Show THE GOLD ROAD AND TOM REED colorado river flint pebbles now used in mill practice special correspondence kingman ariz april IS 18 two shipments were brought in recently from the gold road and tom reed mines which establish new records for these properties the gold road output consisting of nearly pounds of precipitates is valued at approximately and represents elven eleven days run of the ton mill the tom reed sent in pounds of bullion worth about and is the result of a twelve days run in a ten stamp mill in both mines the average of the ore now being scoped is better than ever and the new ore bodies being developed are showing up larger and richer manager phillips estimated the march production of the go gold d road at about which will probably be exceeded easily in april judging from yesterdays shipment c colorado river flint pebbles flint pebbles used for fine grinding in tube mills have been found practically at the doors of the san francisco district mines the extreme hardness and wearing qualities necessary for such grinding have been found up to this time only in pebbles coming from the coast of norway whence they are being exported tor for use in tube mills throughout the mining world some time ago henry lovin of kingman and rob zuver of gold road discovered flint pebbles along the colorado river which lo 10 only nine miles from the latter and induced the managements of the above min mineo mined eo to experiment with them in the last few weeks they have been thoroughly tried out in both the gold road and tom reed mills and have given excellent results supt bupt dan bosqui of the former expressed himself as very much pleased with the new pebbles and pronounced them superior to the norwegian product inasmuch as the latter have been shipped in at great expense the discovery of suitable grinding pebbles so close at hand is going to materially cut down the cost of milling both of the above mines have let contracts for several hundred tons of the colorado river pebbles and as they are found along nearly its entire length in this county the supply is sufficient for general usage throughout the country and a new industry seems assured F H hendrick of denver is examining the Suny side and other properties in oatman ddn in which he is interested the sunny side shaft is down feet and the bottom in very good ore A C werden is superintendent perin strike in gold crown last weeks strike in the gold crown mine near pass is holding up very wel samples across the face of tunnel no 2 for the last ten feet have averaged 2080 per ton the suit of W C fellows against the tom reed company to quiet title to one of the most valuable of the batters lat group of claims was brought up at the present term of the district court but because of its importance and the fact that its hearing will consume considerable time the case was adjourned to the of this month aside from the great value of the property in question the case is a very important one in that it involves points on location work and location monuments the decision of which will establish a general precedent for the entire territory J H ROSENBERG |