The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-10-27
Copper Queen Miners "Go Up" In Mine
 To Their Work

BISBEE, Ariz., Oct. 1.-The pop
 ular theory that miners usually Ego
 down in the mines" when the shift
 begins, is being smashed to smith
 ereens by several hundred men here
 who are employed in the Southwest
 division of the Copper Queen Branch,
 Phelps Dodge Corporation. Miners
 and muckers in the Southwest diVi-
 sion Ego up in the mines" 600 feet to
 get 200 feet below the surface. And.
 while working underground, they
 are actually 600 feet above the city
 of Bisbee.
 This peculiar state of affairs IS
 not as coplicated as it may seem.
 Southwest division employees enter
 the mine by what is known as the
 Copper Queen tunnel level.- Walk
 ing several hundred yards in the
 tunnel they reach the Sunrise Shaft.
 Here they board a huge elevator
 hoist and are taken up 600 feet
 above the tunnel entrance to the
 mine, which is located in high mountain that towers above the
 Bisbee district. When the shift is
 over the mine forces, instead of be- ing carried to the surface, are low cred again to the tunnel level.
 Mining engineers, veteran eil- ployes of the company and many new, experienced copper miners, working in the district for the first time, declare that the Sunrise shaft elevator-plan hoist is one of the biggest and most modern, in the southwest. Improvement of the hoisting facilities at the Sunrise shaft is the most recent of the many Improvements that have been made in the Bisbee district mines during the last two years.
 The "cage" of the new hoist is 1 feet 8 inches wide and 10 feet 2 ih- ches In length. It accommodates 36 men comfortably and can lift or lower a load of tons with ease at a speed of 800 feet per minute. The cage can be controlled either from the hoist, at the top of the shaft. or from the cage itself, along lines similar to the control of passenger elevator in a skyscraper. The hoist motor of 120 horsepower, is located in a huge steel tower directly above | the top of the shaft, the drum of the hoist taking the place of the usual l sheave wheel. A huge counterweight 1 of 1850 pounds makes the acton | of the hoist almost identical with | that of an elevator.
 In addition to hauling man be tween the tunnel level and the South west division workings. the Sunrise ! hoist is used to handle all the sup plies for the division. The length of the cage makes it possible to roll loaded timber trucks directly into the cage, raise or lower them to whatever level is desired. and roll the trucks off again. This has speeded up the transmission of tim- ber and other supplies. Formerly the timbers were unloaded from the placed on end in the smaller cages, taken up or down, removed from the cage and again loaded on trucks.
 The Southwest division, for years 3 great copper producer, is now also producing between 120o and 150t tons of lead ore a month. This ore is being handled at the Fl Paso shelter.
 Many former employees of local rop per producing companies. returning after absences of from several months to more than a year. are finding that the Bisbee district has been far from inactive during the in the copper industry. of dollars have been ex- pended by the Copper Queen Branch and Calumet & Arizona Mining Com pany in improving their surface and workings, and these are continuing. i'll spite of the fact that many men on development work have ,een shifted to actual mining with -ha raSumnti of ore nrOductiOn