Mohave County miner., 1916-08-05
GOLDROAD BONANZA HAS GREAT CHANCE
 ID MAKE BIG MINE

The current remark of how the Tom Reed company overlooked some of what has proved to be the best ground in the camp by failing to have it To- cated and incorporated in it's holdings, is not the only case of the kind in this district. The same applies forcibly to the Goldroad company, owned by the United States Smelling & Refining company, which allowed bold crop ping of Q ledge alongside of it's line, in plain view as close as so feet, to remain as vacant as it was in the days of old Noah until it was staked and finally gravitated into the hands of the Goldroad Bonanza company, which is now vigorously developing it.
 The ledge of the latter company lies alongside rhyolite dyke, which parallels the southern side line of the Goldroad group. In portions of it's extensive course the dyke penetrates the Goldroad ground. For a distance of 26OO feet the Goldroad Bonanza has this dyke and the ledge that is it's life partner and champion.
 At various places the Bonanza peo- pie have opened it and found tempting surface values. One of them gave average assays of $2O a ton, and if the company had not been literally financed, which fortunately happens to be the case, it should have sunk at that spot. As it is, it is sinking at another place, some 800 feet south east along the ledge, and will catch the unmistakable shoot at a depth of 400 or 500 feet.
 At the point where it has sunk it's shaft, the ledge matter on the surface has averaged from ST to SS, which is not to be "sneezed at" and a better showing than nine-tenths of the best mines of the whole district. A few yards still further south the company drove drift tunnel and got an aver age of S5 ton.
 The shaft was sunk about 85 feet within the lines of the claim and a  few feet on the hanging wall side of | the ledge At 26O feet the ledge was pierced and found to have a width of five feet and an average value of upwards of $5 a ton. It is believed by the management that the ledge soon straightens up and Hops over to a northern dip like its neighbOr.
 There could have been an excuse of continuing only to the 300 and drifting there, but the management preferred to go on down and get line on the real values of the vein at depth at which it ought to have ore put through a mill Accordingly, it will proceed from the present depth of 36O feet to 400 and most likely o 500 before crosscutting back to the ledge and starting to put ore in sight.
 At depth of 400 feet and less than 150 feet distant from the spot, the Goldroad took out some of it's best ore, according to reliable information. All along to the south in a parallel line with the Bonaza dyke and ledge is an open stope that looks up to the blue skies and down to the 9OO-foot level where practically every pound of rock taken out was put under the stamps. This is like distance from the Bonanza side line.
 The Goldroad has had or is opening at it's extremities a continuous ore shoot for 45OO feet. It is said that the ore thus far taken out and milled ! has yielded an average return of S8 gross ton and that the cost of min | ing and milling have been S4. Upon 2 this shoot its shafts, Nos. 1, 2, and t 4, have been sunk and 1 and 8 are Y in active operation and doing the | heavy work of the mine. Between the Q two parallel veins there are various ! cross veins, carrying values, and all e as well as the parent ones are of the n same househould and family. In fact the parallels converge in due course and it has been known for years that S