Weekly journal-miner., 1915-09-15

ShdHSS. 1HSy IOunQ the representa- tives of the local mining companies willing to meet them half way on any proposition tending to advance the mining industry here, and returned home bearing the assurance that a number of local mining companies would in the near future apply for the listing of their shares on the San
 Francisco exchange. The men on the job here were neither slow to rec ognize the advantages which will ac- crue by the establishing of trade re- lations with San Francisco, nor in accepting the opportunity to do so offered by the representatives of the stock exchange at that point
 Reverting to proverb for the mo ment, comes to mind the thought that the ancient truism, By their faith, ye shall know them," is pecul- iarly applicable to the people of the Tom Reed-Gold Road Mining district; for the people of no other mining camp have a more abiding faith in its mines and are more abundantly backing that faith with their dollars. Within the last six months the peo- ple of this camp and of Mojave coun- ty in general, have invested over $150,- GOO in the mining stocks of the Tom Reed-Gold Road district; which, to say the least, is some investment for sparsely settled community but re- gently awakened to the value of its mines and the profits they hold. Less than one year ago a considerable number of the miners working in the Tom Reed mine and elsewhere in the camp, bought United Eastern at 25 cents per share. Most of them have. kept their Eastern stock and to- day can realize thereon a profit of nearly 1,200 per cent. The case of the United Eastern is cited with the object of setting forth the opportunity for profit making the mining stocks of this camp present That it is not an isolated case is attested by the sales records of the United Western, Big Jim, Oatman Mining and Milling Company, Orion, Ivaphoe, Black Range, Pittsburg, Arizona-Tom Reed, Jerome Oatman and number of oth- CT companies that are aggressively de- veloping their properties.
 Value of Mine Plants.
 The machinery installed at the mines of this district, including the large and modern plants in opera ton at the Tom Reed and Gold Road mines, has an aggregate value in ex- cess of $1,0O0,OOO. Ranking next in value to the equipment of the Tom Reed and Gold Road Companies, and equalling it in efficiency, is the cleo trical plant at the shaft of the Orion Company. The plant owned by the Pioneer Consolidated Company is al most as valuable as the Orion's, and in the same category with the Pio- neer are the plants at the Ruth, Le- land and Vivian mines. These plants will soon be supplemented by the powerful mine and mill machinery that is to be installed on the property of the United Eastern Company. In cluding the machinery equipment be- fore mentioned, there are 40 odd plants in operation here; and of that number the greater portion has been installed since the first of the current year. The roster reads about as fol lows:
 United Eastern, hoist, compressor, engine and jack hammers; United Western, hoist, compressor, engine, jack hammers and drill sharpeners; Pittsburg hoist, engine, pump, com pressor, jack hammers and drill sharp ener; Crown City, three hoists, com pressor, engine and drills; Ivanhoe, 1 hoist. compressor, engine and jack hammers; Hercules, hoist, compres- sor, engine and air drills; Gold Ore, hoist, pump and jack hammers (com pression obtained through air pipe line from Gold Road mine); Moss, 1 hoist, compressor, engine and power drills; Jerome-Oatman, hoist, com pressor, engine and jack hammers, en route to camp; Gold Reed, hoist com pressor, engine, pump and jack ham mers; Tip Top shaft of Tom Reed | Company, hoist, compressor, engine and power drills; Ola Oatman shaft l of Tom Reed Company, hoist, com pressor, engine and power drills; Black Eagle shaft of Tom Reed Com. pany, hoist, compressor, engine and jack hammers; Big Jim, hoist, com pressor, engine and jack hammers; Telluride, hoist, compressor, engine | and jack hammers; SunAyside, hoist 1, ing engine; Lexington, hoisting en- zine and pump (ncw and complete plant ordered); Carter, hoist, com pressor, engine and Jack hammers; |