Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-05
Six Snty-6ve Drift of United Eastern is Being Extended Northwest and Southeast in Development.
 465 LEVEL IS ALSO
 BEING WORKED Oatman Work, On the Whole, is Most Encouraging to a Number of Excellent Pros poets in the District.
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 KINGAIAN. Merch. 4- Exploration of the famous ore body of the United Eastern mine at Oatman on the new 665-foot level of that property is going steadily ahead. attended by uniformly pleasing results. Drifts being extend ed northwest and southwest in the hanging wall section of the vein ara exposing an excellent grade Of milling ore. After devoting his entire atten- ton for about two months 10 the con- finuation of the shaft from the 565 to the 6s5-foot level and lateral work on the latter level. General Manager George w Long has resumed opera tions on the 465-foot level. where. from the northwest drift in the ore body. at point 900 feet from the shaft. he is extending north crosscut into virgin ground for exploratory purposes. With in the next sixty days. work at the new or No. three-compartment shaft. now down about SO feet and designed 10 20 to depth of 500 feet. will be in full swing. The co cubic foot com pressor. to be used in the work. has arrived and been placed on it's con crete foundation The 150 horsepower motor. which will drive. if. and l50 horsepower doublt-drunl electric hoist for the shaft have arrived at Kingman and will be hauled to the property in the next few days The entire equip ment will be installed and placed in commission as quickly as possible. A force of laborers have been put to work laying the pipeline which will convey water for the proposed mill on the property. The line will run from Bersnan's ranch. three and a half miles distant in northwesterly direc- ton. Three thousand feet of finch pine for the line has arrived at the mine and is being distributed along the route and the remainder is expect ed to be delivered in the next few days The management is unable to state as to when the construction of the mill will begin but it will probably bu within the next sixty days.
 AmaIsamsted.
 The Ostman AmaIgamsted is gradu- ally getting shaped up for extensive operations on it's property. which em- braces. in all. eight groups of s1 full and fractional claims. aggregating 450 acres of ground. The management has started it's main working or No. shaft on the La Verde claim. It is a two compartment affair and will be sent down to a depth of 500 feet before any lateral work is undertaken. A 40- horsepower gasoline hoist and $40 cubic foot compressor have been or. dered lt is expected by the manage ment that this equipment will reach the property and be installed within the next thirty days The shaft is go- ing down ir vein which on the sur fee has 8 width of SO feet and gives assays of from so cents to s2.00 per ton. It is announced that a second shaft will be started on the Buster fraction in about 90 days.
 Sure Shoot
 The Sure Shoot Mining Company. operating group of three and half claims adjoining the Ivanhoe on the South. has started by : incline shaft in the footwall section of big vein. which gives surface values of from s2 to $40 per ton. It will be sent to great depth. A 25-horsepower gas oline hoist and compressor have been ordered in order that sinking may hc prosecuted as expeditiously as possible.
 Leader.
 The Oatmen Leader Gold Mines Co. new corporation, has acquired and begun the development of the Golden