Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-18
OATMANNINES PRODUCING IN
 LARCEVOLUNE
 DURING YEAR
Tom Reed and United Eastern Mine, For the First Ten Months, Over Two Million Dollars. Is Record for the Camp.

OATMAN, Ariz.. Nov. 17.-For the first ten months of the year 1917. the two producing mines of the Oatman District have produced more than S2, 900. 900 in gold, which is more than
 was produced in the district in any whole year. even during the bonanza days of the Gold Road and Tom Reed
 If production is maintained at the present ra.e for the remaining two months of 1917. the years output will reach $2,500.000 which is practically five times the camps production for 1916. This will place Oatman well up among the leading gold mining camps, of the United States, excluding Alaska. In fact there will not be more than one or two mining districts whose gold pro duction will exceed that of Oatman for the current year.
 Development work was commenced on the 200 foot level of the Gray Eagle shaft at the Tom Reed this week Here a vein carrying good values was open ed up last year Drifting along this vein was commenced Wednesday. Tie drillers struck missed hole" near the cross cu- and Theodore Olson was instantly killed by the explosion, his partner John Nondini being slight ly injured. The coroner's jury found that the company was not at fault, the accident being one of the unavoidable accidents connected with mining.
 The main shaft of the Uni.ed East ern has nearly reached its objective. 300 feet below the 665 fCSt level and 1090 feet below the collar of the shaft. but stump 80 feet deep will have to be sunk below the cross cut level. great station cut ou:. capable of hous- ing plant of machinery and handling ore, and a pocket for the loading of the ore into the skip. must be com pleted. It will probably be January l. or later before the vein is reached by the cross cut.
 The November dividend of the Unit ed Eastern has been declared. being the fifth monthly distribution of sur plus made by the company. Like the others, it consists of five cents per share, amounting to S6S.O00, making a total of sS4O,OOO paid to stockholders since july.
 Sinking of the shaft at the Gold Ore from the $50 to the 730 foot level is tho navf orda,. of nr0orac. at tbas ,c tive property. Within sixty days, complete new plant has been installed, electric power brought in and new road practically completed to the Gold Road Hill. This is the quickest in s:allation of like proportions ever ac- complished in the district
 Development work continues at the Oatman Southern. where the shaft is being sunk 10 a depth of 200 feet. at the United Oatman. where cross cuts are being advanced to the east and west from the tunnel, at the United Northern where the cross cut is now well under way on the $50 foot level, l and at the Second Lode where two shifts are sinking the shaft at the rate of six feet daily. being now we'll past the 250 foot level. It is the present in- | tention to cross cut the vein from the wall at a depth of $50 feet
 Further development work will open . up soon at the Oatman United. the Gold Road Bonanza. the Arizona Moss Back and al the Mohawk Central l where diamond drilling will be used to [ cross cut the property on the 4OO foot level