Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-30
Lack of Official Announce ment of Merger of Tom Reed and United Eastern Still Lacking for Public.
NOT THOUGHT PLAN
 TO BE CONSUMMATED
Long-McIver Mines is Now Down to 665 and Cross Cut ting to the Vein is Now Be ing Worked with Vigor.
Special to the Review)

KINGMAN. Ariz. Jan. 29.-An un- ,fficial announcement as to the plan )f meeting the Tom Reed Gold Mines and the United Eastern Mining com panies of Oatman is still lacking. Be yond the fact that the officials of the .wo companies continue 10 give seri- )us thought to the scheme nothing is ;nown and the probable result of the negotiations is matter of conjecture. The delay in the issuance of an an- ,ouncement by the companies named lending support to the almost gen. ,ral belief that a merge will not be ,ffected. Late developments in the wo properties have been of routine character The United Eastern man. igement has just completed the cut ing of a station at the 665-foot level it's No 1 shaft. as we'll as 30- oot stump and ore pocket beliew that point. Crosscutting north from the tation to the ledge is now under way [ is calculated that the objective loint will be reached by extending he crOsscut approximately no feet. The complete mechanical equipment or No. shaft. recently started and which will be put down 500 feet three compartment size. will be installed md placed in operation within the lext week or ten days
 United Western
 The management of the United Western has temporarily suspended york at the l7S-foot point in the ;outh crosscut on the 5O5-foot level put is continuing such operations in he north and southwest crosseuts. put 16O and TO feet, respectively. rom the shaft At a recent meeting If the directors. W. P. De Wolf re- ;igned from the board and the office If secretary His successor has not ret been selected.
 Times.
 The stockholders of the Times Min ng company. at a recent special meet ng in Oatman. bu a unanimous vote, increased the capitalization from l.OOO. 900 to 1.5OO.O00 shares. par value s1. The new mechanical equipment for the property. including 25 horse power gasoline hoist. SO horsepower gasoline engine. 800 cubic foot com Dressor and a drill sharpener. is be- ing hauled from Kingman and will soon be installed. The hoist will be placed on the main shaft, which has A depth of 150 feet. at which point crosscutting north to the vein is in progress. Operations continue in the Martin tunnel. which has thus far fol lowed the main vein a distance of 265 feet. Manager Gray announces he will soon start a 60O-foot crosscut tunnel which. when completed. will intersect the vein at vertica depth of 200 feet The portal of the tunnel will be immediately above site of proposed mill on the property.
 Bid Lode.
 The Oatman Big Lode twO-compart- ment shaft now measures 40 feet in depth. The management will continue it to the 2OO-foot point before cross cutting and exploring it's vein system. The company has erected a blacksmith shop and expects to have a 9 horse power gasoline hoist in operation on the shaft within the next 30 days. Air for the operation of machine drills will be obtained from che Times
 Big Jim.
 General Manager Sam Warmbath announces that samples taken in five foot section across the 46-foot ledge recently disclosed by the south cross cut on the 400 foot level of the Big Jim yielded an average assay return of s744 per ton. Six feet of the vein near the footwall gave sn average of
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