Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-14
NOHAvE COUNTY
LOOKS FOR THE
GREATEST Of
BOOMS
Excitement on Tom Reed-GoId
Roads District Rapidly As
Stunning Proportions Of Famous
Goldfield, Nevada. Boom.
NEW COMPANIES MAKE
EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Mining in MOhaVe County, as a
Whole, Is Stimulated BY the
Work Now Under Way in the
WideB-KnoWn 0atman Section
CBy Ray D. Harris)

LILY Kay y. ildIllSJ
KINGMAN. Ariz., Nov. 13.-All the
mines and prospects under develop
ment i'm the various mining districts
tributary to Kinsman are responding
splendidly to The individual efforts of
their owners and the workers employ
ed. The steady increase in the num-
Der of mining men arriving here from
all parts Of the globe make it evident
that the Improvement in general min
ing conditions through Mohave County
rs daily attracting more interest a.
mcng the investors of the country.
The excitement In the Oatman-Gold-
road District properly known as the
san Francisco district % miles south
west OF Kiugman. is rapidly assuming
the proportions of tine greatest boom
i'm Golddeld Nevada about eight
years ago. The scale upou which in-
Vulnerable companies identified with
the district are beiua financed, insures
deep operations that win uuquestion-
ably be productive for rich rewards
and give splendid support TO the eN-
ceHent results that have for a long
time been attained i'm the Goldr0ad,
Tom Reed and United Eastern mines
Every foot of development work ac-
compushed is improving the physical
conditions Of the United Eastern.
Although explored and proven for
/ length of more than 500 feet and more
/ than am average OF twenty feet i'm
width to a depth of sos feet the mag
IniWde of the United Eastern orebody
remains yet to be determined Thus
/ far AN ore exposed averages around
/ S25 per ton and there seems to be no
limit TO the supply General Manager
/ C. w. Long is az present giving his at.
Itentiou TO the 3O6l65 and 565-foOt lev
els and on each the most pleasing con-
ditions prevail North and south drifts
have just been started from the shaft
on the 3O6foot level and both are
yielding values ranging from 500 to
$50 per ton After being advanced to
the boundary line from the shaft a
distance OF 315 feet, work in the south
DRIFT ON the 565Ioot level has been
suspended. The drift and tributary
workings have proven the vein In this
section of the mine TO average i'm
width % feet and around S35 per ton
in value on the same level the north
drift has been advanced approximate
iy $50 feet, AN 10 ore I'm this direc-
tion ire orebody has been shown To-
have the average width of % feet and
carry value of from S35 to $40 per ton.
. hirty dollar values are being obtain
ed i'm the extension of the north drift
on the t65-root level which is now
. more than 500 feet i'm length. The
United Western is now "m the clear"
. 10 use an expression of General Man.
, lager j. C.. Denton Tho officials of the
: company recently made the final pay
ment upon the purchase price of the
property The payment amounted 10
, $4,000 and was made ten months in
b advance of the stipulated date The
, 5O5-foot point has been reached i'm the
sinking of the main shaft After a
r station at that depth and a 25-foot
: stump are provided which work is now
D ] i'm progress, crosscuts will be extend
ed west and east to intersect the Unit
b ed Eastern vein and another ledge.
Values considerably better thar
n those revealed on the 20O-foot love
are being obtained by the Telluride
Mining Milling and Development co
in its operations on the 4OO-foot leve
r. of its property II is the intention OF
e the management to soon begin sinking
10 the main nshaft from the lOO-foot leve
l. to the 6OO-foot point
{ The Hidden Treasure Mines Com
p pany is one of the latest corporation
r to enter the Oatman field Recent.
s organized, it has taken over the Treas
k ure Key group. as we'll as the Ia Wit
y Colorado and Night owl claims. Tn,
new company will soon begin sinkini
the main incline shaft on the vein from
d the 300 to the 6O0-foot point Their,
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