Weekly journal-miner., 1915-06-23
What Happened Thereafter.

5uccumbed to the waste of the preci- ous metal in its veins and to a com plication of ailments, which were az gravatcd by lack of proper develop ment. A diagnosis of the case has been made by General Manager Brush and Geo1ogist Richard Lloyd of the Orion company, and they pro pose administering a restorative that will stimulate the dormant energies of this old-time bonanza and again start its productive forces. July 1st is the date set for restoring animation. Electricity, the subtle agent so often called 10 the aid of modern research, will be the means employed.
 Plans of Orion Company.
 The Orion management will un- water the main shaft, whi>h has depth of $50 feet, and will then start development work on the upper lev els East of this shaft distance of 375 feet is located the shaft on the original workings. They are to be connected by drive sent out from the 2O0-foot level in the main shaft. Despite the amount of drifting and stoping done in the old workings and the very considerable ore tonnage that was mined and milled, very ex- tended ore indications yet remain there. Levels were established at the 100 and 200-foot points and a body of high grade milling ore three feet in width was followed. This orc seems to have been followed, how ever, with reckless disregard of the simplest rules of mining; with the re- suit that large amount of waste rock was broken down with the ore and sent to mill.
 To the west of the main shaft distance of 495 feet there is another shaft sunk by the former manage ment. It has a depth of 300 feet and passed through the main Gold Dust ore body on the dip at depth of 94 feet. A shoot was encountered near the shaft at this depth and orc stopped out to surface. Four samples recent ly taken from this stope by Messrs. Brush and Lloyd gave the following assay returns: $1L26, $27.14 $1136 and $30.84 gold per ton. The, min eral showing in these workings is on a par with that in the workings to the cast of the main shaft, and the combined showing justi6es the Orion management in its belief that 1000 tons of milling grade ore will soon be at its disposal.
 The Main Workings.
 In the main workings the former management drifted 75O feet in both directions without finding ore, and the belief is general here that in each instance the drifts were sent out par allel with the vein. The truth or falsity of this belief cannot be deter mined until the workings have been unwatered and the necessary cross cutting has been done With ore opened on each side of the main workings, however, it would appear as though poor mining rather than lack of ore was responsible for the failure of the Gold Dust mine to make good.
 A plant of machinery is being in stalled at the main working shaft on the estate of the Oatman Gold Min ing and Milling Company, and at the same time the necessary mine build ings are being erected. The property lies northeast of and adjacent to the Tom Reed Company's property and is crossed by series of well mineral ized lodges. These lodges have given at surface and nominal depth some of the best assays and pannings in the camp. Manager Eli Hilty has as an objective a depth of 800 feet, where he purposes to prove and de velop the veins. The acreage is con 5idered one of the most valuable in the district and the belief is general that it will make into pay ore at comparatively nominal depth.
 Sinking to Water Level.
 On the Black Eagle orouD of the , Tom Reed Company, located near 2 he property of the Oatman Mining ' md Milling Company, the main shaft s down better than 300 feet on its way to water level, where crosscuts f Ire to be sent out to intersect the f southeast extension of the Tom Reed I orc zone. James Dover, who is in C .hargc of development work, expects o tap the water course at q depth ( lpproximating 400 feet. Sinking is