Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-15
CHANCE TO STRIKE
GOLDROAD LEDGE IN
THE AMALGAMATED
From Oatman Section Daily Miner.I

IErOm Oatman Section Daily Miner.l
With the GOldroad mine and mill
plainly in sight, up the same wash, it
would seem to an observer that the
Oatman Amalgamated, on the same
ledge a mile and a half on its north
westerly trend, should have an equal
chance of turning out fortunes for its
owners. The Daily Miner represen-
tative recently visited the property in
company with c. A. Jones, a director,
and what made the aspect appear the
more bright for the Amalgamated was
the massive groupings of several spurs
and segments of the same huge ledge,
all of which yield small assay values
in gold on the surface.
The Gold Road and Gold Ore, both
producers, are at the head of this big
draw and from the formers mill the
white tailings spread out clear down
abreast the Amalgamated shaft. 1t
requires the eye of no expert to see
that the Gold Road ledge groupings do
the same.
The Crown City ledge and old works
of the Tom Reed are just across the
main wash to the west, ending at a
tunnel by the roadside in the wash,
and this ledge takes a turn more di-
rectly north and passes through the
Sun Dial group into the northern
claims of the Amalgamated. The crop
ping of the old Hardy bonanza just
brushes the outer fringe of the Anal
gamated on the northwest, connecting
up with the Crown City.
There are "a claims and fractions
in the Amalgamated group and one
segregated claim, making a total of
ASP acres. The ground extends north
erly and southerly on two spurs or
angles close to a mile and three-quar-
ters each, and on one of them it car
ries the great Gold Road lode through
out.
It's larger group of 432 acres is the
largest single group in The OatD,an
district and larger than the combined
holdings of any one company with the
one exception Of the Tom Reed.
In accordance with the advice Of
Long & McIver. and several others.
the present location for shaft was
selected. II Is between two groupings
that are only a few rods apart and on
the first hill N the southern portion
OF the vast grouo. But over to the
north is another hill that is virtually
all ledge groupings and it was there
that E. A. Ritter, the geologist, said
he would advise sinking a shaft for
the main ore body of the group. Both
show intense naturalization, and if all
surface assays and groupings indicate
ore. there may D. shoots at both
places.
Over this immense acreage Of crop
pings numerous samplings have been
made, and Mr.. Jones states that they
have run 20, 40 and so cents, and as
high as 81 a ton. All of the andesite
runs a little and that in the dump
from sinking a vertical shaft goes a
dollar or two. One assay in the shaft
went S412.
The shaft is in a material that diff
fers greatly from most of the Oatman
country rock, that is, in its apparent
alterations. At the present depth of
2S5 feet it is f1ecked with quartz par
ticles and cubes. In addition there is
much iron and some green, resembling
chloritic andesite, and some very
clear-cut, bloOd-red spots that might
be mistaken for oxide of copper.
Mr.. Jones has held the nucleus of
this group for over nine years, and
has stakad his fortune for good or
bad on its outcome. He succeeded in
interesting Long and McIver in the
company. they being among the direc-
tors, and together with George Bah
bitt of Flagstaff, as president, the
company has a set of officers and 'di-
rectOrs including Charles PrOchnOw,
J. T. Burns, J. B. Wilmeth. Del Sher-
or william, n Pobin and n 4 Ry-1ra