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Show ia coppeii DEPOSITS MIST ole Mountains of High-, grade Ore Being Mined by Steam Shovels. ormation Remarkable for Extent and Richness of Mineralization. ,.;.abic mountain of copper exist ''e,c concession ot" the Union Mink-rc ' "' Lit Katanga in Uic Hclfrian Con?o, :' aecotfin.U' to H. -Burzin, su peril i-' i-' of mines fur Lhe. company, who : ;s'!liM- the great copper properties ''-erica in order to tumly methods ' 1,,i,," In Uie company's concession, ''.'"'"ies lonj: and fifty miles wide, ' ., art.' no less than I'.'-O copper dc-' dc-' vi frivat extent. I'poii a clear i isntM-o-j.s baid muuntuins, which are ": ii i peaks of copper ore. can '-V'" .nidins out hoklly above the Jt-ecM foliage of the surroundinf,' S'un'1 idea uf lhe immensity of :: '":pnii'-ii-s c:ia he pained when it is "Vi1iu"hi tiirer nf the mines now op- : Tympany's engineers estimate 1 ' ire 'H'ojjuo tons of carbonate ores Vni t-oi:.per foment. This estimate 1 '-'not lake into acL'ount the immense " its of sulphide ores of IcnVcr prarlo. 'ire t : ic ores in these deposits of low ',r r-; js often the case where im-"- di-poits arc found. Ju one mine ' or"c one Willi a width of 4:.0n feet : ,c coprr content averages S per eent .'.ni'il a'ci-nniiiiK to Mr. Bar.in. In this !-':'i'lar shale foniuaion, shoots of eop-!-"v;i-.feir run as hish as li per vent, i-nniniuii. inuili hili-prade copper ore is ae-,.,;riiC ae-,.,;riiC fnr steam shovel mining .that - present time no ores containing' i Thai1 I-'' pf'r L'e,u copper ;irc smelted, "vtr-sradc ores, whieh must be mined i f,:d('r to move the rich ores, arc piled in the reserves, to he treatC"! by a . ;,ni5 process at a laLer date. At pros- lhe company is maunfai-turinp about i tons of copper per mouth. wlUh five : fi;i-ii;it'cs operating. Working at capai.it y. or with seveti blast fur-. fur-. operati jtr. the plant has a capacity !;'"') tons .per year, or not. quite -1O00 . per month. Coke for fuel is shipped ;rom iliiodesia. -I- f'oiicesion of the T'nion liniere du ij Katanga, whose offices are in Brns-, Brns-, ., Belci'ini. is situated about 11 de-south de-south of tlic equalbr. at an altitude ' i:'im feet. 'I'lie principal town, Elissa- V.ille, is on the main line of the W-Cairo railroad. The trip up tiio ;o by wateif and railroad can bo made i thirty-five d:-iys. To Cape. Town it is , eveiwlay trip on the railroad and ap- liuaiely a distance of ".000 piilcs. Fronr ;.,a,on the Atlantic eoie-.-t, it is. rough- - . .'vTiiated. a distance of 1600 kilometers, K"'i miles. The climate is mild and 3 '.l;hful. Hie altitude of 4500 feet niak-"S niak-"S the riimate similar to that of a eoun-r eoun-r degrees south, says Mr. TSarzin. I'xk Cie underbrush and lall grass is up-:oK-i ami the land drained, fevers acarce-i acarce-i ! are known. formation Described. , T'ciC formation is more remarkable for ; kt vast extent and richness ot" the min- fr.zallon than for any unusual geological K';r-'sy hi all of the mines t lie geology . 1 '":n:ilHr. A cinartzite formation, from ';,fn (o KiO feet wide, the result of -ration of lhe dolomite lime, is found : !?i on both sides by rfhale. At depth 'f dolnmlte is found. 'The shale carries : ''i'1 of the best values. Mineralization 1 tho fuarl;;ite will run as high as l:j ''out copper and sometimes as low as nlnerccnt. The dolomite lime carries. : Milphideg and the shale- and quarlzite, , i lariionatCH. In places a talc forma-: forma-: wliirh carrifs good values, is found , tt-'iim ihc quartzite instead of the shale. ' 1 nverburden handicaps operations. 'Hi-shovel mining of ore begins at. the ' rooln, according to Mr. Barzin. : 'respecting Done. isitlerable prospecting work is bring "y- At present the company has twen-H"ir twen-H"ir rtiwmoiid drilling outfits at work, l'idition to prospecting for copper, coal ) sought and considerable detelop- - .-'-work is 'planned within a year union "Mipaiiy's tin concession, where, it Is tne deposits of this metal are as '!!IOi,s a those of copper. A short , a?0 ''rilling was begun on a soot i" a low-grado ore in the quartzlte fnini on the surface. At a depth J)v meters, or l'jn foot, a bed 120 - i:ik'k. averaging 33 per cent copper, struck. ;r" various ?nines uf the eompanv are 'tetMiy lie railroad. Kliza bethville. -Hpe-Cairo railroad, is in the (i r ot tlie rnhips. Abundant water Mor eleetrolytic treating of the ores floveioperl. At present tho com--11 , su''h inexhausiiblc deposits of .arhmmtos that mining of tlic low-, low-, M,ljllIfles is not nc.-essarv. Next '''rtcieci experirneiual T'ttrjioscs will f r Trouble Unknown. U'nt,18 chca" R'"' PSfnlirul. Strikes ,. i-;-"'vii Tho nom-ors ;u-n moi-o hi-f hi-f 1 'inh rlf m t i n i storoH nf xnsnr, m(-'JMV? m(-'JMV? food thstn in p;iv. On!v o mtc.,.,.st ln v.ases is cllsplnvwi. jliMt crof n row ,1;,vs. fMav , Khl f- ; with rreiit sangfroid, as ?," aro r.nl!ir. Kvorv few ' :- ',Ji 'ri,"ll."K Irtic are sent ouL inlo "!, " ""'" natives lo outer f ili'npj "' few moil tha of work at . ,:"Jmls, ronsistinc; of a nuniiici- of I1 . ' ! ?rS s"r''"u"'ietl hv a wall, arc , .' , "10 afroiiimoilatioii of tho na-, na-, m ib!o "hoys" have senarato , i,.1" from II, r mi;. n-iecl "hovs." IWUSOS p,.0vld,;rl ,.,,! pHCrS v ,s". -.fc!ii:isr aril .1 isin fool in- of '.1 ,'-.', ', 00 mines the natives are I ,'11 hours a -lay. Saluidav Is a i a.,,1 SuiMiiv is a da v of rest. V - 'lM::0l!r;' wnrk.-Ts. At the sinel-! sinel-! ;:,. ,.,: 0 nalives aro, wnrkerl and :.-W "lin,'s '-."00 natives arc f. ' u , mii' virfit tho various :iMvi,,'Pf 1 "'h -op.r roiiipariv he-' he-' :"Viiili,i f :!" '""Portion of tho Ni- the h.'l'iltcd foppor conipany-s mine ' Chi. r!,K'r ""'Pcrllo, of ,ri- t ' mi,,,... r ;' v Psl '"' visit the :u,i."v" uf li.'hiBan, Minnesota and |