Arizona republican., 1916-08-28
TWONOTABLE STRIKES
 IN OATMAN DISTRICT
Special Correspondence)


 OATMAN, Ariz., Aug., 27.-Two notable features marked the renewed activity in this field during the past week
 The principal feature was the en- countering of pay ore in the Lexing- ton-Arizona, operated by the Woods Brothers, prominent mining men, formerly of Cripple Creek, Colo.
 The widening of the vein in the west drift. on the 500-foot level of the Oatman Gold Mining & Milling Company's property, brought forth anew the vast potentialities of this field and adds to the ever growing list of new mines for the district The scene of the strike in the Lex inCton- Arizona. was made in the fifth shaft sunk at or near the man. moth vein Assure which runs through the property for nearly mile. This shaft was located by Richard Lloyd, a prominent mining man here, who predicted pay ore would be encount- cred within 1G0 feet.
 At Q depth of 126 feet on the in- cline in this shaft or about 110 feet vertical. a ccoss-cut was run south | through the vein, which was found to be 90 inches in width. Next to the foot wall is a 9-foot body of 1 oXidized ore. almost entirely quartz, and of this feet average gold values l of $1S.50 per ton have been procured. In the Oatman Gold assays as high as $43 per ton, representing an aver , age taken across the breast of the west drift, have been fobtained, since ] the drift penetrated the ore chute. This. however, does not represent | the average of the whole length of the ore chute but it is reported that an average of $15 per ton would more nearly represent the whole chute so | far disclosed.
 This latest development in the Oat- man Gold was made in what is known as the KbkOmo vein. in a position approximately sixty feet west of the projection of the old prospect shaft. l Early this week the Tom Reed Gold mines Company shipped a bar of bullion to the mint. valued at s65,Oo0, which represented a two weeks cleanup.
 i This by far exceeds the expecta- 1 tions made sometime ago that the comg2ny would increase it's produc- | tion with the running of twenty stamps.
 The Tom Reed, it is said. is se- curing their best ore from the Black i Eagle, adjoining the property of the Big Jim. The company is enlarging it's plant, new equipment has been purchased and a number of addition al buildings have been erected. ] Considerable progress is being made i in the Red Cloud shaft owned by the Tom Reed, which is completely sur rounded by United Eastern territory A number of stringers have been cut in this shaft, which is past the 300- foot level
 | Predictions have been made here that the Tom Reed will resume the 1 payment of dividends in September, with the increased production and the development work going on, the ! company is looked on as being in the height of it's activity.
 | It is announced that prominent | Boston house is negotiating with the f w. l.. Wilson Company of Oatman,
 for the purchase of 100000 shares of the Oatman Gold Monster stock.
 It is stated that MT. Wilson, Jim
 Jeffires and Barney Oldsfield. will shortly leave for the east to close
 the deal for this sale. All three are
 heavily interested in the Gold Mon
 ster.
 With the report on the Gold Mon
 ster completed by C. H. James. the
 noted mining engineer. and present. ed to the directors Of the company, | WbIh Dn lilt tOiHpdHN property,
 which is located in the Black Range section will be under way very
 shortly. l Mir. James has fully outlined the plan of development. and many Iool.
 upon the Gold Monster to assume | an important place among the prop | critics in the Black Range section | The Arizona Central shaft is past the 340-foot level. and progress un- | der the direction of w. H. Hart, the | superintendent is going ahead rap
 idly.
 | No new stringers have been cul
 recently. The company is sinking ir
 country rock.
 II The Oatman Combination has in | creased the force of miners at worl l on the ground, in order to rush tn,