Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
HUMBOLDT WILL
WITNESS GREAT
Mine ACTIVITY
Big Ledge Company An
nounces Plans to Resume
Operations On Its Smelter.
Fall to See Other Big De-
velopment.

velopment.
Mayer, AriZ., Sept. 22rThis dis
trict south of Humboldt as far as
Turke Station, is TO see a great re-
vival of mining this fall. The an
nouncement made by the manage
ment OF the Big Ledge Copper COM
pany. that construction work on the
smelter in this camp is to be re-
sumed by the first of the month and
! three shifts put on again at the COM
pany's two mines, the Butter Nut
and Henrietta, is the best bit OF
news the camp has had for several
months. The further announcement
! that the vein of ore that has been
opened up in the Butter Nut mine
at the 20O-fOot level. is so feet wide
all of it milling ore. is a surprise to
mining men here. II is stated that
several of the best mining engineers
of this state have recently examined
the big ore body in the past few weeks
and they express the view that IL
is one of the largest and most prom
Using ore bodies in the entire state.
knowing that bodies OF ore of this
character go down with depth in the
Yavapai schist and become wider and
better grade with depth. there is rea-
son to expect this ore body to fol-
low the usual course and develop
into something big.
A big flotation mill is planned by
the company at the mine. The Hen
rietta mine has developed richer ore.
but the ore bodies are not so large.
The smelter will be completed as
soon as possible. The second stack
is nearly finished and there are yet
to be added two converters and one
reverberatory furnace.
The policy that the company has
outlined TO handle the custom ore OF
the small mines. will do more to de-
velop the entire district than any
thing else. II will encourage the lit
tie fellow to develop his own prop
erty and it will also bring into the
camp the leasers.
The first months run at the Ari-
IONA Binghampton mill has shown a
return that will bring this property
TO the front The first unit was built
over a year ago and the second unit
has been in operation a month. The
capacity is now 5000 tons daily. OF
per cent copper. with a SO per
cent extraction. On this basis. the
monthly output will be between SOO.-
900 and 100000 pounds OF copper
per month. This will give net prot
it of about $4,000 a month or better
than 100000 a year net profit. This
amount will pay better than 25 per
cent dividend on the entire capital
stock of the company. The capacity
of the mill could be made 500 tons
daily, but that much ore could not
be hoisted through the single COM
partment shaft. At an early date the
company will sink a double cOmpari-
ment shaft. The mine is showing more
ore every day. AT the 600-foOt level.
the striking of the big ore bodies
that are furnishing the ore on the
400 and other upper levels. is ex-
pected at any time. The main fault
has been discovered by Mine Super
intendent Channey. which will sOOl
lead TO the ore. Another ore shoot
has been opened into on the 200-foot
level This property Is rapidly de
veloping into one of the big mines
of the state.
Mine Superintendent Claude Fer,
guson. of the Copper Queen mine.
which adjoins the Arizona Binghsmp-
ton property on the east. has out
lined an extensive system of develop
ment OF this large property with
view of erecting at the mine at an
early date a flotatiOn mill of large
There are already blocked
out between twenty-five and thirty
thousand tons of milling ore in the
upper levels The bodies of ore are
strong. some of the slopes being Is
% 20 feet wide. The Wine at Adit
No. 2 and the shafe at Adit No. l
have been unwatered and thorough
of old working is being done.
The winze is to be sunk 200 feet
which will give a depth of about 500
feet from the apex of the mountain.
Work is being resumed by the Hall
Moon company on a property imme-
diately south OF the Copper Queen,
a new hosting plant having been in
stalled; and by the Pocahontas COM
pany. south of Copper mountain.
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