Arizona republican., 1917-05-27
Oatman District

Oatman District
 Before June 1, the new Tom Reed HllI VIII be in good running order grinding up 300 tons of rock every twenty-four hours and extracting the values from the same. Friday May Z9th, the Allis-C Chalmers ball granulat- Ing mills will be set in motion ard the old stamps and tuEe mills will he cut out Everything has already been gwen thorough try out and the new Dorr classifiers. thickeners and agita- tors are already at work
 The change from the old mill to the new will be made without the loss of a single minutes time and this in itself Is a feat worthy of note, for the new plant was set up and made ready to start in the same building with the old
 Within a few weeks the new aerial tramWay will be ready to transport 300 tons of ore daily from the Aztec work ings to- the mill. Ore is being hloo',o.5 out at the Aztec in great quantities to make 1t possible to supply the new mIl from that working
 The plan of the management is to de- vote time and energy to opening up the old Ben Harrison workings especially on the 140O foot level and it is believed that very large ore reserve will be developed here within tn next few months to supplement the Aztec ore oupply at q later date.
 What the United Eastern mill is i:st now getting fully warmed up to it's work was proven recently when the new nigh record of 2SO tons for a. twenty four hour run was esta hlished The previous high record was 265 tons An average of about 235 tons per ton IS now being made and it is believed that this can be maintained
 Operations underground are still con- fined to mining ore from the three principal levels. The best ore is being taken from the two upper levels hut there is some fine ore on what is called the 665 foot level Sinking of the shaft IS stlll awaiting the arrival of equip ment Even the new compressor can not he put into service until some miss ing parts arrive.
 At the Nellie the water has finally been conquered and the drift to the east is now being run diagonally across the vein to the hanging wall to explore the vein on that side As anticipated much better ore is being found to the east, being in place and uniform in character. The cross cut first entered the vein in d shattered zinc, which has disappeared as work progresses to the east.
 The Sunnyside drift is being ad- Vanced at the rate of over eight feet daily and is in splendid quartz carry Ing satisfactory values. No assays are givensout.
 The Gold Ore management announces that the main shaft will he retimbered and sunk 200 feet further to the 730- 1oot level and the ore body opened uI rom that point in preference to con tlnuing the present winze which is To- cated 800 feet east from the shaft and IS consequently very inconvenient making progress necessarily slow ana unsatisfactory. Later on an entirely new shaft will be sunk 1500 feet to- wards the east near the mill site whicl has been selected. If present plans ma ture 50-ton unit of the new mill vii be constructed at once. other units be- ing added as the ore body is developed
 At the Gold Road a winze is beins sunk from the Line Road tunnel leve all in fine ore and the drift on the same level is being advanced to the east in equally good ore. This means an important extension of the ore body in two different directions
 At the Gold Road Bonanza drifts are being run in two directions along the branch vein in good ore about two feet wide. The west drift shows the vein to be swinging towards the west where it will probably join the mair dyke. This will prove that the branch vein effects a juncture with the rykt Tn two places, both to the east anC west from the shaft
 Good progress is being made in the Oatman United, where cross cuts are being run in two directions from the shaft at the 400 foot level. A change in formation is noted in both faces much softer material being found
 The 200-foot level workings of the old Moss Back have been unwatered and sampled with very satisfactory re- suits. Will H. Holcomb, who repre- sents the syndicate that is doing the work has gone back to San Diego with definite announcement of furth- CT plans will be made soon.
 J. Parke Charming, vice president O. the Miami Copper Co, has been in the district for the na st few days IooI5iro