El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-23
COLD DUST To
De UNNATERED
Machinery Is Being In
stalled in Main Shaft of
the Oatman Mine.

kingman. Ariz., June 23.-The Orion
Mining and Milling company. which re-
Gently took over the old VictOr-Vfrgin
property, better known as the Gold
Dust, IS preparing to unwater the main
shaft which has a depth Of $50 feet
and TO start development work on the
upper levels.
East of the main shaft is the 375-foot
shaft which is the principal feature OF
the original workings The two are
to be connected by a drive from the
2OO-fOot level
Much rich ore was taken from the
Slopes and drifts Of the old levels. hut
Indications are that vast bodies still
exist there Levels were established
at the 100 and 20O-fOot points and a
long distance
West Of the main shaft. a distance of
$50 teet' IS another shaft sunk by q
former management 1t is 800 feet
qeep ana passed through the main Gold
Dust ore body on the dip. at a deDth
or u feet Four samples recently
taken from this vein gave results
from S1i.zb to SSO-94 to the ton in gold
Machinery Installed In Oatman.
Machinery is being installed Al The
main SHAFT of the Oatman Gold MINING,
and Milling company. and necessary
Dulldlngs are being erected. This prom
erty lies northeast Of and adjacent to
the Tom Reed and is crossed nv a series
of well mineralized lodges At Surface
and nominal depths these lodges have
gwen some of the richest paintings ever
secured in the Oatman camp. The shaft
Is 70 be sunk 10 depth OF 500 feet
On the Black Eagle group Of the Tom
heeu company the main shaft is down
more Ihan 500 feet on its Wav 10 wafer
IeVeL From that point crosscuts are TO
De sent out 10 intersect the northeast
extension Of the Tom Reed ore zone II
IS expected that the water level will
De encounterd at a depth of not more
than 400 feet
VIII Go to 500 Feet.
IN a surprisingly short time the shat
on the Ivanhoe group has been sunk
more than 100 feet Sinking will h.
continued until a depth of 500 feet has
pSSn attained stations are TO be cut al
4VO-Ioot intervals. The first arte0Dnr
at development work will be made a.
the zUU-1oot level although the real
campaign viii begin at the 50O-f7ot
poIHC mere the main and intersectine
iedges that gridirOn the property will
De cut and developed
=, A force has been put to work bv the
Golu Roau company al The old Nose
mlnes on Silver creek The big vein
y 70 De thoroughly eXploreu anu sam
R c; jacobson. superintendent of The
LeKlaIhan Mining COMPANY has beeD
Ce-teu 10 81 Paul for conference with
the principal stockholders. The confer
- '-- AOa-AL N an arrangement to
finance the company for big things
For the last year the company has bee1
developing the Whale and Leviatban
VEINS, IN Copper canyon, and some won
derIul bodies Of copper-molybdenfte ore
nave been opened The greatest neces-
slty at this time is a mill to dress The
ores Tor market At the present rir1e
rro-molybdenum metal is quoted NJ
500 pound, which gives great value
TO the Leviathan ores
On the 465 and 565-foot levels Of the
united Eastern mine. drifts have been
carried north and south along the vein
a Instance of more than so feet Won
9erIuI ore has been opened on the sos
1901 level, a large part Of the vein ne
ing freely specl1led with gold. on
the level above the ore is just as rich as