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The Kusko times., 1922-01-04
ALASKA'S
 MINERALS
Production During Year 1921. Amounted to
 $16,109,0OO.

Washington, Jan. 2,-The Geo. logical Survey has issued a, state ment giving the value of min erals produced in Alaska III 1921 S16, 109, 900, including, gold, Ss.0oo, GOO; copper, $6. 9Tl ,0oos silver, S466, ,00O; lead, $46 OO0; coal, $430,0OO.
 The Kuskokwlm district pro- duced S550, ,000 gold; Seward pe- -ninsRla and Northwestern Alas ka,, Sl ly55, ,0oo. The total in. -clades place, gold to the value of s4, ,O90,000.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Harry Stockman,. with. the Outside mail, arrieed4N shis' afternoon, as, per schedule.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

ment has started proceedings to compel him to pay Sl,635, 797 in taxes and pen alties. Four other cases havo been re- ferred to Washington. Kopf said his $50, ,000,000 estimate did not include similar delinquencies by hundreds of small bootleggers.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04
Leo Trotzky Is: Ex-
 pelled. From Judaism

Berlio.-Leo Trotzky, Russian soviet military head. has bean expelled from Judaism. according to an official dis patch from Moscow. which says that he has.foresworn bis ia ther's creed. is an enemy of the Jewish race, and has become a curse to humanity.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Felix Riley. from Ophir, bringing the Yukon mail. l.aarrived here yester- day, departing, tomorrow morning on ~his hcmeward trip.:
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04
SMUGGL.ERS
 LOSE LIVES
Revenue Cutters Glasses Whiskey Hounds
 Onto Beach.

Aberdeen. Jan. With two of her crew dead and the others prisoners i'll the hands of revenue officers, the little gas schooner Milkmaid, bound from Victoria to San Francisco with a cargo consisting of more than three hundred cases of illicit liquor, lies 8 wreck on the coast near Gray's Harbor.
 The bootlegging crew attempt ed to,r run ashore in a desperate effort to>escape. from the reve- nue cutter which was pursuing them.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Frank Petrok.4 8 former resident of Fox, Alaska, is being inquired or by Outside relatives. Anyone. who has knowledge of his whereabouts would confer a fa1orr by informipg Deputy U. s. Marshal McM ullen.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Tss@telephone line on the Rainy Pass mail trail has been laid from An derson's roadhouse to tae Puntila cabin, distance of l2 miles. at, which point the wosk seems to have ceased.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04
Senator PenrOse Passes.

Washington.-Senator Penrose. of P5nusylvania, suceumbed to death on severe attack of bronchitis. accom- panied bv weakened heart.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Rasmus Matlhewson, who recently disposed of his interest in the McGrath Roadhouse to his associates. returned today from >a short visit up at Sam Nesyoog's place.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Dan McDanell returned Sunday fro m trip to Flat.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Charlie Stanforasleft Monday morn ing with the Outside mail, having ar- rived Sunday. with the Flat mail.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

Bert Eldridge returned yesterday from visit to Candle creek.
The Kusko times., 1922-01-04

For Sale-Coonskin coat; heaver col lar; good as new; cheap. Bob Boyd
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

The Tom Reed was one of the first mines to be opened in what is now the Oatman field, the discovery of a group of veins having been made by Eli Hilty, Joe Anderson, and Daniel Tooker in 1900. These gentlemen af- ter completing their title work, organ ized company on the property which was known as the Blue Ridge. A small treasury was provided and a ten stamp mill was erected, but the saving of values was low and the mill ing discontinued. The company fin ally ran into difficulties and was talk en over by the present Tom Reed Gold Mines company.
 Since the taking over of the estate of the Blue Ridge company the Tom Reed mines have produced about $13,- 000,000 in gold and paid $3,000,000 in dividends to its shareholders. It has sunk shafts and carried drifts and crosscuts into the big veins miles in extent. The main shaft was carried down 1,500 feet, and from this shaft
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

opment of the main ore bodies brought about with precision and despatch. The cost of development, especially that first cost in the lining up of the ore bodies, without knowledge of their exact location, is what piles up the expense of development. Getting away from this first cost, as it were, is the important thing that the man. with the important drilling campaign, the work going to the man who de- vised and laid out the big campaign that put the Oatman United on the map after years of consistent shaft and drift mining had failed. The de- velopment of this far western area is to be of wonderful importance to the district, as it will predicate just what may be expected in that region, and if successful in locating the ore bodies
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
Tom Reed Mine Which Has Shipped Millions In Bullion and
 is Still Actively Producing

