Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-24
DIAMOND DRILLS PLAY BIG PART IN
 OATMAN ACTIVITY

UAlMAN AGlVIIl ! Special to hte Miner.
 The steady resumption of develop ment work with diamond drilling ma chimes, the direct result of the splendid results obtained by such methods in the Oatman United Mine, is causing the new boom in this district to daily grow in proportions, and the outlook is, in consequence, promising. It is safe to say that at least 20 companies are now prosecuting drilling opera tions, or preparing to do so. Encour- aged by the success attained by the Oatman United and the example set by those companies that have already inaugurated new work, many other corporations are making plans to be- come identified with the new era of activity. Some of the companies, which exhausted themselves financial ly after disposing of all or large part of their treasury stock during the original boom days of the camp, are being reorganized with increased capitalizations in order to make pos sible the further exploration of their estates.
 The Oatman United Gold Mining Company has just mailed to it's stock holders circular letter relative to conditions prevailing and future oper- ations at the property. The letter, signed A. F. Andres, president and general manager follows:
 "As has been our custom in the past, we continue issuing periodical letter keeping you posted as to what we are doing.
 "The first thing we need is air, and without this we can do nothing. This we are providing for by drilling a50- foot air hole from the surface to the 600-foot level, and will take about two months to complete. When done we will start along this air hole with an upraise, and by drifting, crosscutting and upraising we will block out our ore. In tn emeantime we will be re- laying our tracks, which are badly in need of repair. We will also drift on the vein to the end of our property line. And at the same time we are drilling in other parts of our proper l ty, where the conditions for ore are just as good as we have already un- covered. We have built storeroom, and are now building an assay office and ore bin; and we have sufficient money on hand to do this. We have also made an arrangement, but the contract at this time has not yet been signed, to mill our ore taken from the faces, the proceeds of which will be sufficient to pay for the opening up of our entire mine. The question of building our own mill or making other arrangements will then be de- cided.
 "For the benefit of the new stock holders will say that whatever funds are required will be provided for from the treasury stock, of which we have on hand in round numbers 5O0,000 shares. The Company is never in debt, except for current bills, which are paid every month.
 "The checking up of the mineraliz- ed zone has proven that our original assays were largely correct, and proves to us the existence of very large ore body, the average of which lis $20.454. Just how large an ore body we will encounter we cannot say, as at no point have the drills found the limits of the ore shoot. However, we can give you assurance that it will be one of the largest ever found in the district. The above statement is en- dorsed by our consulting engineer, Mir. J. K. Turner, who has just completed an exhaustive examination of our pro- perty, and under whose supervision the future development of our property will be carried out"
 Diamond drilling operations on the property of the Black Range Mining Company should be in full swing in SlAC AILllCAAdIS 4uSuIC. N1dIldSGT s\TeO. Heating has returned from a business visit to the company offices in Los Angeles and is making preparations to put the first of two drills ordered to work immediately. The second drill will quickly arrive, and the two machines will be kept busy at the task of determining the extent of the ode bodies that have been opened up nj the past by surface cuts and shafts Gone of them 290 feet deep) and lat erals therfrom. These include the "blossom" showing in the massive vein at about the center of the pro- ,perty which yields sensational assays. Chief importance attaches to this showing, however, on account of the great width of milling ore disclosed.
 Good progress is being made by the Oatman Gold in the sinking of a three compartment shaft on it's property, ad-