El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-24
PLANS MADE To
BUILD BIC MILL
United Eastern at 0atman
to Complete 400 Ton
Plant by July 1.

Mining company at Oatman. % miles
southwest Of Kingman, looking to tht
immediate construction of a mill. Ac.
| cOrding to calculations of the designer
/ Otto WartenWeiler, d mill expert OF
| Los Angeles. the plant will be com
pleted and in operation by July I next
The process Of treatment adopted calls
I for cOarse crushing in gyratOry crush
ers, coarse grinding in steel ball mills
and fine grinding in pebble mills In
the c~yanidation Of the ore, continuous
decantatiOn. as practlced in the Tom
Reed and Goldroad mills, viii be fol
I lowed The mill Will reduce 200 tons
/ daily at the start but il will be con-
structed so that it will ultimately
treat 400 tons daily.
The annual election Of officers re-
I suited as follows president, Frank 4.
Keith; vice-president, c. W Long
! treasurer, r. /. Rodgers; secretary,
named with D. c. lacking. Seeley ".
Mudd- Ralph G Rowland, W X Riden-
our, Phillip WiSeman and J. L McIver.
Little change has occurred of late IN
general mine conditions there being
a continuance Of the highly pleasing
results accomplished since the develop
ment OF the properly was inaugurated-
As hand steel is being temporarily
used. only slow progress is at present
being made in extending the new north
drift on the 3O6-foOt level
The GOldroad Mines company has
made its weekly shipment Of bullion
TO the United States mint at San Fran
$4,000. was -s'
A station and 2O-foot sump below
having been completed. lateral opera
tons are now under way at the sos
foot point in the shaft on the United
western A crosscUt is being extended
to the southwest 10 intersect what is
regarded as the northern extension OF
the great United Eastern vein The
new working measures about 20 feet
in length.
Contract For Shaft Awarded.
The LeXingtOn-ArizOna has awarded
to Charles Revere and Ray Russell a
contract TO sink a three-cOmpartment
shaft : by II feet in the clear TO a
eight miners. the contractors ave
started work with hand steel but Il
will soon be replaced by machine drills.
The SHAFT is being sent down at a
point 20 feet to the north of the big
vein which traverses the property.
Sheridan and Walk, with a force OF
miners working in two shifts. have
entered upon their contract Of sinking
a twO-cOmpartment shaft four by eight
feet. 10 a depth Of 800 feet on the Nellie.
A 4O-hOrsepOwer gasoline hoist. air
compressor and machine drills viii be
installed about December I.
The Lucky Boy is grading = site for
a hoist house and will soon have a
hoist and compressor in operation.
The shaft, which is being sunk double
compartment size, is down 20 feet It
viii soon be sent down to a depth OF
500 feet.
The 25-horsepower gasoline hoist
which recently arrived on the Fessen-
den has been installed and sinking
operations will be resumed at the To-
foot point in the next day or two. II
is the intention OF the management to
90 down 500 feet, with laterals every
100 feet. The Fessenden vein measures
on the surface Z feet in width and Is
t~raceable for 5000 feet on the property.
Surface assays show values Of from
SlZ0 10 81 per ton
Lazy Boy improvements
The anagemen Of the Lazy Boy
has finished the erection OF 4 black
smith shop, bunk houses and boarding
house and is now grading a site for q
4O-hOrsepOWer gasoline hoist a COL
lar set is now being placed in position
for a one and a half compartment
that will go down 500 feet. The
shaft at present has a depth Of about
20 feet a four-drill air compressor
VIII arrive on the ground within the
ten days.
New Company Starts Development.
The Oatman Southern Mining and
Milling company, recently organized.
has taken over the Curry-Alexander
group Of II claims, adjoining the Put
ney, and entered upon its DEVELOPMENT
upOn an extensive scale. The ground
IS being surveyed by L h Foster and
a new 5OO-foot vertical shaft will soon
De started The property already has
a 10S-fOOt incline shaft on a vein
~ AAANAu Win AE4AlEE wall exposed.
shows a width Of A feet in a crosscut
fro mthe bottom and which SAY 81
per ton
The Goldroad Capote Mining COM
pany, organized recently. held q meet
and elected the following named
officers; president. Robert T. Irons,
vice-presidenL Charles E. Goodrich;
secretary treasurer, L A Ross direc-
tors. V H. Irons and Guy c. Smith
Preliminary operations are under way
A 5O0-fOOt vertical shaft will soon be
started No crOsscuts Will be run until
the objective point is reached. 1t is
expected the shaft viii cut at the depth
named the vein which on the surface
measures u feet in width and gives
assays Of SO n 81 per ton.
Takes Over HammeI Group
The Lost Treasure Mining company,
recently organized by the Long and
Mclver interests, has taken over the
Hammel group Of five claims between
the GOldrOad Capote and Gold Ore pro-
Preparations are under way
for the sinking Of a 700-fOot vertical
shaft in the hanging wall section Of
the Gold ore vein.
Henry Weber. formerly Of GOldfieId.
Nevada, and George ". Peirce. for a
long time connected with the Golden
Fleece mine at Lake City. Colo. and
associates have acquired from Adam
and associates the Evening
Morning Star group of four CLANS.
A shaft. now down 90 feet. will be
continued Immediately to the 50O-foOt
point IN n bottom OF the shaft there
IS AT present exposed quartz and vein
matter assaying from 60 cents TO 81
per ton.
"Diamondfield Jack" Davis. in as
ISOLATION with Chicago n Los Angeles
parties, has purchased the Florida
Of five claims from John Ward
and Harvey Hon A tunnel on the
rein viii soon be started
The shaft on the United Southern
has attained a depth Of 90 feet and
values ranging from 81 TO So per ton
being revealed. An order has been
for a hoist and compressor cap
Of operating to a depth OF 500
G p. Campbell Of Los Angeles. and
L Lunsford. or Oatman, recently
purchased the Yankee group consist
OF 80 acres. adjoining the Oatman
Mining and Milling.
Close 100000 Deal.
Frank L Hunt Of Kingman and John
L. Moore, Of Oatman. have closed a
Zeal with z NJ COplen and Harry A
ole nW LnE AnUnNaE WhaHahU che Nnw-