El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-02
DUNDEE MAY Be
FORCED To QUIT
Report Says High Freights
and Car Shortage Are
Proving Handicaps.

Z Prescott, ATiz., Jan. 2.-War taxes.
shortage Of cars and high freight
rates may result in the cessation OF
shipments from the Dundee. Ore to
{ The extent Of u carloads q month
has been forwarded TO Humboldt and
T 20 q smelter at Tacoma Wash. The
. Washington. concern. however. pays
I a premium for the so or so units Of
silica IN each ton of Dundee ore.
while on the other hand the Hum
boldt smelter penalties heavily for
+ the same content No ore was shipped
from the property last week. but this
week shipments are being made from
a streak OF IS percent ore which has
. just been located How much Of this
high grade there is cannot be de-
termined, but It is thought that the
quantity IS limited.
Fighting Water.
Bailing has been resorted to to keep
down the flow Of water in the jerome
Verde, pending the arrival Of parts
for the repair Of the big pump on the
1850 level of the Columbia shaft OPP
eratiOns have been suspended for
more than a week in the south drift,
cOuntered. As soon as the pump is
again IN commission the drift viii be
driven ahead with all possible S eed
as 10 is IN a most encOura glnE quartz
porphyry formation No attempt is
being made TO follow the four inch
iutersected by the crosscut being
driven along the line between the T.
Y. Extension and MaiutOp claim, IN
order to get under the Maintop ore
body on the 400 level
-Four Feet Of Shcared Quartz.
The jerome Copper company has
struck four feet of sheared quartz and
schistOse diOrite. heavy with iron sui
phide and carrying some sulphide-
Two small strinEers OF the same ma
. rerial, a little richer in chalcopyrite
. we're cut before this particular SHOOT
was encountered The country rock
through which the tunnel is passing
is an extremely hard diOrite. It IS
understood. however. that the tunnel
mas not passed entirely out OF the
sheared formation. The tunnel IS
now in $50 feet and when IL mas
advanced $50 feet from the portal the
depth win be $50 feet
To Urge Higher Price.
James Pollock, q laboring man OF
the Jerome district, has gone 10
Z Washington. where he will appear be-
for the war industries board and urge
the necessity and dcsirability Of keep
f ing the price Of copper at a re7soua-
bly, high level in order TO avoid re
duction in wages. labor troubles and
E the curtailment Of output The % Il
cent price Advancement expires jan
uary Z. and Pollock is strongly in
favor Of a higher price being fixed
by the government He VIII go be
fore the board armed with q mass of
facts and fiTures IN support Of his
contention. If a higher price is fixed
the miners all over the country, Pol
lock declares. will ask for a proper
tiOnare increase in wages.
Diamond Drilling TO start.
Diamond drilling will soon be in
full swing on the Grand Island group.
q 1000 foot drill already being on the
property, where Il has been set I'D
about 900 feet east Of the main shaft.
The plan is TO drill at least two 1000
foot holes
With the arrival OF q Perry com
pressor and Western gas engine. now
on their way. q vigorous development
campaign viii be inaUgurated at the
Jerome Superior. Three shifts will
be put 20 work on the sinking OF Q
double compartment shaft to depth,
which now is down 100 feet by hand
and with only one shift employed.