Weekly journal-miner., 1915-04-07
SECOND CRIPPLE CREEK IS TOM
 REED DISTRICT
SUCH IS THE OPINION OF
 FRANK PET TIN G ELL PRESIDENT OF LOS AN GELES STOCK EXCHANGE
(BY William P. De Wolff

 25 years epitomizes the favorable opinion of the Tom Reed-Gold Road mining district held by Frank Harvey Pettingell, president of the Los An geles Stock Exchange. MT. Pettin- gell visited this camp for the purpose of ascertaining its present and future resources, and returned to Los An geles an ardent advocate Of its merit. His itinerary included an auto trip to all sections of the district, an investi- gation of the water and milling facil- ities and an inspection of the 40-foot ledge of high grade milling ore open cd on the 460-foot level in the United Eastern mine. In an interview with your correspondent, Mir. Pcttingell said:
 "Thc Tom Reed Gold Road mining district is another Cripple Creek both in area, in magnitude of ledge outcrop and in ore tonnage possibili- ties. It is the greatest mining camp l have inspected in 25 years. In fact it is the best mining proposition l have visited since carly Cripple Greek days. Your mines will within few years be adding millions to the gold supply of the world and may place Arizona at the head of the gold pro ducing states. I know of no other camp where the future is so thorough ly assured. You have mining opera tions in full swing throughout seven by ten mile area. and insofar as the distribution of gold values has a bearing thereon l can sec no req son why the scope of mining activity could not be extended under equally as satisfactory mineral conditions.
 Production Possibilities.
 "In the extensive vein systems oi your camp there arc ore production possibilities of almost limitleSS mag nitudc, and under the encrgizing of proper development work they will output a tonnage equal to that oi Cripple Creek or any other of the famous camps. The Tom Reed mine with its bullion record of nearly million and quarter dollars per year, and the Gold Road mine with its annual bullion output of approx imately $S00000 stand on the outcroI of your mammoth dyke system like Scmaphorcs pointing the way to the mineral wealth sccrcted in the stir rounding hills. The gold Is there awaiting the hand of him who has the pluck and the patience to dig 1t out.
 Grimes, Mushrush and Jones, tht men who stood staunchly behind the Tom Reed during its period of vicisi- tude, backing their faith with their dollars, knew the gold was there and were never really happy till they got it. The Gold Road mine tells today the story of a golden fortune made possible by the energy of men who had the courage of their convictions during the yesterday of Sclf-dcnial and hard work. The United Eastern, poised upon the threshold Of produc- ton, will stand for all time as a monument to the stamina and faith of Long. McIvcr, Keith and Nudd. The mine presents all of tl.c bullion yielding possibilities Of the Tom Reed and Gold Road properties and should add materially to the gold output of your camp as soon as it is provided with proper milling facilities. The United Western estate, adjoining, is to be developed by men whom l know have the industry and intclli- gcncc necessary to place it on the list of shipping mines.
 Source of. Wealth.
 Inquiry and observation have con vinced me that this is not district in which sensational strikes Of high SIdOC or ' VIII DC llNQuSit' dlNhOuSl' have been informed that ore Of phenomenal richness has been mined here In fact l am strongly of the opinion that your greatest source of wealth is the immense zone Of mill ing grade ore. The orc production possibilities thereof I have never seen presented elsewhere except in Cripple Creek As a matter ef fact have Tcvcr visited a camp where the ore occurrcncics as a. whole are sol similar to those of the great Colo rado gold camp. High grade ore ij, of course. big help to a camp in a publicity way as it attracts d degree of attention among people in general which it not vouchsafcd to orc of less spectacular value It is. how ever. the lower grade ores that assure the permanent prosperity of a mining district
 "The Tom Reed-Gold Road district