Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-03
TOM REED CUTS
NEW GOLD VEIN
QUALITY OF ORE THE SAME AS
OLD WORKINGS
NUMEROUS STRIKES ARE MADE
ABOUT KINGMAN
Needles Smelter Prepares for Pros
porous Run-Tenessee Shaft
Will Be Retimbered.
other News

KINGMAN, Ariz., March 2.-The shift
driving the crosscut from the 250-level
of the new Tom Reed shaft few
nights ago broke into the vein at dis
tance of ninety feet from the station.
The last round of holes broke out ABOUT
three feet from the vein, showing the
same rich quality of ore exposed in the
old workings, 1900 feet away. 1t was
expected that the vein would be cut at
q distance Of about fifty feet from the
station, but the dip was found to be
much greater than first believed.
Last Saturday miners at work on
the new shaft on the c. o. d. mine en-
countered good ore. No ore was eX-
pected until a depth Of at least 100 feet
was gained. AS soon as the collar OF
the shaft has been raised to the re-
quired height and the grading done
the steam hoist now on the mine will
be removed to the new shaft and the
work of sinking pressed with all vigor.
The new shaft is being sunk at dis
tance of about $50 feet west of the old
shaft, and is expected to penetrate the
west end of the old ore body Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, who has charge of the work
for himself and associates, is an old
mine operator and will undoubtedly
make the old mine as big dividend
payer as 1t was formerly.
Another gold strike was reported
from the Vivian country last week.
The ore is rich in free gold and the
vein is large. Two strikes in one week
in the same locality is rather unusual.
smelter Is overhauIed
The Needles Mining and Smelling
company is getting things in shape at
the big smelter at Needles for a pros
porous seasons work. The smelter
will be overhauled and greater capacity
added. The general report is that the
plant will have its capacity increased
to 1900 tons daily, and that the zinc
cleaning and treating plant will be of
large tonnage.
Owing to the bad condition of the
Tennessee shaft from the surface to
the 200 level it has been deemed ad
visable to retimber. The work will
start at once. By catching up the
ground to the 200 level it is thought
that the main working shaft will be
saved, the shaft below that level be-
ing in good shape.
The Arizona Gold Mines company
has purchased all machinery for the
big mill that is soon to be installed
south of Kingman. The plant will
have 40-stamp capacity, the stamps be-
ing more than 1000 pounds each. The
mill is to be the most complete affair
of its kind on the coast and mill and
mines are to be electrically equipped.
Morton Gallagher is said to have
discovered a splendid gold prospect in
the section between Vivian and
Boundary Cone. Specimens from the
new find show free gold of a heavy
character. Mr.. Gallagher intends to
do considerable work on the property
before the warm weather comes on,
and if it proves up with depth what
the surface showing indicates he will
be able to realize a comfortable for
tune from 1t.
Samples from a small gold vein
owned by Philip Smith and Anson H.
Smith, one mile north of McConnico,
gave an average of nine ounces gold.
The vein gives indication Of widening
with depth, the increase in both width
and value in doing the title work being
considerable. The whole country there
abouts is n network of veins, through
out a fieldspathic country rock. Some
of these veins are quite large and show
indication of copper.
Work is to be started within a week
or ten days on the mines of Swope &
StudIey IL IXL basin. The property
has been examined and accepted by in
vestors.
l.. e. Armil, a prospector, has dis
covered a gold bearing ore in the
boundary cone section OF san tTan-
cisco district. The ore shown by him
was well sprinkled with gold and the
values of the entire vein are said to
run well into the hundreds of dollars
a ton.
Four cars of rich zinc ore came in
from the Goleonda mine Tuesday last
and three more Thursday, and for
warded to Oklahoma. The mine is still
improving with the extension of the
drifts.
j. M Farley, who recently completed
the assessment work on the Roadside
group of mines at Union pass, reports
having found a nice body of rich gold
ore on one of the properties. The
mines are owned by the San Diego
Mining company and it is probable
that this corporation will do some de-
velopment work to ascertain the ex-
tent of the new strike.