Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-24
TOM REED WILL ADD 25O TON CAPACITY
 T0ITS MILL SOON
Big Oatman Mine Proves Big Additional Ore Reserves in the Southern End of Its Ex- tensive Holdings.

1 OATMAN. Ariz.. Dec. 23.-That the
 Tom Reed Gold Mines company has
 opened an entirely new mine in the
 southerly end of its extensive estate
 which bids fair to give forth a golden
 stream of bullion far in excess of the
 wonderful production of the past sev, en years, and that it is potentially
 one of the greatest gold mines of the
 world. is the only conclusion that can
 be drawn from the modern description of the new orebody given by President Moerdyke.
 Because development has not been carried far enough to determine the size and value of the big vein that has | been opened through shafts on the ! Black Eagle. Bald Eagle and Aztec l Center claims. the management until now has made no official report of conditions. That the work finally has
 been carried to a point that makes sure the existence of a huge deposit
 of gold ore is demonstrated by the action of the directors, who have au- thorized Superintendent Rabb to start construction of an addition to the mill which will double the capacity of the present reduction works. The new unit. which will increase the capacity to 250 or 300 tons per day, will be com pleted in six months and the company will then be ablefto tract a large ton mage of ore averaging around SIP to S15 a ton at a handsome profit. Mine and mill costs in the old mill, which employs stamps in crushing, are un- der S6 per ton and this cost will be materially lessened with the new ma chinery in operation. Tn fact, it is not improbable that s ore will be treated at a profit.
 President Moerdyke and Vice Presi dent Mushrush spent the week at the mine and examined all the workings They left firm in the conviction that the Tom Reed is entering an era in its history that will long be remem- bered by the stockholders because oi its production and high earnings. President Moerdyke states that the orebody has been proven from the Bald Eagle shaft in a sOutheasterly direction for HOO feet to point well beyond the Aztec shaft. The Bald Eagle shaft workings at a depth Of 200 feet cut 33 feet Of vein matter, of
 which 26 feet is quartz assaying S9 to s10 Der ton. Before this work was done shaft was sunk on the Black Eagle claim 1900 feet distant and a | cTosscut driven to the east intersect- ing the vein in the Aztec Central s. l.. | claim. Here at depth of 400 feet a drift was driven back toward the Bald Eagle shaft. This drift soon entered a shoot Of good ore in a big, strong vein. 4 shaft was then started near the center of the Aztec Center claim, l which sidelines the Bald Eagle, known as the Aztec shaft, which now 1 is the center of operations. At d depth | of 400 feet a crosscut from the. Aztec shaft entered the vein and was extend ed through IS feet Of ore. The first twelve feet on the hanging wall side Of the vein averaged $50 per ton. the six feet on the foot wall, S14.50. A
 drift was driven along the footwall | for 5 feet, face samples across the six feet broken by the drills running as high as $50 per ton and the aver
 age well up into good mill values Shaft sinking was resumed and the shaft is now well into the vein at 470 | feet The quartz is ten feet in width and assays S13.SS per ton. An ore bin | has been built at the Aztec shaft and
 preparations made to transport the ore to the mill by auto trucks when l ever it may be needed Eventually it
 is probable that an aerial tramway will be constructed
 The Aztec workings are about one
 mile southeast of the main working shaft and mill Intervening between the Bald Eagle workings and the main
 workings is the Gray Eagle claim which also has possibilities as the | home of a treasure house.
 In the older workings of the Tom
 Reed conditions are excellent and there is no difficulty in supplying the mill with 1i0 tons per day. What is known in Tom Reed nomenclature as the No. oreshoot has been open cd on the HOO foot icvel for a distance of 75 10 100 feet and is being stoped | for Q width of five to six feet, pro dUcing ore ol good hill values. Lenses | of high grade orc are not infrequentIy
 encountered in the mine and the rich.
 CT ore is fed iu with that of lower grade, bringing the average mill feed ur to about S15 per ton. The mill E. treating lio tons per day.
 4 significant feature of Tom Reed development Is tho fact that the ore
 bodies have not been exhausted al 400 feet, proving that the big veins of the Ostman district are deep-seat | cd.
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