Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-26
Though Lacking in Official
Confirmation Gossip Cred
its Pioneer Property with
Good Strike in Main Shaft.
EASTERN CONTINUES
SINKING MAIN HOLE
Progress, Generally, at Dat
man is Remarkable. Many
Properties Are Being De-
veloped in a Thoroughgo-
ing Manner.
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KINGMAN, Ariz., Dec. 25.-Although
it is impossible to obtain details from
an official source. it is definitely
known that the Tom Reed Gold Mines
Company has opened up a new and
important ore body on the 1175-foot
level of its main shaft 1t is learned
that the latest discovery constitutes
one of the most important finds made
in the property. At the Black Eagle
shaft of the same company, the Is
horsepower gasoline hoist which has
rendered service there in the past. is
being replaced with double-drum e.
lectrical outfit of 40 horsepower.
Shaft No / OF the United Eastern
Mining Company. sinking i'm which
was recently resumed Immediately be-
low the 565-foot level, has reached the
6l5-foot point on its way to the 765-
foot level, upon which lateral work
upon an extensive scale will be inaug-
urated to further prove up the already
vast ore bodies revealed on the upper
levels. As only one shift of miners is
employed slow progress is at present
being made I'm the sinking Of No.
| shaft, which was recently started. A
full equipment of machinery viii be
placed on the new shaft i'm the near
future, after which three shifts will be
employed and the work prosecuted
with all possible haste to at least the
6OO-foot point At present no lateral
work is being done in the mine.
The Argo Mines Company has I'm
! ished the erection of a large gallows
frame on its double-compartment YER
/ tical shaft which has gained q depth
of As feet on its way TO the 4OO-foot
point at which the first lateral work
/ will be done, The shaft is being sent
down to a point so feet from the ledge,
the eastern continuation of the Tom
/ Reed vein. Samples taken from the
Vein on the surface Of the Argo re
! turn values ranging from $3.50 to 1852
/ per ton. A contract for the first 100
feet of the shaft has been let. A 25
| horsepower gasoline hoist, 3O0-cubic
/ foot air compressor and machine drills
! have been ordered and will be deliver
ed on the ground within the next few
days The management expects to
have operations in full swing by Jan
uary l.
/ In addition TO building a three-mile
/ road to the property, the Casey Jones
Mining Company has started to sink
two compartment shafts with which
4 its twelve claims will be explored up
on an extensive scale The east shaft
viii be sent down 800 and the vest
shaft 500 feet The mechanical coup
ment for the east shaft has been con
tracted for and Negotiations are pend
ing al present for that for the other
The Casey Jones is trayersed by three
dikes or veins Carrying i'm average
width from to % feet and assays on
the surface from so cents to 81 per
ton All the veins trend TO the east
and apparently converge on CRANKY
No. 4, one of the claims OF the compa-
ny, with the Argo ledge, the continue
tion of the Tom Reed vein
Crosscutting on the 505-foot level Of
its 525-loot shaft continues to hold at
tention of General Manager J. G.. Dem
ton Of the United Western. The new
east crosscut is OUT about 30 feet
while that to the west has been adj
vanced 1876 feet 1t is expected that
the west crosscut will in the next 10
or 20 feet disclose the northern contin.
uation of the United Eastern vein.
The south crosscut on the 4O0-foot
level of the Big Jim continues to pen
citrate streaks OF quartz and vein mat
ter OF varying widths and values. Gen
eral superintendent Heating believes
that the crosscut now out about so
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