The green andesite flow covers the
 entire country as far north as the
 Gold Road, where it appears to be of unknown depth. The vein is of un- usual size, in many places the walls being 80 feet or more apart and the ore bodies extending to 16 feet of pay ore. The new ore body in the
 Bald Eagle is said to have width of better than 60 feet, although not all pay ore. This ore body has been opened on the 530 level and develop ment is now under way to work out the faults. The walls of the mine are irregular, possibly occassioned by faulting. Oscar H. Hershey, consult ing engineer of the company, has worked out the fault system in the property and development is now car ried on with greater certainty of pick ing up the faulted portions of the mine. As we understand it the throw in the Bald Eagle takes place at a depth of something over 500 feet and this will probably be picked up fur
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
AS WE GO TO PRESS

Several thousand copies of this edi- tion will be sold in San Francisco and Los Angeles as we'll as New York The purpose of the edition is to tell to some extent at least, the story of Oatman's mineral resources and the reward that is offered those who will open up and mill the ore that is hid den beneath the surface of the "Pre- mier Gold Camp of the World" To those who are unfamiliar with the district we wish we could express in words the true situation at Oat- man. It is hard to realize how lit tie the veins of Oatman have been developed-what small area has been proven, compared to that yet unproven. The Oatman United Strike has proven an area that makes possi- ble the developing of many mines in the district and now companies have been financed to make this possible So WATCH OATMAN for the next few months and you will see things happen that will startle you. That's | our prediction. Oatman has the ore bodies and now money is forthcoming to develop them. This will mean add ed wealth to the district and money in the pockets of those who succeed in developing mines.
 ] In this edition we realize we have not been able to mention many pro- perties that are worthy of it. To space and time there was limit and so we ask the indulgence of those in terested.
 l Thanks is due William P. DeWolf, mining writer who is now with the Mohave County Chamber of Mines and Commerce for the articles he contri- | buted.
 Anson H. Smith, for forty years a resident of this county, wrote the ma jor portion of the articles and the late James F. O'Brien contributed one.
 To the public-We hope we have furnished you with some interesting reading. If you could see the thing as we do, you would agree with us in saying that the possibilities of de- veloping gold ore bodies in Oatman is unexcelled.
 If you wish exta copies of this pa per mail your order to the Mohave County, Miner, Kingman, Arizona.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
Making Arrangements To Start
 Diamond Drill on the Baltic

pursuits mankind has ever indulged in It brings magnificent returns from small investments and everybody may play at the game. Without this min ing incentive-the big returns from investments-ther would be only mea- ger interest in mines, although min ing has held the stage during all ages
 You never read of the old timers bray ing the torrid heat of the desert or the intense cold of northern climes in quest of good place to farm, but you are regaled with the stories of the men who have braved every peril to reach the spot where their know ledge of mining tells them gold may be found. The foundation of practi- cally every business house in San Francisco is built upon the mines of
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

will extend the area of mineraliza- tion into new territory.
 The Baltic lies to the east of the Crown City property of the Tom Reed, which was actively developed some years ago and which is said to have potential ore bodies. The big outcrop of this vein is traceable through the whole territory from the Tom Reed into this western field, although it shows evidences of the big throw that territory has experienced. It endlines the United Western and Merry Widow on the west, and lies contiguous to the Western Mines Corp, and also the Pirtle- Nichols group. All of these properties have we'll defined outcrops and indicate possibilities of developing into productivity under intensive de- velopment, such as diamond drilling would bring.
 Mining is one of the most delightful
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

To the west of the big producing zone of Oatman is territory that we have always believed would some day become a productive force in the life of the camp-a point where the veins of the Goldroad and Oatmans converge, or at least the point where the two zones coalesce into new min eralization. We have always had in mind the view that Goldroad and Oat
 man vein systems were in fact one and the same, all lying within a radius of a mile of each other, with the great rhyolite dikes dividing the two fields. At the west end of the Gold road it will be observed that a large part of the vein swings sharply southward and it surely mingles it's ore bearing qualities with the same class of materials from the field far ther south. Of course, the materials in this part of the district are softer and may have a wider spread of min eralization, which might cause low ering of the grade of the ores, but at the same time there are sure to be picked up many veins that have been
 Dregnated with the golden waters that have made the principal mines of the district potential ore bearers.
 In this territory is the property re- gently acquired by w. K. Ridenour and associates. A corporation known as the Baltic Mining company was or ganized about year ago, but it wa thought best to defer development UT til some more propitious time, and al thought equipment was placed on tho ground the shaft was only carried down 35 feet. This shaft was expect ed to reach the vein in 100 feet, but no further work was done aside from that, the prospect work having been scattered over the estate to maintain it's legal standing. At the present time campaign of diamond drilling has been mapped out for the property and this is to be underway within a very short time. The location of the drill stations have been carefully se- lected with the view of covering the most favorable part of the vein sys- tenn and with a view to reaching depth of several hundred feet below the outcrop. These drill operations are to go out in the form of fan and through the vein area laterally and to a depth of 800 feet With this work complete it is possible to put on a comprehensive campaign of develop ment by shaft and drift to bring into production the ore bodies that have been searched out by the drills. In this way much dead work that usually ac
 companies the development of a pro-
 perty will be obviated, and the devel
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

