Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-30
NEW DEVELOPMENT PLANS ANNOUNCED
 IN OATMAN'S CAMP
Added Interest is Seen In Mo- have County's Gold Camp. One Company Reorganizes for Actual Work.

! OATMAN, AriZ., Sept. 29.-New de
 velopment work is being planned for
 a number Of properties in the Oatmaa
 district during the coming fall and
 winter. Notable among them are the
 Oatman United whose assets and
 property has been taken over by a
 new company, the Oatman United Gold
 Mining company, with the same capi-
 talization, but whose stock is sub
 ject to assessment.
 Present stockholders of the Oatman
 United may exchange their holdings
 for the stock of the new company l. share for share. An assessment of one cent per share will be levied on all outstanding stock and the proceeds of this assessment, about $17,OOO, will
 be used to prosecute further develop ments.
 | At a special meeting of the stock holders of the company held in Oat- man Monday, over 100000 shares were represented and the proposition to exchange stock for that of the new company was voted upon, carrying by a large majority.
 The first development work to be- done will be to extend a drift over to a new view which has been explored 1 on the surface running parallel to the west cross cut. apparently coming out of United Eastern ground. This view has only been traced recently and it's discovery is regarded as a very im- portant one. and its development will be awaited with interest.
 ! At the annual meeting of the Oat- man Amalgamated Gold Mining com pany. held here on Monday, w A. Ritter, a well known mining engineer of Denver, was named as a director and made general manager of the company's future operations. It isl proposed to sink 200 feet deeper to f the 500-foot level and carry on a com prehensive program of exploration at that level. Mir. Ritter made two com plete examinations of the property and will arrive here shortly to take charge of development work. The majority of the stock of this company is held in Flagstaff. Ariz.. and among Santa Fe railway officials.
 Work on sinking a shaft on the his toric Leland or Vivian property to the 400 or 500-foot level. together with drifting on the vein. will commence shortly under the direction of S. R. Porter. formerly of the Gold Road mine. and a pioneer of the district.
 The Gold Road Bonanza Mining company will meet October for the . purpose of voting on the proposition to make the stock assessable and 10 levy an assessment of half cent per share for the purpose of continuing development on the 550-foot level. a +splendid showing has been made by this company. a vein showing good | values having been explored for dis tance of 400 feet at this level It is believed that the intersection with the main dyke will be reached within 100 feet, and here it is expected that an important ore body should be found.
 Cross cutting the great dyke which extends westward from the Tom Reed property is proceeding on the Oatman, North Star ground. at the 4OO-foot level This dyke of rhyolite Is over 100 feet wide and the cross cut which starts from the inclined shaft which follows the footwall. is now within few feet of the hanging wall. It is the first time that this huge dyke has been explored at depth. some en- couraging showings have been found during the progress of the work.
 The Lois Weber-Phillips Shelley Production company is opening week here taking pictures for the production for the photo drama cen tering around the romance of mining. They are using the United Western mine and mill as the background for this play
 Work is progressing on the Gold Bond mill, which is being placed in condition to resume operations by the Gold Ore Mining company. The Gold Ore shaft is being retimbered and V preparations completed for starting mining and milling at the rate of 100 tons daily as soon as possible.
 In the Secret - district the new mill built by J. s. Loftus and J. E. Turner on the Oatman Gold Top property, known as the Shorty War ner property. is now in operation, milling 90 to 50 tons daily.