Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-13
OLD PRODUCERS PASS
 UP BIG MINES WHEN
 THEY FAIL ID LOCATE
Another Such Failure May be Registered Against the Gold Road Property. Neighbor Looks Good to Oatmanites.


 says the Mohave County Miner, 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 X Refining company, which allowed a bold crop ping of a ledge alongside of it's line, in plain view as close as so feet, 10 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 parallels the southern side line of the Goldroad group. In portions of its extensive course the dyke penetrates the Goldroad ground For a distance of 2,6OO feet the GOldroad Bonanza has this dye and the ledge that is its 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 $20 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 500 feet south east along the ledge, and will catch the unmistakable shoot at depth of 400 or 800 feet.
 At the point where it has sung it's shaft, the ledge matter on the sur face has averaged from S7 to s, which is not to be ''sneezed at" and a better showing than nine-enths of the best mines of the whole district. A few yards still further south the company drove a drift tunnel and got an aver age of s5 a ton.
 The shaft was sunk about S5 feet within the lines of the claim and few feet on the hanging wall side of the ledge. At 260 feet the ledge was pierced and found to have width of five feet and an average value of up- wards of S5 a ton. It is believed by the management that the ledge soon straightens up and Hops over to 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 a line on the real values of the vein at a depth at which it ought to have ore put through a mill Accordingly, it will proceed from the. present depth of 360 feet to 400 and most likely to 800 before crosscutting back to the ledge and starting to put ore in sight.
 At a depth of 400 feet and less than 150 feet distant from the spot, the Goaldroad took out some of its best ore, according to reliable information. All along to the south in a parallel line with the Bonanza dyke and ledge is an open stope that looks up to the blue skies and down to the y00-fOot level where practically every pound of rock taken out was put under the stamps. This is a like distance from the Bonanza side line
 The Goldroad has had or is opening at its extremities a continuous ore shoot for 4,500 feet It is said that the ore thus far taken out and milled has yielded an average return of SS gross a ton and that the cost of min srr this shoot its shafts. Nos l, ?, and 1, have been sunk and l and are in active operation and doing the heavy work of the mine. Between the two parallel veins there are various cross veins. carrying values, and all as well as the parent ones are of the same household and family Tn fact the parallels converge in due course and it has been known for years that they can be traced on the surface for upwards of four and half miles. To the northwest they pass out through the Oatman-Amalgamat and to the southeast over the saddle of the range to the open country in the direction of Yucca. The grey dyke itself is prominent from its high croppings in places and its persistent patch of grey colorings everywhere. whether On slopes, mountain saddles or flats.
 I naddition to it's 2,600 feet on the one vein. that is assumed to be proven by the Goldroad's work, the Bonanza has a large average extending over the mountain crests to the south and touching the United Northern. Other mineralized showings appear various ly on the surface or have been shown up by cuts and other openings in the malapai capping
 The Bonanza company is financed by Honolulu people There is con siderable money for mining at the Ha- waiian capital Most of the live ones" o fthat city have made fortunes in sugar stocks and are using it to their advantage where favorable in vestments offer on the mainland 1hey gre getting a run for their money in the Goldroad Bonanza, for the work is dollars afe being put into the ground.