Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-25
Dundee-Arizona Company is Owner of Half Interest in Project Which Will Un- water Much Ground Near Jerome.
DIRECTORS STATEMENT IS VERY ENLlCHTENDNC
Test Shipment of Ore From Company's Ground Run- ming About Six Per Cent, Is Now Being Treated at Hum boldt.

JEROME, Mar 24-Two important announcements were made in the re, port of the directors of the Dundee Arizona Copper company. submitted to the stockholders at the annual meet ing held in Phoenix last Monday.
 One of these announcements was that the Dundee company has bought a half-interest in the Jerome Tunnel company. The other was that a test shipment of the Dundee's surface ore, running about six per cent copper. is being made to the Humboldt smeltsr. If satisfactory arrangements with the smelter can be reached. regular ship ments will be made and the Dundee will become the fourth producer of the Verde district.
 Following is the report of the di- rectors in full:
 Directors Statement
 About nine months ago We began active operations for the systematic development of our property. and since that time have not ceased our efforts to crowd teh work in every possible way.
 That we have encountered many difficulties. causing disappointment and delap in the progress of develop mont. must be admitted. bur these difficulties and delaps are always CO incident with the development of new properties.
 gratified to advise stockholders that we have surmounted all apparent oo stacles in the way of deep shat work and unless some unforeseen new diff culty arises, we shall be in position 10 make most rapi dprogress.
 Machinery.
 "Our new equipment consists of one so-H P. latest type FairbanksM Morse gasoline engine and one new fnge-- sollRand double phase compressor. capable of generating 500 cubic feet of air per minute. both of which pro vide ample reserve power for opera. ing pumps and all necessary air drills. A No. ' Cameron lsst pump has been installed in an sxsx12 foot station at the 450-foot level to lift the water from a stump on this level to discharge on the tunnel level. A No. S Cam eron sinking pump hangs to this shaft for use in lifting the water encounter ed in sinking to the stump on the 450 foot level.
 These pumps are believed to be of ample capacity to Sasiiy handle all the water we may expect to encounter at a depth of from 800 to 1000 feet Our hoisting machinery Is deemed efficient to carry us to a depth oS at l least 1000 feet If VIC should 6nd 1t necessary to sink our shaft to that depth in order to strike our pefman- 1 ent ore body.
 Surface improvements comprise office building. two machinery build | ings, now connected. blacksmith shop | and change room, besides all neces l sary tankase and pipe connections. Our whole equipment is now in thu highest state of efficiency and should meet all requirements without difS- culty.
 "Our main shaft is $50 feet deep and contains two sIsx12 foot stations. one at our 800-foot leveia and one at the 450-foot level Our main tunnel is e20 feet long and interseets the shaft at about i09 feet from tho sur face Numerous short drifts and other workings have been made from this main tunnel. the whole develop ment to date aggregatinG about 9s4 feet.
 "The bottom of our mair shaft is In cherty limestone. a sure indics- lion that the working win soon en- ter the underlying sandstone, which Is estimated to be from 70 to 75 feet thick. Below this limestone we shah encounter the underlying structure in whIch ouy psrnansat vs ssS5ss sss
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