El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-26
MERGER EFFORT
FAILURE, BELIEF
Indications That Tom Reed
Gold and United Eastern
Will Not Unite.


cial announcement as to the plan OF
merging the Tom Reed Gold mines and
the United Eastern Mining companies
Of Oatman is still lacking. Beyond the
fact that the officials of the two COM
panies continue TO give serious thought
TO the scheme nothing is known and
the probable result Of the negotia-
tons is a matter OF conjecture.
The delay in the issuance of an an
nouncement by the companies named is
lending support to the almost general
BELIEF that merger viii not be eff
fected- Late developments in the two
properties have been of routine char
acter- The United Eastern manage
msnt has just completed the cutting
Of station at the Sos foot level in
its No 1 shaft, as well as 50 foot
sump and ore pocket below that
point Crosscutting north from the
station TO the ledge is now under way.
II is calculated that the objective
point viii be reached by extending the
crOsscut approximately 10 feet
The complete mechanical equipment
for No. shaft, recently started and
which viii be put down 500 feet three
compartment size. will be installed and
placed in operation within the next
week or ten days.
Surface Wafer Is Handicap.
The Black Range management is
just at present being somewhat ham
pered in its operations Of surface wa
ter flowing. into the shaft from
the vein in which the bore has been
sunk already TO a depth OF 500 feet.
With the aid Of a big sinking pump
and a baler the water, which is gradu-
ally decreasing in volume as the
pockets are drained, is being sue
cessfully handled.
Carter to Resume sinking.
The management Of the Carter plans
to soon resume sinking operations at
the $50 foot level with a depth OF
500 feet as the objective point. Work
is again under way in the north cross
cut on the 250 foot level which has
penetrated the main vein about 10
feet without revealing the hanging
wall For the width named encourag-
ing ASSAYS have been obtained. The
company has installed three drill
compressor and intends to increase its
working force in the near future.
To Begin Heavy Production.
After about two months OF preImi-
nary work. the Kingman Zinc Mining
comnanv is about TO enter upon an
era of heavy production in the opera
zion of the Shooting Star and De Ia
Fontaine properties. located one mile
southeast and one half mile south, re-
spectiVe. Of the famous GoicOnda mine
in the Cerbat range CT mountains,
about IL miles north Of Kingman. On
Shooting Star east and west drifts
were recently started on two feet OF
ore that averages two percent zinc.
s. gold and So silver per ton, according
10 general manager B. h Dawson
The companyS concentrating mill
has been completely overhauled. While
il has a capacity of 100 tons daily, II
will be operated only one shift al
the outset and from 80 10 50 tons Of
ore treated.
Sinking Second Ckurn Drill.
The second churn drill hole being
sunk in the exploration of the appar-
entity gigantic deposit OF disseminated
porphyry copper ore on the property OF
the Copperfield POrphyry Copper Min
inc company. at Cross Springs, -
miles north OF Kingman, has gained
a depth Of IS feet The company re-
Gently made a second so ton carload
shipment Of ore TO the Arizona Con
solidated shelter at Humboldt Ari-
zpna-
Wakes second shipment of Crystals.
Much interest in the mining world
has been created of late by the Ari-
IONA Venture corporation through It's
recent shipment Of lenzite wireless
TO the English government /
from its Waldorf property in the
Cedar Valley district. So miles south
east Of Kingman. The initial ship
ment Of lenzite. composed Of about
800 cystals. packed in an ordinary
five cent match box. and valued az
$40 and upward each, was about six
weeks ago. The second shipment, made
up OF 256 crystals. was dispatched
about a week ago. These crystals
have been found 10 be superior to any
previously used by the English gov
srnment in its wireless telegraph sta
tons and their production is rapidly
developing as one Of the important
features of the operations OF the COM
pany named. In order that greater
production OF the crystals may be
made. as well as the various lodges or
The property thoroughly and sys-
developed, the company,
according to general manager W ID.
Grannfs. Will soon materially increase
ife v~orl~fue~ force