Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-02
FORMER RESIDENT OPTIMISTIC OVER OATNANS FUTURE

''Tom Reed mine will soon he output ting and milling ore that will give it a quarter of a million monthly output of gold. or about the same output as United Eastern is making. Tom Reed output has been around s5O.000 the month Its new strike which opens up great possibilities for the property. will be responsible for the increase. Bearing upon all of the Oatman dis trict of the new strike is important. With the Gold Roads development of the last few years it establishes be yOnd contradiction that while il costs money to go down in the district. | pays to do it. The big and rich ore bodies are at depth It is not a poor mans mining camp and never will be. but it stores a wonderful wealth of gold for ultimate output to Arizona's credit"
 The speaker was Louis Wallace. old timer in the Warren district. for a mum Der of years associated with the Calu- met &r Arizona office staff. but the last several years located in the Oatman district as praeticing attorney. While about his legal work he made it stick strong and at the present time is a leader in the legal profession of the northern Arizona mining country He has had few days since going to the camp that he has not had to go to top pressure to keep up with his work. Dnr ing the boom days in 1915-16 around Oatman. Wallace's offices came to be besieged and the doors were open night and day. notwithstanding the fact that at one time there were fifteen competing law firms in the district Wallace says that he made up his mind when he first entered the camp. it was going to make good in a big way in due time and he was going to make with it. So he settled down to perma- nent residence and permanent ways and has had no cause to regret it. He is as confident today as ever that his first appraisal of the merits of the Oat- man camp was wholly correct.
 Gold Roads. while not Outputting." :" he continued yesterday. has more ore opened up than ever before in its his tory. It is on the deep levels below the 1000. They have just been getting ready to do big mining at Gold Roads. Gold Ore is making use of Gold Roads mill Gold Ore is not big mine vet and probably will not make big one. but is a ngOOd little mine. United Eastern has splendidly efficient man. agement and is getting fine results in the mine and mill This property will make far bigger before it is through. Telluride and few of the other devel- oping properties are carrying forces and going along with work. but the wildcats are all closed down and the wildcatting element gone. It is the in- tention to keep it gone. Oatman has a world of work 10 do and many new mines to bring in. and will spread out to Secret Pass and over a vastly ih- creased mineralized area with produc- ing mines. but it is work that legiti- mate enterprise will conduct in due time"
 NIT. Wallace was here conferring with shareholders interested with him in the Gold Ledge. a property that is now down 300 feet with it's shaft and that is preparing to go to the 500 level On the 300 they have found a highly encouraging condition. A drift out for 100 feet from the level is in solid quartz. Values are said to average S6 to S7 a ton On the 500 it is expected that continuation of this ore will be found and a producer be made.