Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21

" ulle WoIh hlub III tue HNopta anu drifts of the Tom Reed mine. Long ! and McIver studied the dips, spurs and | angles of the Tom Reed vein system ! to good purpose and with practical ! benefit Co themselves and the Tom Reed-Gold Road District in general To just how good a purpose and prac- tical benefit to thmselves and others
 the following facts will show
 ! Somewhat les than a year ago they ! left the employ of the Tom Reed com pany obtained bond from Joe Pari. SO and associates on considerable acreage adjoining the Tom Reed prop erty on the north and west. incorporat-
 ed it under the name Of the United 1 Eastern Mining company and got busy with hammer and drill Al a depth of 200 feet they struck ore and at depth of 300 feet encountered pay val | lues
 At the outset of the venture the peo pie of the camp. as a whole. were in- { clined to view with skepticism the ! efforts of Long and MeIver to open a mine beyond the confines of the Tom Reed estate. And not few of them voiced that skepticism in somewhat unpleasant manner, to say the least | The shafts of pessimism failed to
 pierce the armor of their optimism.
 however. and they proceeded with | their selfalloted task with a strong arm and quiet tongue. drawing what ! comfort they might from the encour- agement and financial support of the minority that had confidence in their venture After a while Long and Nc , Iver struck pay ore in place Then the camp was with them, almost to a man.
 Today. less than a year from the time they began work. Long and Me Iyer have opened pay ore in the United Eastern mine from 300 feet to
 a depth Of 565 feet. On the 46O and
 565-foot levels the average grade of this ore is S4O.00 per ton across a
 breadth of 35 feet Prominent engin-
 eers have estimated the value of the
 ore in the United Eastern workings at
 approximately S1O0OO.OOO and have pronounced 1t to be one of the most remarkable mines they have ever ex- Iamined United Eastern shares. plac. led originally at 25 cents per share. are
 now in demand at upwards of S40O per
 share
 What Long and McIver have accom- lplished in the United Eastern mine
 they and others are now in the way |of accomplishing in other portions Of the camp, finding incentive therefore in the well mineralized lodges which
 gridirou the district and in the hnan-
 cial support that has been secured , through medium of the publicity given
 the camp in the mining and general . press of the country.
 Mining operations are now being az excessively prosecuted throughout a -I7N1 mile area and on at least sixty l different mining estates, whereas only 2 a few months ago they were confined l to the Tom Reed and Gold Road
 mines and ascant dozen less well - known properties. From quiet, more i, or less moribuud hamlet of 300 people.
 Oatman has grown into a bustling g hustline mining camp of at least 1900 - people, and is increasing in popula
 ton daily
 or late direct telephDne and tele. , graph communication with outside l points has been established and these 2 Iconvenieuces are greatly facilitating - the transaction of business. More par. g ticularly with the stock exchanges in ] san Francisco. Los Angeles. Chicago | New York Philadelphia and Boston D where the shares of one or more of the , mining companies operating in this - ldistrct are listed. Men prominent in
 Imine brokerage and mine investment F. circles are visiting the camp Tn increas !. ing numbers, the more recent of that f class of visitors being a party of forty i San Francisco and Los Angeles brok - ers They found the camp up to the e standard of an the claims made for it i and returned home enthusiastic sup f porters of its mining investment op ,- portunities
 i Every mining section enters upon | the era of its prosperity beneath the |. handicap of a lack of accommoda
 tions for its increased population. Oat - man is no exception 10 the general rule a in that respect, although 1t can in all V truth be said that the available ac 1 commodations are superior to those ol fl other camps at a like stage in theh b growth. The lodging houses, for in e stance. are well built, and comfortable | although crowded with inmates. and 1 electric lights, piped water and show e CT baths were installed here long be
 fore the news of Oatman's mining op 1T porunites became noised abroad. e In an effort to supply the demand d for living and sleeping quarters, V. s O Rowley and associates have laid ou n the townsite of old Trails one mile s south of Oatman, and Morel and Force V have established a townsite of smaller e area to the north of Oatman Towr d lots meet with a ready sale and ara {. reasonable in price. ! am informed d that the United Eastern company vii ,f in due course lay off a section of iu d estate into town lots and offer then d for sale. and that the Mesa Develop n ment company has acquired the sur