Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
COPPER Mines
MAKE COCHISE
COUNTY FAMED
Copper Queen and Calumet
And Arizona Mining
Companies Develop New
Bodies of Rich Ore In
Bisbee and Warren.
BY CALEB RICE


The city of Douglas was laid out
early in 1900 to serve the Copper
Queen smelter. Shortly thereafter the
Calumet and Arizona Mining company
built smelter. Since that date, more
than 27 years ago, the largest and most
popular industry in Douglas has been
smelling.
At one time not so many years ago
it was rather doubtful as to the long
evity of the smelterS in Douglas, as
the ores in the mines in Bisbee and
other properties in the vicinity were
being depleted faster than new ores
were being developed. In the past few
years, however, tremendous bodies OF
new ores have been developed in the
Warren district and northern Sonora.
Shortly after the war, the Copper
Queen commenced in an active way
to develop and mine the Sacramento
Hill in Bisbee. Today this one mine
contains enough ore for the operation
of the Copper Queen smelter for pc
iod of more than Is years. In addi-
ton to the Sacramento Hill, the Cop
in the Warren mining district, and
thousands of acres of ground that have
not yet been prospected at any depth.
The most important development work
that the Copper Queen is doing in
Bisbee at the present time is the sink
ing of the Warren shaft. This shalt
is now down more than 900 feet and
will be sunk to a depth of around
$500 feet.
In 1925, the Calumet and Arizona
Mining company discovered new ore
bodies in their Campbell shaft, which
is also located near Warren. This
discovery is such a bonanza that it is
giving new impetus for search in
other grounds that were formerly
viewed with grave miSgivings. This dis
covery has already added years OF life
to the Calumet and Arizona Mining
company, and it will be months, pos
sibly years, before the full extent OF
this discovery is known.
Toward the end of 1926, the United
Verde Extension Mining company or
ganized a subsidiary company known
as the Bisbee Queen, and in early 1927
started developments about one mile
east of Warren. The surface shoWings
are strong, and it would be not at all
if this company should
discover a new body of ore.
The Shattuck Dem Mining company
is deepening their shaft in Lowell and
is also exploring adjacent claims by
diamond drilling. The chances OF
finding ore appear to be most excel
lent.
Another company which has taken
on new life as result of the bonanza
discovery in the Campbell shaft is the
Ivanhoe Copper company. Their prop
erty is between the Phelps Dodge
in Warren and the Bisbee
Queen claims farther to the east This
is already preparing to
deepen their shaft and to do a con-
siderable amount of other exploring,
The surface ShoWings are strong and
similar to the Bisbee Queen, and thev
have reason to believe that they will
find ore at q depth of 500 or GOO feet
The addition of the lead stack to the
Copper Queen smelter is already caus-
ing great activity in the lead-silveT
districts adjacent to Douglas and con-
tonnages of new ores are be-
ing developed in the Hilltop, Aravaipa.
Pantano and Patagonia districts, and
northern Sonora, and also in the
northern part of Arizona, where the
Phelps Dodge company has leased a
mill to treat ores that will be shipped
to Douglas.
With the new prospecting that is
taking place in the Warren district
and with the ores that have already
been developed, the conclusion is
reached that the smelters in Douglas
have years of work before them, and
that the city of Douglas on its 9th
is still in its youth.