Cuss mine and that this tunnel will be used as the main artery of electric transportation between the various properties, which will be connected with this tunnel and that the transportation will be handled by electricity, and it is said that this will effect a big cut in the handling cost of the ores of the camp. By this method the heavy expense of trucks in ore handling will be eliminated for one thing. It is presumed that as this tunnel will run through virgin ground that there are high probabili- ties that new ore bodies will be discov- cred in it's making Frank Engle is | working the old Tombstone mine. This 1 is the first claim ever located in the | district. being staked out by Ed. She Ain in the late seventies. Engle is 1 getting some very high grade silver out of the property and has found some copper with assays forty per cent. Excellent results are being ob- tained by Frank Winters in his silver bonanza in the state of Maine country