El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-09
OATMAN LOOKS
FOR 4 REVIVAL
Big Camp Now Dull, Elk
poets Renewed Activity in
Fall; New Strikes Made.

Oatman, Ariz.. Aug s.-While oat-
man work has been scaled on many
outlying properties. because of lack
of development money and the neat OF
the season. that drives miners into the
deeper and cooler properties. there is
q general feeling that something bet
ter than the first boom will come with
the fall.
Much pioneering remains to be done.
There will have to be an assured sup
ply of water and of electric power and
reduction works that take low grade
custom ores. and the camp as whole
needs better and more economical
TRANSPORTATION than now is known over
the precipitous river range from KING
man on the old Peale highway, now
rutted till travel in places IS d misery
Scores OF the shafts sunk nave neen
stopped a short distance from the
probable ore zone. because money ran
out Others have crosscut into the
greenish quartz. which has been found
low grade, and have failed to sink
deeper A few of the many have made
good and upon them for a few months
&c come would appear TO rest the rep
utation of the camp The camp really
has been oversold in the way Of stock.
New Strike Is Made.
One of the late strikes was OF seven
feet of ore in the Arizona Central, al
only 90 feet OF depth II samples
around $3.50 ton which should re
turn profit of dollar or so a ton
were a mill available, for the milling
here is of the simplest All that IS
needed is crushing and cyaniding, for
there are no disturbing mineral com
even iron or cOpper-only quartz arc
gold. In the Central, however, as IN
the other mines, il is more than proba-
bic that the values lie at about 500
IL 1E 70
shaft is 10 be sunk by the encouraged
management
The Big Jim seems 10 be taking posi-
ton as the fourth mine of the camp
The first strike was large enough,
but the ore sampled only little oyer
s. a ton. which is the price OF mining
and milling here. under favorable con-
ditions- With depth this value has
risen, till on the ass level ii is claimed
there is a 50 foot ledge that is worth
$50 q ton. If this is all so. the Big
Jim is one of the greatest gold mines
anywhere. Depth can be expected, for
the nearby Tom Reed is extractinS
much the same sort of ore from work
irgs 1900 feet deep It is not at all
improbable that another Tom Reed o.
United Eastern ore body will be struck
in the Big Jim with deeper explora-
ton
The Tom Reed has completed a care
full sampling of every part Of It's mine.
val OF the new management
Drifting on the 500 level OF the
Pfttsburg property hast cut seven
foot ledge. in which the gold showing
is noted as satisfactory, though assay
results have not been made public
Good Ore In Oatman Empire.
Frank E Strong of Long Beach,
Calf, for years a prominent Bisbee
mining man, is in charge of work on
the Oatman Empire group. in the
northwestern section Of the district
and has struck high grade shipping
ore at z remarkably shallow depth.
From an opening only 30 feet deep.
100 tons Of milling ore has been taken
Samples from the bottom give assays /
az over $500 to the ton The company 1
has 20 claims and is strongly financed /
Plan Cooperative store.
The Oatmen Miners union is making /
arrangements for starting a coopera-
tive store and has appointed com
nittee to investigate the reasons for
the present high cost of living