Weekly journal-miner., 1915-06-09
DISTRICT IS APPROVED
 BY NOTED BIOLOGIST
(Bv William P. DeWolf.l

OLA1 MAN, J AlC T.-4 AlN oLelil r VI approval has been placed on the Tom Reed-Gold Road Mining District by Dr. Walter Harvey Weed, of New York City, geologist and mining engineer of international reputation. Dr. Weed has just completed an ex- animation of the geological and min eralogical structure of this section with the object of determining the prevalence therein of gold-bearing ores and the persistency of values to a great depth.
 Prior to departure for Jerome, Ari- zona, where he will examine several properties for the Clark interests, Dr. Weed expressed to me the opinion that valuable mines will be develop cd here whose longevity will be cur tailed only by the limitations of min ing machinery. In other words, it is the opinion of Dr. Weed that the mines of the Tom Reed-Gold Road District will yield pay ore to the greatest depth at which it will be possible to mine.
 Emanating from a gentleman of Dr. Weeds standing in the mining world and corroborating, as it does, report on this section made by him in 1909, the above statement may be accepted without reservation by the general public as a verdict warranted by the facts and the evidence.
 Veins Are Persistent.
 "The veins in the Tom Reed Gold Road District are remarkably persist ent," said the noted visitor, land will believe carry values irrespective of the nature of the wall rock A dike is not an essential factor for ore de position, and veins without dikes are just as likely to carry ore shoots as those with the big wall-like out-crops. Many of these so-called dikes are merely zones of highly altered silici- fled andesite-porphyry - not true igneous dikes."
 Dr. Weed first visited this section about six years ago, and in the re port written by him at that time said:
 'The gold deposits occur in well defined Assure veins which traverse all the rocks of the region and, so far as my observations enabled me to judge, the veins are of identical char lcter and are equally mineralized in all the rocks and, though the Assures may show variations in the width of the rock, the vein filling is similar in each rock, and the ore is likely to je equally rich in any one of the rocks of the district"
 A Comparison.
 A comparison of the written opin- ion transcribed by Dr. Weed in 1909, with the opinion expressed by him 70 your correspondent a few days ago, shows that development work between then and now bears out his earlier statement regarding the char acter and. persistency of the local ore dispositions and inspired his later statement That is to say, Dr. Weed found upon his return here in 1915, that the camp had in the interim made good" in accord with his pre- fiction of 1909 Naturally, he is much gratified, and so expressed himself. Nothing of the personal, q told you so," note permeated his conversa- lion on the subject. Tn fact, the sub ect of his 1909 report was not re- ferred to by him until others had called it to his attention.
 The phase of the local mining sit uation that appeals to Dr. Weed more forcefully, perhaps, than any other is the amount of development work that has been done since his first visit. He referred to this phase number of times with marked in- terest, laying stress upon it as presag- ing continual and healthy growth along mining lines. He believes the mining industry here has reached the stage where capital for mine develop ment purposes will soon be available n increasing amounts with cores bonding increase in the number of producing mines.
 The itinerary of Dr. Weed includ- cd an inspection of the Tom Reed, Gold Road, United Eastern, United Western, Gold Ore, Pittsburg, Big Jim, Orion, Lexington and Black Range properties, and was supple mented by auto trips around the camp in general. He is particularly impressed with the showing in the United Eastern mine Tt is very remarkable ore body" said he "Ope of the most remarkable I have ever seen. I shall follow its development with interest" I
 Favor the Western.
 "The United Western has in my opinion an assured future" he con tiuued CT have traced the OutrrOD l