El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-01
united EASTERN
WILL BUILD MILL
J. Park Charming and AS
Sociates Get Putney
Mine Group.

agement of the United Eastern Mining
company is proceeding with prepara-
tons incident to the construction on its .
property at Oatman in the san Fran .
cisco district, &c miles southwest of
klnEman. Of mill for the reduction b
OF the vast tonnage Of ore blocked out. /!
A new vertical working shaft three 3
compartment in size, measuring by Is I
feet in the clear. has been started and
VIII be sent down 10 a depth OF 600
fee. The new shaft is located 200 feet
north OF the present working shaft and :
l25 feet northeast Of the point at
which the mill bins viii be situated. I
A double drum $50 horsepower electric :
hois- and other machinery has been
ordered for the new shaft \ two story
office building. 43 by 90 feet in dimen- ]
siors. viii soon be started, as viii also
. me construction Of the mill building
1t is UnOfficially reported that the
north croSscut on the 575-foOt level Of
the Black Eagle shaft of the Tom Reed
Gold Mines company has Just passed ]
through 6 40-fOOt vein, u feet Of which
assays in excess Of $50 per ton No an
nOunCement as TO the rumOred strike
has been made by officials Of the com
pany-
Claiming Gets Putney Group.
!. Farke Claiming. OF HOuehton
Mich, consulting engineer Of the
AdOlph LewisSOhn interests Of New
York. IN association with G. ". Long
and J. L. McIver, of United Eastern
fame has taken over from II. G. Put
ney the Futney group Of u claims ad-
Joining the Nellie on the west The
. new owners have organized the Oat-
man Syndicate Mining company as q
close corporation for the development
OF the property It IS their intention
TO SIM a shaft on the ground to a YER
teal depth Of 500 feet The Puney is
traversed BY the extension Of the Mel
lie vein.
General manager W. F. Gray. Of the
Tines Mining company, reports that a
ne no Of hn oil
60 foot shaft on that property has re-
VealeC 10 feet Of ore, from Whcich he
recently obtained an assay OF Sf9S.05
per ton, Of which So was silver, the re-
maincer being gold values.
The Mazona Mining company. Oper-
atinE group Of nine claims adjoining
the Tom Reed and Gold Cliff on the
west. WILL according to president Con-
lin. soon start sinking 4 5OO-foot vertf-
cal smart, from which laterals will be
extended at intervals of 100 feet for
/ the exploration Of the numerous veins
eO roseo on the surface
The Oatman Big Lode Mines com
pahy. recently organized by Arthur J.
Rigal. and Allen E BOyce. will in the
near future begin the development Of
a group OF SIX claims and a fraction
adjoining the Hercules on the south
Inc property was acquired from D. 2
Mitchell and associates.
The shaft on the Black RANGE is
8 nearing the 300-foot point, at which q
station will be cut and a crOsscut ex-
tended north TO catch the extension Of
the Nellie vein II is calculated that
about 100 feet Of prosecuting will be
required to reach the objective point
Ore Showing Free Gold Exposed.
Inc Goldroad Bonanza Mining COM
| pany'S new tWO-cOmpartmenC shaft has
attained a depth Of more than 20 feet
Although il IS the intention 10 sink II
TO depth or 200 feet as the first lift
the shaft is expected to pass through
the vein at about the 150-fOot point.
Two hundred feet west OF the shaft on
the surface six feet OF good ore has
! been EXPOSED Picked specimens from
the find show free gold The property
viii soon lie equipped with a Is horse
! power gasoline hoist.
Drifting east and west continues on
( the 5e0-fOot level Of the Gold Ore
property Al GOldroad- Both drifts are
! being advanced on faces Of excellent
/ ore
Pays $4,000 in Dividends.
The operations Of the Union Basin
| Mining company at its famous Col
/ conda mine at GolcOnda in the Wallapai
district, 20 miles north Of Kingman,
J nave IN the FAST attracted the atten-
! ton and are at present increasing the
J interest Of the mining world in the
/ possibilities Of Mohave county. with
I the result that there is now greater &C
I tivity on the western slope Of the Ger
hat range Of mountains than for 20
g years
I The latest event Of Importance in
! connection with the Golconda mine IS
/ the recent payment Of a dividend OF ten
8 cents per share upon the outstanding
! stock OF the company. The total Sis
burSeTnentS amounted to about SIS. 900
} It was the second dividend OF the same
/ size laid by the company since y. L
/ AuSter, of Boston. Mass. and asSo-
/ ciates acquired control OF the mine,
I about June 1, last The two dividends
I were raid Notwithstanding the fact
! that the company is at present expe1d-
ing SlcO 600 in the construction Of c
/ 2O0-tOn daily capacity oil tlOtatioE
I plant at the property, in addition to
I extending 10 it from Kingman high
power electric line. It is expected that
the oil fiotatiOn plant and power line
( viii both be completed and in commits
{ sion by me middle OF next January.
{ The force employed at the mine num-
( bers 265 men ard the company is pro-
1 ducing between 100000 and $25O.OO0
! gross monthly The main shaft has
| reached the 900-fOOt point and a sta
| ton is now being cut at that depth
| preliminary to extensive lateral oper-
| atoms 10 pick up the veins which have
| proven so productive on the upper
! levels
GOIeOnda Extension Work.
| At the GolcOnda Extension mine, ad-
| joining on the north the GolcOnda mine,
Z the management is combining opera
( lions to the main working shaft, which
/ is being sunk from the 2S0-foot level
Z to the 4e0-foOt point Since beginning
J work recently, the contractors have
. gained about 90 feet and are making as
.
I three shifts Of miners and machine
drills.
! Turner Forms Company.
The CopperEeld POrphyry Copper
| Mining company has been organized by
! O. A. Turner. OF Kingman, and taken
| over from him six full claims at Gross
/ Springs. about % miles north Of this
! town, and about two miles north of the
! Golconda and Golconda Extension
| mines. The holdings Of the new COM
/ pany embrace an apparently mammoth
I deposit of disseminated porphyry cop
/ per ore the development Of which viii
| most likely be regarded in future years
| as an epoch marking event in the his
| tory of mining in MOhave county
J Secret Pass Attracts Notice
As interest in the Oatman section OF
/ the san Francisco district continues TO
] grow. mining men are turning their q l.
tention to the Secret Pass section Of
Z the same district, about 20 miles by
? auto road north Of Oatman and about
the same distance west Of kinEman-
Property owners at Secret Pass are
manffesting their faith IN their hold
fngs by diligent work and they are be-
ing well rewarded for their efforts by
almost daily finds of ore varying in
value from low to exceedingly high
grade