Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-23
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TWO BIG ORE BODIES
 OPENED IN TOM REED

VI LlVID !" lVlh ieLID The east drift on the 400 level of the Aztec vein of the Tom Reed has reached into the ore body about 100 feet and is now getting close to the
 United American ground. While some of the streaks in the vein show enormously rich in gold the average
 is said to be above $40 across the
 whole width of the vein. A few days
 ago it was reported that a sample cut
 across the whole face of the drift (about feet) gave result of $10O,
 it is not probable that this will con
 tinue any great distance. From the
 point where the ore was first en-
 countered the vein has held to its
 width of from three feet to five feet
 and it is to be expected that this
 width may be exceeded as the main
 part of the shoot is entered.
 While this new strike on the Reed
 is exciting great interest among both
 the Tom Reed stockholders and those
 of the United American, it may be
 said that it is really secondary to the
 strike made about two years ago on
 the same level in the Bald Eagle.
 This shoot was entered in a crosscut
 and showed for distance of approx
 imately 500 feet on this level. The
 shoot was more than 40 feet wide
 and the ore was wonderfully rich.
 So rich was it that the ore taken out in driving the drifts were mixed with the low grade Aztec ore, running the heads from $S to $27, although it was mixed in the proportion of one ton of high grade to four of the low grade rock. While no stoping was done in this high grade shoot, the company nevertheless sank winze from the 400 level to the $50 and crosscut to the vein. It was given out at the time that they were driven out by the great influx of water encountered n the vein, and were unable to continue exploratory work on that level. New ertheless the ore is practically intact on the level above, the company hav- ing been running on the lower grade material from the Aztec. After the discovery on the 500 level of the American the company proceeded east with it's drift on the 400 level and en- countered the new ore shoots far east of the big shoot in the parallel vein. It is now more than probable that a crosscut from this shoot into the Bald Eagle vein will bring to light another shoot of ore that will be far and away above the Aztec shoot, both in size of vein and richness of ma terial
 Just why the ore body on the Bald Eagle has been untouched the past two years and why no effort iwaaasI made to open the ore on the 65o leverf only the management knows. Thatl the ore is there and that the condition | of the gold market may largely be responsible for the failure to take ad- vantage of a wonderful exploration opportunity, may be the prime reason, is evidenced. In the opinion of the Miner editor the Tom Reed has one of the greatest mines in the country and it is too bad that conditions are not ripe for the further exploiting of the big vein below the $50 level, as this work on the big shoot would set at rest the theory of the failure of naturalization of the veins below a certain level in and along the great Tom Reed lode. Now is the time to improve the ore possibilities of this great mine, as we feel sure that gold mining is sure to obtain consideration from the coming session of the con gress, either as gold bonus or by an international agreement.
 The two big ore shoots that are now known to exist in the Tom Reed will have a wonderfully stimulating ef- feet on the stock market for Oatman and We expect to see big things done in that district this winter and early spring. Oatman has more mine pos { abilities than exist along the Tom { Reed lode and with proper develop ment on the vein, not out in the coun- try rock, ore bodies will be opened hat will surprise the natives. (