Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-04

delay mas been eNperlenced on account of unsatisfactory electric service due to storms and the changing of trans mission lines, good speed has been made, and a total of PA feet has been accomplished in the six headings be- ing run.
 Since July 18th, two new headings have been started, both of which ex- pose conditions which are more than promising No. 5 was started at a point west of the shaft and on the south side of the station and runs south. It is following a well miner alized lead showing an abundance of chalcopyrites and pyrite. The forma- tion is a sheared schist and the head ing has now advanced IA feet.
 No. 6, also new, was started off from No. 1 at a point where the latter turn ed toward the east and has advanced II feet in a sOutherly direction. Here the naturalization is also intense. A raise will be started in No. for the purpose of prospecting the upward trend of the ore and with the view of determining the exact dip of the min eralized streaks and their continuity.
 The following work has been accom-
 
 No. l. the southeast drift and now running more easterly-Total advance of AS feet. Formation, we'll mineral ized schist
 No. 2. the west drift-Total of 27 feet. Work was resumed in this head ing last week, and with good results, for at a slight advance a weli-defined contact was encountered showing a footwall of diOrite, pOrphyry on the hanging wall side, between which lies a soft schist gouge, the latter showing chlorinization. The contact appears to have northeasterly and southwest erly course and is now being followed.
 No. 8, the crosscut being driven to intersect the No. 13 quartz ledge which was exposed on the 700 level, has ad- vanced a total of 76 feet The face shows a schist with stringers of quartz running through the formation.
 A very favorable condition is also exposed in No 4, running north from the west side of the station. A good looking quartz was cut in this head ing and the face of the crosscut is now entirely in the quartz. It is pos sible that this formation may be the
  gin in the No. 13 ledge.
 Summing up the conditions at Verde Combination, it may be said that the indications for the opening up of a well defined ore body are very favor able. the chances being strengthened by the continued showing of mineral in the headings being worked and the high-grade chalcOpyrite which was cut in the sump.
 On account of the fact that No. IS was encountered as a blind ledge or the 700 level and therefore no exact knowledge of its downward trend has been revealed, it is next to impossible to prophecy its distance from the bot tom of the shaft at the present depth.
 Green Monster
 With the visit of President w. s. Humbert and Director w. W. Lawhon to the Green Monster properties last week came the announcement of the temporary cessation of development work in the Gorge Tunnel. Some months ago the Gorge Tunnel cut through a body of low grade chalcopy- rite which proved to be about go by 100 feet in size. At the outer edge of this crebody a winze was sunk to a depth of 100 feet and passed out of the ore. A crosscut was then run back 100 feet under the pyritic zone and a raise driven for the purpose of determining the dip of the mineraliZed formation. The work done so far has revealed the fact that this OrebOdy lays rather flat, and for that reason it was decided to discontinue work at this point for the present. Later It is planned to thoroughly prospect the Gorge Tunnel workings by vertical dia- mond drill holes.
 In the meantime work will be con centrated in the sinking of the Doro- thy May shaft. The shaft has passed through some very good schist and the formation is now getting a trifle hard CT. although it is not a diOrite-- The present depth is 765 feet, and the shaft will be continued to the 1000 level un- less the white intrusive exposed In the crosscut from the 500 level is en- countered at less depth, in which case it will be followed and prospected. There is no water in the bottom Of the shaft, and in case a flow is struck, it is the intention to pump to the stump on the 500 level and lift the same from there up with the equipment al ready installed at that point It is estimated that from now on supplies, labor, etc, will total in the neighborhood of S7O00 per month as against S1O,000 heretofore spent and that the company should have bal ance on hand of S1OO,O00 after the 1000 foot level is reached in the Dor othy May shaft. It will not be neces- sary to purchase any additional equip | ment Since cutting out the work in the Gorge Tunnel force of 2f men is be- | ing employed.
 Gadsden The large three-cOmpartment shalt at the Gadsden is now down ll4Z feet and is. in a composite formation or quartZporphyry, quartz, jasper and schist. with a diorite just showing mp in the bottom of the shaft Much ol the rock shows evidences of mineral izatiCn in the form of hematite, while there are a number of well mineral ized streaks of quartz in which the
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