Weekly journal-miner., 1915-06-30
DEVELOPMENT PROVES
 VALUE LARGE ORE BODY.
(By William P. DeWolf.l

OATMAN, June 26-Developmcnt Of the large ore body which was crosscut several weeks ago on the 565-foot level of the United Eastern mine is determining its values i'll nc uncertain manner, and is proving its breadth and grade to be all that was claimed by your correspondent at tho time of its discovery. The drifts which are being sent out along its strike are demonstrating it to be ons of the most remarkable ore bodies ever encountered in this or any other camp. Dr. Walter Harvey Weed, the eminent geologist, who recently in, spected the United Eastern mine said: Ut is very remarkable ore body. One of the most remarkable 1 have ever seen. 1 shall follow its development with much interest
 Were Dr. Weed to give this ore body the once over today he would find that it is maintaining its width of 37 feet that being its breadth at the time of his inspection-and that 1t is breaking to an average of $36.60 per ton across breadth of P feet During the last few days de velopment work has been featured by the presence of considerable free gold in the vein material Whenever this occurs the general average grade of the orc is, of course, very mater tally increased. By sorting this ore no difficulty would be experienced in saving tonnage having an average value of many hundreds of dollars per ton. In a camp where an ore of milling grade is the dcsideratum, however, as there are no adequate transportation facilities for shipping to outside points, there is no nc cessity for employing ore sorters at the Eastern.
 Gold Tn Cube Form.
 The precipitation of gold in some of the specimen quartz is very pro- uounced. It frequently occurs in cube form, accompanied by the grcenish feldspar crystals (adularia) which almost invariably are associat- cd with the pay ore shoots of the Tom Reed-Gold Road District, and is distributed generally throughout the quartz. Development work is confined to extending the drifts and 10 blocking out ore in readiness for reduction at the mill the United East crn company is planning to build. It is reported that work on this plant will start within 60 days. Such orc, however, as is from necessity broken turing the work of extending the drifts will probably be treated at the milling plant of the Gold Road com pany.
 The drive west of the 300-foot level n the Pittsburg mine is making into orc indentical in appearance with that being mined in the United Eastern workings. By the foregoing it is not to be understood that the Pitts burg ore is carrying values on a par with those prevailing in the Eastern orc. There is, however, judging by naturalization in the vein material. reason to believe that the drive west in the Pittsburg is nearing an orc shoot. Colonel L. P Hansen of Pasadena, who is heavily interested financially in the Pittsburg has just returned to his home after spending the greater portion of week in the mine workings where he inspected the various changes in the formation as ihe drift was advanced. He express ed himself to me as feeling much encouraged by the mineral showing The drive is being advanced about s feet every twenty-four hours and may enter an ore shoot before the close of the current month.
 Black Range News.
 D. r. Wright, manager and prin- cipal owner of the Black Range prop erty, is getting things in shape for m extended development campaign. The main working shaft has been timbercd its length of 155 feet, a permanent camp for miners has been established and a road built to the mine. The installing of a plant Of machinery is to follow. The latter will include a 60-horse power engine, a 300-cubic foot compressor, hoist ing engine and a complement of ore cars, buckets, air pipe, rails, etc. As soon as the mine equipment is in place an additional shift of miners will be employed and the shaft be sunk to a depth of 300 feet. At the 3OO-foot point the vein system will be crosscut and drift be sent out along its southeast strike. The cross cut from the bottom, or l55foot lev el, presents indications of the shafts being on the west end of an orc shoot Gold values range from S2.OO