Arizona republican., 1915-12-12
kineman.oatman District

s kineman- Oatman District
 The stir and attention to this camp continues as usual.
 To date ninety -one companies have been organized and are now operat- ing in the Oatman field. The total capitalization of the ninety-one com panies is S52, 100000. That the first of the year will see 125 companies is a conservative estimate. F'iT,:- companies are now in the making.
 Last week a gold bar was shipped from Gold Roads valued at $26,000. the result of one weeks clean up. The bar is the largest shipped from the mill in several years and is indicative of the increased value in the ore since the recent strike on the 900 level
 The new main vertical three-com partment shaft on the United East ern, through which will be largely handled the enormous tonnage of ore already bIockd out to a depth of 565 feet by workings from the old shaft, is nearing the 3O-foot point. At the collar q 2O0-ton gravity feed bin is being erected. On account of the de- mands being made on the present 
 work in progress at other points, op- erations on the 306 foot level have been temporarily suspended by Gen eral Manager Long. The south drift on the 465 foot level now measures 12G feet in length. The face has been turned into the hanging wall of the vein and in consequence, no values of any importance are being obtained. A crosscut from this drift near the present face will be started soon to determine the width of the ore body The crosscut being advanced from the north drift on this level is out about 20 feet The face is still in commercial ore with no indications as to when the footwall will be Gis closed. The cross-cut started from the 275-foot point in the north drift on the 5G5-foot level has proven the ore body at that point and depth to be , feet in width, which indicates tliat the working is near-the northern end of the famous United Eastern ore shoot, at least on the level nam ed After exposing 15 feet of ore, the crosAcut at the 75-foot point in the south drift on the 565 -fo,sr ic"tl has been temporarily stopped without disclosing the fo .rV all. Fron ;!:c same drift d new cru:s-cUt. started 150 feet 9Tom the shaft has hacc eX- tended 10 feet, all in ore.
 The general manager of the United Western reports that the southwest crosscut on the 505-foot level of the 525-foot shaft on the property mea sures more than 50 feet in length. Conditions prevailing indicate that it is penetrating the casing of the vein sought.
 The striking of pOrphyry copper in the Mineral Park country has caus- ed a rush into that field, and today there is not a foot of ground between Todd. Basin, on the south. to Chloride, on the north. that is not covered by location.
 The GolcOnda Zinc mine paid $S5,- 900 in dividends for the last quarter. The large force of PCS men are em- ployed at the property being the largest in its history.
 The property belonging to James H. Haas in Mineral Park, has been bonded to a Phoenix party for $50,- 900. The holdings comprise about l5 claims.
 Inspiration
 Nine out of eighteen sections of the Inspiration Consolidated mill have been placed in operation and for some time 1000 tons of ore have been run through the plant daily. An ex- traction of S2 per cent has been se- cured as an average on all ore han dled, while the recovery from sulphides alone has been about 93 per cent. The mill extraction, when the plant is working full will depend largely upon the content of the carbonate ores.
 Inspiration produced during Octo- Der about 100000 pounds of copper, while the November yield may run as high as G.0O0.OOO pounds. The en- tire mill should be ready to operate =.=.--==.=-.-=.---==--.--=-s====-=.=