Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-03
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 ed in former years. This vein samples an average of $2O gold per ton and prevails in the shaft and levels from top to bottom.
 Binghamton's May Output
 Farther to the south of the Copper Lode company's ground, along the same belt of mineralized schist, an in creasing tonnage of ore is being mined by the Arizona Binghamton and Cop per Queen companies During the month of May the Binghamton mill turned out an average of 25 tons of copper concentrates daily. The com pany's copper matte returns for May totaled approximately 320.000 pounds. Thirty thousand pounds of this matte represented ore from the Copper Queen mine that was milled by the Arizona Binghamton company
 The ore production from the Bing hamton mine during May was drawn from No. 1O5 deposit on the second level and from No. 102 deposit on the third level during the ordinary course of development work. Stoping has been started in No. 91 ore body on the fourth level in No. 101 ore body on the first level, in No. 1OS ore body on the third level and in No. 105 ore body on the second level. The drift north in the new ore body recently discover ed on the fourth level has a length of 100 feet at this writing. The ore is breaking an average of IA per cent copper. There is a 6-foot section of gray copper and chalcopyrite that samples we'll above 20 per cent cop per
 loma And Jerome Showings.
 Nearby the Binghamton and Copper Queen mines are located the holdings of the Loma Verde Copper company, and portion of the holdings of the Jerome Copper company Homer King, consulting engineer, and A l.. Johns, engineer in charge of mining operations for the last mentioned, vis- tied the holdings near the Binghamton mine few days ago and laid out plans for development. The copper showing at surface and nominal depth on this ground, and on the Lone Pine group of the Loma Verde company. is one of the most promising in Yavapai county, outside of the productive area at Jerome. Early in June the main workings on the Lone Pine are to be unwatered and mining research re- sumed in the commercially valuable copper ore bodies opened in past years. In the meantime camp build ings and mine machinery are being overhauled and renovated.
 A. c Cole, superintendent of the Great Western Shelter at Mayer is increasing the capacity of that plant by adding 800 ton unit, which will give it a total capacity of 700 tons of ore daily. It is reported that the smelter is turning out a 45 per cent copper matte which also carries gold content of $50 per ton. The increase in capacity is made mandatory by the development of the ore bodies in the Henrietta and Butternut mines of the Big Ledge company, and by mineral ogical conditions at the Gopher. Sterl- ing and other properties owned by that company All of the machinery and other materials necessary for enlarg- ing the smelter have arrived and are beng installed. Mir. Cole brings to the management of the plant a wealth of experience gained as superintendent of the Cananea Copper company's shelter. To facilitate ore shipments from the Butternut mine an aerial tram is at once to be constructed to the tracks of the Prescott & Crown King railway.
 Big Reef Has Flux Ore.
 Dell Higgins, managing director of the Big Reef Copper company. field man for the Big Ledge Copper cont pany, and owner of a large block of Big Ledge shares, reports the discov-. cry of we'll mineralized body of chal- copyrite ore at a depth of 60 feet in the main shaft on the Big Reef estate. The property is located in the vicinity of the Henrietta and Butternut mines. and is not far distant from the Bing- hamton and Copper Queen mines. The ore is similar in character to that be- ing mined in the workings mentioned and carries a copper content as high as 10 per cent per ton. At surface and shallow depth, in various open outs and tunnels, copper ore is eX- posed that has commercial value as a Aux. Shipments will be made tol the shelter at Mayer as soon as the additions thereto are completed
 A 5O0-ton wedge roasting furnace has been ordered for and large con verter is being added to the equip ment at the Humboldt shelter. As soon as they are in place ore produc. ton will be increased at the Blue Bell and De Soto mines These properties gre located on the same mineral belt IS the Big Reef. BinghamtOn. Copper Lode and other high class copper prop critics to the south of the famous Verde district A number of blind ore shoots were recently opened on the tenth level of the Blue Bell mine.