from an impartial source we would say that it's property has only been scratched over.
 The Red Cloud property of the Tom Reed has reached a depth from which ore bodies may be reached with cer- tainty. This work has been carried on to a large extent, but nothing has been given out regarding the values found at the bottom. The diamond drills are sure to soon reach out into the mineralized territory and bring in whatever any of the good things that may be in that region. The locality is well situated and the fact that the United Eastern's big ore body was found on the same vein has much in terest for the Tom Reed.
 The management of the Tom Reed for number of years past has been in the hands of w. B. Phelps, who has made a success of the opening of the property in the new section on the east end and who has cut the costs of mining and milling to close
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

discovery, of tireless patience and secrecy on the part of it's discoverer extending over a long term of years, of lack of capital for development and of final surmounting of all obstacles and difficulties and the reaping of a great reward for the many years of waiting.
 About ten years ago a Mexican min CT was working for the Tom Reed Company at Oatman. He had no edu- cation beyond that necessary for his occupation, but he knew that thor oughly. One day while walking over a part of the company's property that had been regarded as of little or no
 value a piece of rock lying on the sur
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Nevada, Ntah and Arizona, and far down in Mexico, and many of the for tunes of bankers of Los Angeles have
 predecated upon the profits from the mines. A chance investment has many times brought a fortune and the Oatmans have not been behind in this class of men who took time by the forelock and pulled down big sum of money. Under the intensive development now going on in this great field we look forward to many important ore bodies being picked up and the widening and extending of the gold belt far and away beyond it's present limit. It will be noted
 - the men at the head of develop ments in that big field are going after information in the right way and every dollar that is at the command of the treasury is being usefully put inte this campaign.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
SYDNEY LEASE STORY
 READS LIKE FICTION

One of the chief points of interest to the visitor to Oatman these days, especially if he be mining man, is the Stoney lease. This lease is To- cated on the Tom Reed property with in a stone throw of the business sec tion of the camp, and although it has been worked less than two months, some of the richest ore ever found in that district already has been un- covered Within a few feet from the
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
"$2O.OO A POUND"

face attracted his attention. He pick ed it up and upon examining it close ly realized that he had stumbled upon an extremely valuable discovery.
 Notwithstanding his many discour- agements, Terra continued to hug his secret closely through the years and never gave up. His patience finally was rewarded when a few months ago he approached George A. Stoney, a clean-cut, intelligent American miner whom Terra felt confident he could trust Stoney listened to the Mexi-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

cans story, made some investigations of his own, and then went to work with a view to securing a lease. At first the company would pay no more attention to him than to any of the others that had come on the same errand, but he was so persistent that the company finally consented to give him the desired lease, but only on condition that he give it up after one year.
 Rich ore was found lying almost ON the surface and the further down the workmen go the richer it seems to be- come. The mystery is how this gold remained so long undiscovered. The air shaft sunk by the Tom Reed Con-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

surface of the ground ore has been taken that assays $54,000 to the ton and values of $100 ton are common. The lease gives every promise of mak- wealthy.
 The story of the Stony lease con tains all the elements employed by the fiction writer. Told as fiction 1t would be regarded as somewhat hack neyed and commonplace, but as a statement of actual facts the circum- stances take on a remarkable charac ter. It is a story of purely accidental
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

pany, is within three feet of the big vein, but apparently there was not a sign of pay ore throughout the entire length of the shaft. Until the big fire swept Oatman last July the site where this rich find was made formed the backyard of one of the hotels, but although it was passed over by thous- ands of persons in the ten years thai elapsed since Terra found his piece of ore nobody seems ever to have even suspected the presence of gold there.- Clos Angeles Examiner).
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

