El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
MACHINERY FOR
MILL SHIPPED.
Work on United Eastern
Plant at Oatman to Start
With Sixty Days.

Kiueman. Ariz., March 1S-Having
received assurances as to the probable
date of delivery of the necessary ma
chinery from the manufacturers, with
whom contracts have been placed, gen
erai manager George w Long states
that the United Eastern Mining com
pany of Oatman will begin the erection
i'm the next 60 days Of its proposed
mill. which will have an initial ca
pacity of 200 tons per day
The work of grading the millsite is
going steadily ahead, as is also that
of LAYING a three and half mile water
pipe line from the Bergman ranch.
Sinking operations in the new or No.
shaft on the property VIII be resumed
in the next few days. the installation
of the mechanical outfit, including a
$50 horse power double drum electric
hoist and 500 cubic foot compressor,
having been completed On the $50
foot level Of the old or No. l shaft
drifting is being prosecuted northwest
and southeast in the big ore body.
Oatman United Development.
Preparations are being made for the
early Inaugural tiOn of development
work by the Oatman United Mining
company upon the Merritt and other
adjoining properties comprising Its
holdings in the heart Of the camp.
Development Of late on the 5O0-foot
level of the United Western have been
Of a character that augers well for the
future of the company. The south
a
feet from the shaft the hanging wall
OF the vein sought and has thus far
penetrated il q distance of about 10
feet without disclosing the hanging
wall. In the width named the ledge
is made up Of quartz stringers varying
from six inches to more than a foot,
averaging around S15 per ton, and vein
natter Of low value. As the crOsscut
advances the quartz is becoming more
solidified and improving in appearance.
Has $500 Ore.
The main shaft on the IvanhOe Con-
solidated has reached the 500-foOt point
and a tatiOn is now being cut prepare
tory to the extension Of a crOsscut in
sOutherly direction to the main VEIN
Slightly over foot of high-class mill
ing ore is being stopped above the south
drift on the 50-fOOt level of the Nancy
Lee shaft of the same property. This
includes a siX-inch streak OF ore that
gives values running as high as $500
per ton This orc is sorted out Of the
general yield and is being saved for
Notwithstanding the fact that it is !
necessary to handle with the pumps
recently installed. approximately 80 /
gallons Of water per minute, superin-
tendent l. g. Heating is making good I
Roadway I'm continuing the main shaft :
on the Big Jim from the 800 to the 500 /
foot level The 5oO-foot point viii be I
reached in a day or two.
Murdoch 10 sink New Shaft.
The MurdocE Mining and Milling
viii in the next few DAYS
greatly increase its scale of operations. I
1t is the intention to sink the new
main vertical working shaft. now down
so feet. to the 500-fOot point with all
possible despatch. A fS-fOot galloWs I
frame has been erected and the machln-
cry including p -J-horsepOwer gasoline I
hoist and a $40 cubic foot compressor.
driven by q 6J horsepower gasoline
engine, is being installed.
Completes Road to Mine.
The Arizona Tellurium Mines COM
lany. operating in the Maynard dis
-rict l. miles east OF Kingman, has
Just completed the building of road
rom the county road to the main shaft
pm the property. distance of about a
nile and a quarter. Drifting viii now
be resumed north and south in the Ohio
vein from the tunnel level, which gives
! depth of about loo feet
In the extension of the north drift
prior to the temporary suspension OF
work at that point, miners exposed Tor
1 length of - feet in tine bottom, a H.
nch stringer of ore assaying $500 per
on in gold and silver. Greater depth
viii be required to deterRine the inn
DOrtance and extent of the new IND.
which has splendid appearance. The
management plans to soon resume
sinking opera tons in the main vertical
working shaft which has already been
,ut down so feet between the Ohio and
iaddis veins which parallel each other
through the property n short distance
part IL is the intention to continue
he shaft down to the S00-foot point
ships Lenzite Crystals
A shipment of 110O wireless telegraph
crystals Qenzite). contained in cigar
loxes made to hold 80 cigars, has just
,ecn made to New Ork City from /
[ingman by general manager ". u.
frannis of the Arizona Venture Cor
,Oration The value Of the shipment
vas estimated at from $1,000 to $4,000.
The American MOlybdcnum company.
,perating i'm Deluge Wash. about three
md one-half miles west Of the Arizona
renture. is operating its five-stamp
nill two shifts daily on purchased
nolybdcnum ores and turning out APP
500 pounds Of concentrates
ach day.
Company is Financed.
The Arizona Butte Mines company. j.
ccentiy organized. which has taken
ver the Prince George, Gamer and
everal other properties in the Stocton
Till section of the Wallapai district. :
. miles north of KinEman, has been
jnanced and the management is pro-
eeding with plans incident to the in
uguration Of an extensive campaign
f work