Mohave County miner., 1913-10-25
Another Great Mine in Prospect.


 erty having passed the problematical stage and entered the list of proven properties. At a depth of 200 feet on the Lexington vein crosscut has dis closed 24 feet of ore, eight feet Of which shows biz values in gold. This ore is identical with the rich ore Of the Tom Reed and it would take an expert to detect the difference was it piled up on the Tom Reed dumps. The other sixteen feet of ore is good rnill stuff, quartz veinlets running through the mass and carrying gold While the management has been some hat handicapped by the influx of water, this drawback is being gradually overcome and the work of drifting along the big vein IS under way. At the present time, and for some time past, 10000 gallons of water has been pumped from the mine every twenty-four hours.
 There are eight locations in the group, together with water rights and damsites of great value. On the Happy New Year shaft has been sunk to a depth of thirty feet, where big vein of quartz has been opened that gives average values of eight dol lars in gold. This shaft is to be con- tinued at once to depth of several hundred feet. On the Big Johnny vein, near the east end of the group, big vein of high grade milling ore has been opened for depth of 100 feet. This shaft is to be equipped with a hostng plant to replace the whim used at the present time. and the shaft sunk at least 100 feet deeper. The shaft on the Lexington vein will also be sunk one or two hundred feet deeper as soon as possible.
 The company, of which H. E. Woods is president and general manager, has been at work on the properties the past three years and has built up one of the best holdings of mining prop. erty in the district. Every foot of the veins show naturalization and in some places these veins rise up fifty or sixty feet above the surrounding country in great outcrops of quartz At number two shaft on the Lexington the vein assumes mammoth proportions, while Ill ,l, h, ,ai,, of quartz and banquet. In the Big Johnny vein the occurrence of a1quet is more pronounced than on any of the other veins, and this material shows exceptional values in gold. A look over the property will convince any person acquainted with the minerall zation of the Gold Road and Tom Reed sections that the possibilities of these veins is second to none in the state.
 great property, Is the president of the Gold Coin, one of the great producers of the Cripple Creek district. He has been at work on the acquisition of a large estate near the Tom Reed the past four years and now believes he can see hls company among the big gold producers of the country.
 These veins lie to the west of the Tom Reed about one and one-hal
 All around it are properties proving
 up ore bodies, but it would appear
 that the Lexington has secured tn,
 big outcrops of all these veins. 'rt
 the west of it is the Boundary Cone
 which is now in extremely ricn or,
 and which is soon to be equipped witt milling plant. To the north is tn, Gold Reed, which has cut great bod, of ore at the 2l5 level, while fartht
 west are the Treasure Key and Victor Virgin veins. All these veins ar, feeders of the Lexington and radiat, . out from it's boundaries. None o them are what may be termed smal veins, as the Boundary Cone has iron
 five to seven feet of ore on the 52 level on an average, and the Cole 5 Reed has practically the same widtl of ore, the vein matter being mucl a wider than the ore bodies in eacl $ property.
 9 The cutting of the Lexington veil ! al the 200 level caused considerab g excitement in Oatman, the crosscu . having been run fifty feet from tn . bottom of the shaft before the whol