Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-23
TOM REED MINE
 HAS UNRIvALED RECORD

Dec' lJ.-S. $. Jones suhferintendent of the Tom Reed Mining Company, was in Kingman this week on his way to the mines from trip to Prescott and Phoenix. Ue reports the mine showing up in splen. d'd shape, every opening being in ore
 since the beginning of work by the Tom Reed company not one pound of ore has been taken from tho s,ones an extractions from developments hay. ing gone to the mill The retorts from the mill give value of sbopt s5o ooo per month for each and every month since last Marcn, and all from devel. opment work, something unhesrd of in mining in Ariozna since the days of the Silver King.
 A ten stamp mill and plate amalga. nation has been the factor in the ex. traction of the gold from the ores. al. though lately the small cyanide plant mas been securing some values from the tails.
 No sinking has as yet been done but large amount of drifting on the vein has been carried on, as well as some raising to the levels above. Slopes are now being opened in tae great ore bodies and soon as sinking is begun thehe stopes will be called on to fur. nish the ores until new level is opened at greater depth.
 Only small holster has as vet been placed on the mine, although it is the intention of the management to equip the property with large machinery in the near future. With a better water supply and a larger mill the mine will soon be in fair way to produce from sl00,000 10 s200,0O0 monthly.
 With the settlement of the suits of the Blue Ridge company there is ev. cry reason 10 believe the property will become one of the largest gold pro. ducers in the United States. Aside from the rich bodies of ore it has fourteen feet of low grade ore in the ground already opened up. which cx. tends down to the lowest level.
 Wednesday John Boyle, IT,. super interdent of tho Union Basin mining company, received returns from three ears of zine ore. which gave results of approximately fifty per cent zine. The ore was shipped to Oklahoma for treatment.
 This ore shows material improve ment. not only in values, but in the general character of the ore. As the market is on the improve the ore net ted considerably more than former shipments. We understand that the mine is also showing big improvement in values and character of ores. Prac- tically all this shipment of ore was taken out on contract. which gives the company a clean net return without the adventuring of A dollar.
 In the other part of the mine. where the company is employing men on its own account, a big body of still high CT grade ore has been opened up. There are three ore bearing veins in the peoperty. each of which is opened by adit drift and shaft. From one of them rich lead ore is being shipped to the shelter, while the other two carry the values in zine.
 A report has gained currency ir Kingman this week that one of tho most important strikes ever made ir san Francisco district was made n the Gold Road mine last week. So fai nothing can be learned as to the loca ton of the strike, altohugh it is gen erally believed to be true. The min' has been showing up some wonderful bodies of ore in the new ground open ed by the south drift on the 300 and if is believed that the rich strike Il on that level in the Billy Bryai ground. The company is getting thing in shape for the electric installation and the new mill will be ready to be pin work as soon ss the power plan at Kingman is ready to deliver th' | mice