Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-15
NEW STRIKE
IN OATMAN
CHEERS
CAMP
Tom Reed-GOId Road District Is
Scene of Another Discovery in
Black Eagle Workings of Com
pany.
DOWER'S PREDICTION
OF VEIN CAME TRUE
First Round Of Shots Disclose
Two Feet or Ore That Sam
Piled as High as Twenty-Five
Dollars Per Ton.
BY william P. De Wolf.


OATMAN. Ariz, Aug. Another
strike of potential possibilities has
been added to the list of those made
last week in the Tom Reed-Gold Road
Mining District The scene of this
most recent of ore discoveries is the
Black Eagle workings of the Tom
Reed Gold Mines company. a five per
cent per month dividend paying cor.
poration, and, incidentally the owner
OF the richest gold mine I'm Arizona.
The strike was made early the current
week and is Of equal importance with
those made the preceding week at the
properties of the Oaman Mining and
Milling company, the Tom Reed COM
Lany and the Gold Road company.
A few days after W. j. (Jm) Dover
had been appointed superintendent of
'he Black Eagle group. he made the
prediction that the southeast oxten.
sion of the Tom Reed compauy's rich
Vein system would De tapped therein
at a depth of 200 feet and that at q
depth of 400 feet body of pay ore
would be found. Dover made good
the first part of his prediction several
months ago by intersectiug 40 feet of
low Grade ore on the 20O-foot level
His prediction has now been made
good in toto by strike of CONNER
cially valuable milling ore on the 400
foot level
The ore was encountered IN the
breast of the crosscut at that depth
about 40 feet out from the shaft For
several days prior to the strike the
country rock through which the cross
cut was being driven showed traces
of gold and considerable miueraliza-
im-thc condition being indicative
of generous distribution of precious
metal yalues-and as the vein was
neared the presence of gold i'm the
country rock became more noticeable
The first round of shots touched of
i'm the vein proper disclosed two feet
of ore that sampled as high as $25
per ton Gold values continue to rule
at about the S25 mark as the crosscut
is extended across the ore body, and
it therefore appears likely the break
OF the ore from wall TO wall viii aver
age up to this standard Just how
wide the deposit is remains for further
development to- determine, but as it
is 40 feet wide ON the 2COtoot level
10 viii probably be about the same
breadth on the 4OO-foot level
Although the ore has been crosscut
few feet only at the time of for
warding this dispatch, there is no
question of its commercial worth and
of it's value as am asset 10 the Tom
Reed company Taken by and large,
it is the most important discovery
made i'm Tom Reed ground since that
day hvc years ago last spring when
Mr.. s. S. Jones, general manager OF
the Tom Reed companys estate first
opened pay ore in the main workings.
It's Importance to the owning COM
pany i5 not greater than it's import
ance TO the mining industry OF the
camp in general as il demonstrates
the presence of pay ore at point
nearly a mile 10 the southeast of the
main Tom Reed workings along the
main Tom Reed contract, and opens
golden vista of opportunity for the
owners of mining properties adjoining
and beyond the Black Eagle workings
along the trend of the same contract.
I'm other words, the discovery of
pay ore In the Black Eagle workings
will have the same beneficial effect
upon the mining interests of the south
end of the camp as did the discovery
or pay ore in the United Eastern
mnie, at a point nearly a mile north
west of the main workings, to the min
ing interests Of the north end of the
camp. And the combined effect viii
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