Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-30
UNITED EASTERN IS
PREPARING To START
ERECTION OF MILL
Company viii Start Sinking Trl-
pie Compartment Shaft, Sew
eraI Hundred Feet Away From
Present Location, Soon.

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Company is proceeding with .prepar-
ations incident to the construction on
its famous property at Oatman in the
San Francisco district, 26 miles south.
west Of Kingman, Of a mill for the
reduction of the vast tonnage OF ore
blocked out A new vertical work
ing shaft, three-compartment in size.
measuring by Is feet in the clear
has been started and will be sent
down to a depth of 900 feet. The new
shaft is located 700 feet north Of the
present working shaft and 1875 feet
northeast Of the point at which the
mill bins will be situated. A double
drum 150-horsepower electric hoist
and other machinery has been ordered
for the new shaft A two-story Of
flee building, 49 by 65 feet in dimen-
sions. will soon be started, as will al
so the construction Of the mill build
ing.
! There has been no change Of late
in the underground physical condl-
items. On the 306-foot level. the north
drift now measures about 20 feet in
] ANAHAhf oil III bAts AIAAlAAHE HUuAn mas
not yet been started. The south drift
on the 465-foot level is out about 80
feet, the face exposing ore assaying
from S25 TO $50 per ton The cross
''ut started at the 100-foot point in
the north drift on this level is now
about II feet long, all in ore. On the
! 565-foot level in the north drift a new
crosscut TO determine the size Of the
ore body has been started at the 275-
/ foot point A similar crosscut from |
/ the same drift, rs feet from the shaft !
/ has proven the vein at that point TO |
/ be Is feet in width, the values aver
aging $50 per ton. The crosscut being I
extended from the south drift on the l
565-foot level. Is feet from the shaft. {
has advanced about fifteen feet Con
ditions prevailing indicates that the /
working is nearing the foot wall The .
values thus far exposed in this cross
cut average around $50 per ton.
: interesting territory is being pen.
etrated by the southwest crosscut on /
The 5O5-foot level OF the 525-foot yer.
tical shaft on the property of tho |
United Western. The crosscut is now I
about % feet in length and is daily eX-
peected TO reveal the northern eXten- I
sion Of the United Eastern wall
! Il is unofficially reported that the I
north crosscpt on the 575foot level (
Of the Black Eagle shaft OF the Tom /
{ Reed Gold Mines Company haV just
passed through a 4O-foot vein. u feet /
OF which assays in excess Of $50 per I
Ton No announcement as to the ru.
mored strike has been made by Of F.
iicials of the company
j. Parke Claiming of Houghton, (,
T Mich. consulting engineer Of the.
: Adolph Lewissohn interests Of New
York, in association with G. w. Long
and ]. L. McIver of United Eastern |
fame. has taken over from II. c. Put .
ney the Putney group Of - claims
adjoining the Nellie on the west The
new owners have organized the Dat
man Syndicate Mining Company as
a close corporation for the develop
ment of the property 1t is their in
tention to sink shaft on the ground
to a vertical depth of 500 feet The
Putney is traversed by the extension
OF the Nellie vein.
General Manager W +. Gray Of
the Times Company reports that
crosscut from the botto moi the old
G0foot shaft on that property has
revealed 10 feet or~ore. of which $12
was silver. the remainder being gold
values Samples of ore show free
gold in liberal quantities. On the sur
face the vein measures from Is 10
so feet in width and gives good values.
In grading a site for a hoist and sur
face buildings for a new 200-foot main
working shaft workmen revealed %
feet of the vein. which, according &c
Manager Gray gave average Of S26.25
per ton The new shaft will be
equipped with a 50-borsepower cleo
trio hoist and will ultimately be sunk
10 a depth of 500 feet The Times and
other companies operating in the ives
tern section of the Oaman section
plan TO install joint air compressor
plant for the operation of machine
) drills in their respective properties.
The Mazona Mining Company opet
ating a group Of 9 claims adjoining
e. the Tom Reed and Gold Cliff on the
5 west will, accordngto President Con
, lin, soon start sinking a 5OO-foot YER
teal shaft, from which laterals will
be extended at intervals CT 100 feet
; for the exploration OF the numerous
veins exposed on the surface.
The Oatman Big Lode Mines Com
pany. recently organized by Albert j.
5 Rigali and Allen +, Boyce viii In the
, near future begin the development Of
, a group Of six claims and a fraction
adjoining the Hercules on the south.
. The property was acquired from d. r.
( Mitchell and associates. Preliminary
70 deep operations. the new company
will sipk an incline prospect shaft
T. al \ vein which, on the surface. is .
d feet wide and assays from 81 to Si2
per ton.
The shaft on the Black Range Is
bearing the 3OO-foot point, az which
a a atation will be emf and a crOggCut