ther to the north. The upper part of this vein is rich and of great width. Had it gone down at the point where the big ore body was picked up it would have been one of the greatest ore bodies on the lode. But it is quite probable that it will be traced out and developed below the present level within the next few months, as the management feel cer- tain that it knows the point whence it came.
 The ore of the Tom Reed is similar to that of the Gold Road, with the exception of more marked percen- tage of manganese and iron and the rather pinkish hue of the rock. It is a waxy quartz adularia, calcitic, bre- ciated altered rock, the quartz often being very high grade, the dense quartz of beeswaxy color and luster being the highest grade. This quartz is associated with the greenish-hued flaky calcite. The ore is not hard, being in this respect dissimilar to that of the Gold Road, whose ore is not only hard but extremely tough.
 The tailings pits indicate the im- mense tonnage handled by the com- pany since taking over the mines, the impounded tails being in excess of a million tons, while thousands of tons have been carried by flood waters far down the canyon. The big ore bodies found on the levels to the 1400 in the Tom Reed surely indicate what may be expected in the eastern part of the property. The company expect to connect the main working on the east shaft and will draw the ore through the levels, instead of using the tram. It is possible in carrying on this part of the development another body of ore will be found.
 The mill of the Tom Reed consists it. x it. ball mill, two it. 6 fit. ball mills, four Dorr agitators, 10 Dorr thickeners in counter-current de cantation, and Merrill precipitation and filtration systems. This mill has capacity of 270 tons daily. Last year from April 1, 1918, to April 1, 1919, the mill treated 8S,312 tons of ore. The net bullion recovery was $794,380.20, at cost of $324,518.83. The cost of development amounted to $62,637.00. The total costs against bullion production, including all char ges, such as depreciation, taxes, min ing and milling and overhead, was $5.7S per ton, a rather low cost con- sidering the large amount of develop ment and dead work carried on during the year. Two hundred and fifty men are on the company's payroll, receiv- ing the highest wages paid in any of the camps of the state.
 The development of the Rising Star and Red Cloud is now under way and good results may be looked for from either of them.
 The property is equipped with cleo tric power transmitted from Kingman and has wonderfully economic plant. i It has water system of it's own, sup plies light and power to portion of the town of Oatman and has many i'm portant resources. It has an estate that it will take years of persistent work to explore thoroughly and viewed
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was taken millions of dollars. For over a year after the first unit of the big mill was in operation the ores from the property gave an average of $44 but this grade was gradually lowered, the management obtaining better re- suits by taking the mine run. The increasing of the mill capacity brought with it requirements for larger ton mage, the capacity being about 240 tons daily.
 The discovery of the big ore body in the American last year brought to the Tom Reed a corresponding body of ore in the Aztec, this ore body being high grade and showing length of about 500 feet. This ore has been developed through the most southerly shaft on the Tom Reed property, the Aztec. This part of the mine is still being developed and the management rather expects to bring in additional ore bodies in that locality. The Tom Reed company has an estate as large as any mining corporation in the state of Arizona. Its properties eX- tend for distance of four miles along the Mother Lode of the district, and at no point has it failed to deliver more or less ore from each of the claims. The recent strike of ore in the Ollie Oatman, which has created such wide interest, was in one of the veins that heretofore had not been po- tential in ore bearing qualities. This short of ore is showing better and better as development is carried into the big vein from the shaft, and the impression prevails that the shoot will be one of the best ever opened in the property. Ore ranging up to $52,- 900 to the ton was found in this out crop, and the entire vein gives values of close to $100 per ton, aside from the rich streak. This shoot showing stronger with development and the length of the potential ore is increas- ing as the drift is carried in. It is the intention of the leasers to again tap the vein at a lower level in the shaft and then operate on more eX- tensive scale. Nothing in the district has ever attracted so much attention as this strike, although some ores in the old workings of the Reed showed as rich material as this.
 It was in 1906 when the Tom Reed began to pay it's dividends at the rate of from 60 cents to 80 cents, the par of the shares being one dollar, many of the shareholders having gotten in at the rate of 15 cents per share. Close to $3,00O,000 was paid during those years. The company, until recently treated about 9O,OOO tons of ore year. ly and produced approximately $1,1OO,' 900 each year, better than fifty pel cent of this going into dividends.
 The country rock or inclosing walls of the Tom Reed, from the United American on the southeast and includ- ing the Pasadena on the northwest, is in the green chloritic andesite, which in that district, is generally supposed to be the real ore bearer. This flow is commonly understood to have a depth through that part of the dis trict of about 800 feet gradually growing thinner toward the outer rim of the Saucer" until it dissipates into the older andesite near the Leland
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to $5 per ton. It is also to MT. Phelps credit that the big mill has entered into contracts with the smaller pro- ducers of the district for the milling of their ores, and at a price that will leave a big margin of profit to these producers. This action alone is worth a great deal to the camp as whole, as it makes possible the employment of more miners and the extending of ore production to properties that here tofore were idle.
 With the further exploration of the big estate of the Tom Reed we expect during the year to record some of the biggest things that the district has ever known.