Show ARIZONA dewitt bisbee one of the first residents of the bisbee mining district and for whom the town of bisbee was named died recently at his home in randsburg brandsburg Rands burg california the superior boston company of globe Y has received from the el paso smelter returns on a carload cf ore that averaged 3 ounces of silver to the ton the ore came from a new strike on the S B property the united american has sunk the whize to the water level here they stopped sin sinking ling not being equipped to handle the water through the they will crosscut and start exploring the ledge from this depth which is i close to the 1000 level judgment was recently entered by the superior court of yavapai county in accordance with the verdict of september 21 awarding david H biles and samuel P wells a dollar as damages due to the smoke injuries inflicted inflict edby by the smelter of the united verde extension mining company on verde valley crops the toni tom reed laid off 70 men on october they are cutting down expenses at once more men will be laid faid off on the first of the month they are putting through the mill nothing but the better grade of ore that should show profits instead of loss it is understood that the ledge on the has been a disappointment in values in ordinary times this ledge could be mined and milled at a profit liro fit but under present conditions with high cost of material and a big increase in power costs the marin margin mar b in of Io possible sible profits are so small that the company does not feel the b game ame is worth the candle at a recent special joint session of the two houses of the congress of the copper queen branch phelps dodge corporation W H webster assistant manager of the copper queen branch announced that steam shovel striping operations on sacramento i ento hill will be suspended october 31 this step will mark the end of the big sacramento hill program prior to the time that ore production will be required for the concentrator now being completed south of warren steam shovel work at sacramento hill was started more than four years ago since then cubic yards of material have been removed in connection with the announced opening of one furnace at the miami smelter of the international smelting smelling Sm elting company about nov 20 thomas H obrien general manager of the smelter and also of the inspiration consolidated copper company announced that the copper company would employ additional men at the inspiration and live oaks mines mine s and in sinking a shaft on recently acquired porphyry property two hundred additional men will be employed at the smelter this does not indicate a general resumption of mining it was said but is the first improvement in the copper mining situation in months |