Weekly journal-miner., 1910-08-03
NEW DISCOVERY IN
 THE TOM REED MINE

l Tom Reed mine in the San Francisco district several days ago when five feet of ore running well over $1O0 per ton was cut on the 300 foot level( about 500 feet west from the main shaft. In a drift being run from about No. to connect with this level a good grade of milling ore was disclosed several months ago so that a new shoot of ore is practically assured by the recent strike.
 4 new tube drill and compressor are being installed and the founda- tiOns for another battery of ten stamps are nearly completed. The additional equipment is expected to bring the capacity of the plant to 16O tons. At present ten stamps treating an average of about thirty-fve tons per day are producing over $4O,OO0 per month.
 In the Silver Creek district the biggest deal of the year was effected last week when the Ruth and Rattan mines were sold to a group of East erners headed by E. B. Van Deman of Jacksonville, Florida. Though the Ruth is developed to a depth of only little over 100 feet, and the Rattan to but 200 feet, the showing in both is so good that the price paid was $90,000. In the Ruth there is four feet of ore averaging $25 per ton, while the Rattan has three feet of $20 ore. The new owners propose starting active work about the first of September. The ten stamp mill now on the River will be moved on the ground and together with all mine machinery will be operated by electric power from the Kingman plant, whose line is at present with in three miles of the property. The two shafts can furnish sufficient wat CT for treatment purposes and com plete cyanide plant will be added to the mill.
 Union Pass.
 In the Union Pass district, about nine miles from Gold Road and in the same range, the newly erected mill and cyanide plant of the Expansion mine made a successful trial run a few days ago, showing s9.16 for the average value of ore milled. Man aged Hutehison brought in a good bar of bullion as the reseult of the first cleanup.
 At the adjoining Tragedy mine, under development by the Frisco Mines and Power Co.,, preliminary work is nearly completed for the l00- ton mill and cyanide works and the first shipment of machinery is ex- pected daily.
 Manager Mclaughlin reports an other big strike at the c. O. D. mine where two and one-lalf feet of ore assaying about s2OO per ton were cut in the west 2OO-foot level. The second car of ore averaging $50 per ton is ready for shipment. A new Cameron pump has been installed and good progress is being made in the shaft
 In the same district Prisk and Per due, leasing in the Home Pastime, shipped their sixth ear of ore to the Needles shelter. The last shipment averages $75 per ton.
 The work of the past six months in the development of the holdings of the U. s. Smelling & Refining Co., in this county is highly satisfactory to the management. At the time op- erations were begun the company's engineers conservatively hoped to find one or two mines among the prospects tried out. Those expeeta- tiOns have already been more than realized in the Banner and Champion mines, in both of which exceptionally SOOu UOul6S or ore nave been proved. while the chances are equally good in at least two or three others. At the Banner and Champion drifting and cross-eutting are being carried on while sinking is being continued | at the Silver Legend, Bryan, Sum- nit, Twins and Tennessee. At the | last named mine, which is expected to prove the biggest mine of all, the new shaft has not yet reached the vein, but the milling ore in the ole and on the dumps alone insure certain production for a long time.
 The concentrating mill, separators and smelter additions at Needles are rapidly nearing completion and are expected to be in operation about the middle of September. The lead