The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-27

las; at the annual meeting of tx
ste ckholders of the United Eastern
Mining company at Oatman, 26 miles
southwest of Kingman, looking 10
the immediate construction of a
mill. According to calculations OF
, the designer, Otto Wartenweiler, a
mining engineer and mill expert OF
Los Angeles, the plant will be COM
rleted and in operation by July l,
next. The process Of treatment
adopted calls for coarse crushing in
gyration crushers, coarse grinding II.
steel ball mills and fine grinding in
pebble mills. In the c~yanidation of
The ore. continuous decantation, DIS
! practioed in the Tom Reed and
Goldroad mills, will be followed. The
mill will reduce 200 tons daily at
the start but it will be constructed
so that it will ultimately treat 400
tons daily.
The annual election of officers re-
suited as follows: President. Frank
A. Keith; vice president, G. w.
Long: treasurer, R. l. Rodgers; &C.
retary. Wallace Keith; directors, the
above named with d. c. Jacklins,
Seelev w. Mudd, Ralph Nowlands,
w. X. Ridenour, Phillip Wiseman
and ]. L. McIver.
Little change has occurred OF
late in general mine conditions
there being a continuance of the
highly pleasing results accomplished
since the development of the proper
ty was inaugurated. AS hand steel
is being temporarily used, only SLOW
progress is at present being mace
in extending the new north DRIFT Oh
the 3O6-foot level. The drift meas
ures about 70 feet in length, all in
ore. As soon as the work a SUI
ficiently advanced to permit, ma
chine drills will be put in operation
in this drift. Drifting south on THIS
level has been temporarily deferred.
The Goldroad Mines company on
Wednesday made its weekly snip
ment of bullion to the United States
mint at San Francisco. The ship
ment was valued at $4,000.
A station and 20-foot stump be-
low having been completed, lateral
operations are now under way at
the 5O5-foot point in the shaft on
the United Western. A cross
cut is being extended to the south
west to intersect what is regarded as
the northern extension of the great
United Eastern vein. The new work
ing measures about 20 feet III
length. -,
The Lexington-Arizona recently
awarded a contract to sink a three
compartment shaft, 7x17 feet in the
clear, to a depth of 800 feet. WIN
a force of eight miners, the con-
tractors have started work with
hand steel but it will soon be re-
placed by machine drills. II
shaft is being sent down at a point
20 feet to the north of the big
vein which the property.
Sheridan and Walz, with a force
of miners working in two shirts,
have entered upon their contract or
sinking a accompaniment shaft.
AXIS feet. to a depth of 500 feet on
the Nellie. A 40-horsepower gaso-
line hoist, air compressor and ma
chine drills will be installed about
Dec. 1.
The Lucky Boy is grading a, site
for a hoist house and will soon have
a hoist and compressor in opera
ton. The shaft, which is being
/ sunk double-compartment size, is
down 20 feet. 1t will be sent dow
to a depth of 500 feet.
The 25-horsepower gasoline hoist
which recently arrived on the Fes-
sender has been completely in
stalled and sinking operations will
be resumed at the 75-foot point in
the next day or two. 1t is the in
tention of the management to go
down 500 feet, with laterals every
100 feet. The Fessenden vein
measures on the surface seven feet
in width and is traceable for 5000
feet on the property. Surface ASSAYS
show values of from $1.2O to 81
per ton.
The management of the Lazy Boy
has finished the erection of a black
smith shop, bunk houses and board
ing house and is now grading a site
for a 40-hOrsepOwer gasoline hoist.
A collar set is 10Y being placed in
position for a one and a half-com-
partment shaft that will go down
500 feet. The shaft at present has
a depth of about 22O feet. A four
drill air compressor will arrive on
the ground within the next 10 days.
The Oatman Southern Mining 4
Milling company. recently organ
lied, has taken over the Curry-AleX-
ander group of II claims, adjoin-
ing the Putney. and entered upon its
development upon an extensive scale
The ground is being surveyed and a