The Winslow mail., 1922-03-03

when discontinued. An average of
all the assays from this ore body
shows that it will run about $40 per
ton in gold
/ While not sensational, such an
ore body would be considered quite
satisfactory in almost any mine.
Hammond acknowledges, sit looks
! like the quartz vein in the Oatman
United is Just a side issue" It is
| in the rhyolie dixie against which
the quartz vein lies that the unex-
pected and sensationally large and
valuable ore bodies have been found
In regard to these latter Mr.. Ham
mond hesStates to give figures, es
pecially since there has been SO
much exaggeraiton of the admitted
Iy big showing. AS he remarked:
ITS big enough as it actually is"
-exaggeraiton defeats it own end
AS before stated. the ore body of
the quartz vein has been definitely
determined to be at least 600 feet
in length and 538 feet in denth, but
the ore bodies in the rhvolitic dixie
are not as definitely determined. It
is expected that the results Of the
next few days drilling. together
with what has already been done.
will give much better idea of the
rhyolitic dixie after which it is
likely the company will give out a
detailed announcement.
Without attempting to anticipate
this official announcement, and re-
peating only what has been definite
| ly confirmed the following will
give an idea of what may be expect
ed when actual ore production from
! this rhvolitic dixie is under way.
/ One drill core shows an average
value of 1924 in gold per ton across
thirteen feet AS big as that is. it
probably means less in actual worth
than another core which shows av-
erage values of $12 per ton across
20 feet. This was so unexpected
that the accuracy of the assay was
doubted, and it was checked a num-
Der of times by several assayers be-
fore it was given out.
Rumors, apparently we'll based, of
even greater widths of pay ore and
high grade ore in sizable bodies
have been circulated, but the man
agement believes the above facts
should suffice for the present.
"There is going to be whole lot
of good ore. that's sure"
The showing in the United Amer
ican and the Telluride would occa-
sion much more excitement were
they not overshadowed for the mo-
ment by the sensational Oatman
United Both of these properties
are producing high grade ore run
ming from $35 to more than $1O0
per ton,' and before the month is
out the Tom Reed mill will begin
on it's contract to treat a minimum
of 25 tons per day from each pro-
perty
The United American, of which
VIM K Ridenour is manager, is pro-
ducing ore from the stope above the
700 foot level in which free gold
visible to the naked eve is plentiful.
It is what the boys call picture
rock" and no assay is necessary to
prove that it is real high grade. The
ore body now being stopped is proved
for so feet in length on the 700, and
is expected to mill an average of
between $50 and $50 per ton for a
width of four feet 1t is opened up
for length of 1926 feet on the 500
level and for $50 feet on the $50
level
The ore in the Telluride mine is
not quite as rich as in the United
| American but is is unusually high
grade to put through mill. AS it
is broken and shipped it is planned
to keep it down to a grade of $40
a ton, or a little less The claims
of the Telluride are so situated that
every one of the known vein sys-
tens &c the Oatman district must
inevitably go through one or the
other of them if they continue on
their present strike. J. L. McIver,
who with Geo. w. Long, opened UP
the United Eastern and put Oatman
on the map, is president of the Tel
luride company and Bob Lyons ID
| superintendent.
The Big Jim Consolidated, con
trolled by Teter and company of Los
Angeles and managed by A. G. keat-
ing-the men who developed the Or
iginal Big Jim in which millions are
blocked out-had diamond drill
outfit shipped by express and is now
at work at the iuncture of it's vein
with the rhvolite dixie in which the
ootAlo'A OhiLCu IOul1u lIS p'S iHliAS
1t is believed they are in line for
another winner.
Sheriff Mahoney and Senator Cur
tin were in the camp the first of last
week experimenting operations on
the Oatman Combination, in which
they are interested and which is one
of the most promising prospects.
The Silver Greek Bonanza. with