Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17


 gree of popularity among the miners and outside investors as that of the Telluride Mining, Milling and Devel- opanent company. In the first place this was largely because the big acre age owned by the company not only had fine surface showing but be- cause it's claims were so located that practically every one of the known vein systems of Oatman must inevi- tably be found in one or the other of them if they continue on their strike. In addition the men in con- trol of the Telluride are of the high est standing, and are known as twin ners" in mine development. The Tel luride is a special pet of J. L. McIver, the president of the company, MT. Me Iver knowing mining business from every angle. It was he, with Geo. w. Long, who read the riddle of the United Eastern ground, stuck to it's development through many vicissitud- es, and finally made it big mine which put Oatman on the map.
 Under actual development the Tel luride has borne out the promises of surface showings and confidence in the management. It is developed to a depth of 570 feet and is a real pro ducing mine, sending to the mill not less than 25 tons daily of ore that runs from $30 to $40 per ton-an un- usually high grade of ore to put through a mill. At this writing, the ore bin is not only full but there IS a reserve of about 600 tons on the dump.
 It is believed that the Oatman Unit ed vein with it's sensational ore body, the discovery of which several weeks ago re-awakened the country's inter est in Oatman, forms juncture with the rich United American vein in the latter company's ground 100 feet east of the Telluride line, and that the joint vein continues on through the Telluride. It is the intention of the latter's management to soon thorough ly prospect the United American Oatman United vein in the Telluride ground, probably by means of diamond drilling. This work will be watched with unusual interest.
 Up to the present, however, the main development at the Telluride has been on the extension of the main Tom Reed vein, which has produc- tion record of approximately $9,OOO,- 900 in gold. Three shafts have been sunk, with numerous drifts and cross cuts on different levels. The No. 1 shaft is the deepest, 57O feet. Some excellent ore was produced from this part of the ground, but later develop ments have shown that it is more ad- vantageous to work from the No. 3 shaft, and the main workings are now there. From the No. shaft work ings some of the richest ore ever found in Oatman was produced. This will be developed by lateral workings from the No. 3 shaft.
 The main Tom Reed vein has been developed for length of 800 feet in the No. shaft workings, but it has i by no means been fully developed as yet in the upper workings, it being the idea of the management to go down and see what the mine would show at depth. It is quite sure that the good ore goes practically to the .surface and on the 500-foot level the ore shoot now being stopped is opened up for length of 150 feet, averages about three feet wide and, as stated before, the values go from $30 to $40 per ton in gold. The ore body has been developed on the 40O-foot level, being opened up there for a length of 300 feet, but on the 300 level it has been drifted on for but 70 feet in length.
 Now that it is proved that the ore goes to considerable depth, the fuller { development of the ore bodies on the upper levels can await the pleasure of the management and the needs of the mill. Lack of milling facilities has heretofore been a handicap to the Tel luride company, but the management recently concluded contract with the Tom Reed Mines company under which the latter agrees to treat minimum of 25 tons day. The grade of the ore being quite little above the or dinary sufficient revenue should soon be coming from this source to pay dividends or to finance a much bigger development campaign with the object of opening up ore reserves that will justify the company in erecting mill of large capacity to treat its own l ores.
 As rich and productive as the Tom Reed vein system is known to be, the
 remarkable ore bodies disclosed by diamond drilling in the past few weeks in the Oatman United has aroused unusual interest in those com panies through whose property courses the big rhyolite dike in and against which the Oatman United made its discovery. This adds an ec- tirely new phase to the mining situ- ation in the district since it adds an