Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18

cut but twelve feet at the time of for
 warding this dispatch, there is nc question of its commercial worth
 and Of its value as an asset of the Tom Reed Company. Taken by and
 large, it is the most important dis covery made in Tom Reed ground since that day five years ago last spring when Mir. s. s. Jones, general manager of the Tom Reed Compa- ny's estate, first opened pay ore in the main workings.
 New Ore Discoveries. Last week ore bodies were dis covered in the Ola Oatman work ings Of the Tom Reed Company and in the company's main workings. In the first instance body of pay mill ing ore was encountered near the southeast end line of the Ola Oat- man claim, at point about 1,4O0 feet northwest of the main Tom Reed shaft. In the last instance ore was discovered in the remote precincts of the workings extended to the east of the main Tom Reed shaft at a depth of 500 feet Tn both instances the ore is commercially valuable and is being sent to the company's mill
 The net result of the two strikes and of the one made this week in the Black Eagle workings, is to dem onstrate the presence of new and valuable ore bodies on the Tom Reed estate, at points remote from each other, under mineral conditions which assure their continuity.
 JeromeOatman Affairs.
 Backed by a development fund of growing proportions, the Jerome Oatman Mining Company is prepar- ing to progressively develop its group of five claims in the Silver creek sec ton of the camp. For the past thir- ty days a force of men has been em- ployed in grading a road to the prop erty and in erecting the necessary camp buildings. This work is to be followed by the sinking of main working shaft and the installing of powerful mine machinery, consisting of a hoist, compressor, jack hammers, etc. The company is financially strong, has the backing of men whose names are synonymous with mining success in various sections of Ari- zona, and owns a property well worthy of development Thus favored the Jerome-Oatman Company should ultimately become an important fac tor of the local mining industry.
 Fred w. CrosIey, of Cripple Creek, and J. O, A. Carper, of Denver, two prominent Colorado mine operators, have taken over the Gold Belt group of five claims, adjoining the proper ty of the AIazona Company on the northwest. The Gold Belt group is traversed by three well mineralized | lodges which give encouraging as says at surface and nominal depth It is understood Messrs. Crosley and | Carper, with other Coloradoans, will finance and develop the 
 Orion Shaft Unwatered.
 After ten days constant pumping the main workings of the Orion Min ing and Milling Company have been 1nwatered. Early this week a force of miners began cleaning the cross cuts and drifts of the debris that had accumulated during the protracted period the mine carried an overbur len of H-2-O, and within a few days the campaign of development work will be in full swing. Three shifts of miners have been engaged and TWO of the shifts are on the job. The -hird, or night shift, will report for work early next week.
 The affairs of the Orion Company Ire dominated by coterie of Los Angeles business and mining men, headed by William H. Wise and ]. :. Rhodes. The property of the com ,any was formerly known as the Gold Dust" It has a production ecord of several hundred thousand lollars worth of ore, but was closed Town number of years ago owing O bickerings and dissensions among he men who at that time controlled Is destiny. Now the property is in
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