Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-05-05
Mining Situation Has Never
 Looked Better.
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 company, with its big estate border ing on the Fessenden, San Francisco, Oatman United and the other impor- tant mines of the upper part of the Oatman district, and it is the inten tion of the management to ,at once proceed with the campaign of diamond drilling to search out the big veins before starting shaft work. The mines are along the big rhyolite dike that carries the ore bearing material in the Oatman United and San Fran cisco properties, and has splendid outcrop. For years this property was held by B. F. Skidmore, who refused many tempting offers, but believing it to be the one big undeveloped prop erty in the district he refused to give | it up, unless he was in on it's devel opment. The property was taken over by other parties some time ago, but when approached by MT. Dudley and his associates it was relinquished to him. w. K. Ridenour is also inter- ested in the property and it will be in charge of one of the best mining man. agers in that section.
 MT. Dudley, who has been looking closely over the Oatman mining field, is firm in the belief that the Summit Lode is the real thing and that within a short time it will be developed to an extent that it's ore bodies will be pointed out so that shaft and drift may be run into the ore bodies with certainty. To us the Summit Lode has always appealed and we are more than pleased to learn that it is being taken over by people who can go some.
 The third drill hole of the Oatman Combination at depth of 145 feet has entered series of stringers that show good values. The hole is point ed toward the north, and the expec- tation is that the vein of the Oat- man United will be struck at depth of 225 feet. The striking of ore at the superficial depth was unexpected but shows the possibility of ore in any part of the estate. The whole country in that part of the district is gridironed with vein material and it is possible to find ore in any of these veins where mineralizing con- ditioas aye right. The ore from the stringers is said to be exceptionally good. The vein in No. 2 drill hole was IT or IS feet and the values ranged from $11 up. Check assays are being made on this core. The core from No. 1 drill hole averaged 16 or IT feet of vein material, the average of which was $9. The dis covery in the three drill holes is as important as the discovery of ore in the Oatman United, as it shows there are wonderful possibilities for the development of big producer in this estate. The men in charge of company affairs are elated over the showing so far obtained. The shares of this company are non-assessable and are fully paid when issued, and are now meeting with hearty recep- tion on the stock exchanges.
 The third drill hole of the Merry Widow hit ledge at a depth of no feet, yesterday, which gave assays of $2 to $16 across five feet of vein ma terial. This ledge showed about two feet in width on the surface and ap- peared to be unimportant. The third hole is being drilled about 1000 feet from the other holes and toward the United Western shaft. The objective of this hole is vein that shows 20 feet in width on the surface and will be cut in this hole at a depth of 250 feet. The drills are searching out the veins, so that operations can be intelligently carried on from the shaft when the drilling work is com plete. The work is going ahead rap idly and important disclosures may be expected any day. The people in charge of operations believe they have a splendid chance for the development of a producer.