Show news notes from oatman arizona ar izona 0 oatman ariz jan 24 at forty feet depth the stringer 0 of high grade ore being developed in the ivanhoe property has opened to three feet or mere in width and the operators are sacking ore for shipment the four inch stringer of rich ore which was encountered during the work of stripping the vein at surface was followed downward iby by an incline shaft and the strong vein to which it led seems to indicate that an important body of ore may be developed there it is tco early as yet to predict the outcome of this work but the vein is a highly encouraging one tile the ore is said to average better than per ton charles E knox president of the mon tana tonopah company tonopah To nevada has taken an active interest in the times mining ning company m on behalf of eastern interests who are reported to have put something like into the property this is one of the most promising looking properties of this district and extensive developments will be started at once development of the ore shoot recovered below the fault zone in the tom reed mine S S jones manager has yielded considerable high grade orl ore this is at 1175 feet depth development here seems to show that the vein in average width is as strong as it was above the fault zone and that the average value of the ore is quite a bit higher than in the upper levels last week the company shipped bullion to tile the san francisco mint valued at something over representing the december cleanup clean up lip the united eastern part of the new machinery i ila chinery for the united eastern company consisting of horsepower electric hoist lio foot compressor and some lighter equipment has arrived in kingman king man and is 19 being conveyed to the prop erty as rapidly as possible officials of the united eastern state that plans for the new mill have been completed and that its erection will be rushed as rapidly as possible athis latter information would seem to indicate that the officials of the united Ea eastern do not believe that any pending negotiations relative to the consolidation of the tom reed and united eastern will be successful if the two properties were to combine it is very evident that they would operate but one mill thus materially keeping down the overhead over head expense seeley IV mudd of los angeles is general amana manager g per of the united eastern the new machinery plant of the boundary cone is now in action the new fifty horsepower holst hoist is running and a big compressor is to be installed the shaft will be sunk from its present depth feet to feet and cross cuts run at and at feet to develop the splendid body of ore encountered at feet frank W dryden is superintendent big jim is sinking the big jim is steadily carrying its shaft downward and has attained a depth of feet stations will ibe be cut at and at feeland feet fee tand and a skip then placed in commission and cross cuts driven to the big vein veil which was opened at feet edward AV V brocks the well known know n mining engineer in a late report on the property of the oatman gold IN mining Mill ilIg company expressed his belief that the crosscut on the foot level which penetrated the vein more than thirty feet Is is above the ore he believes that dev develop i elop ment at or feet deeper will find 6 in an important ore body and this company I 1 is s now starting tar ting to follow out his suggestions eli I hilty is superintendent of the property in tile the united western property J c aej denton ton manager extensive crosscutting operations erat ions ure are in progress on the foot level to the south a crosscut is out feet to thu the southwest another cut is out feet and to tile the north a crosscut is out feet the crosscuts cross cuts to the southwest and to the north are encountering many stringers of quartz ore showing g high new equipment at carter A compressor and a now new hoist have been installed on the carter property and drills wil lie be started this work after further ex horation de po ration of the ore containing vein cut at the foot level the shaft will be sunk to tile the foot point and extensive development done at depth tile the operators believe that the splendid body of ore developed at foot depth is the top of an important ore ord shoot which judging by the character of the vein is expected to continue to extreme depth john L munds is manager the ivanhoe jerome oatman united western arizona tom reed oatman gold milling company telluride and black range are now at points in development where discoveries of ore may be look ed for at any time in the central part of the district the fessenden gold range lucky boy and sun are hut but a little ways behind them in point of development the district at this time seems to he be in its most interesting stage the discoveries of ore in the big jim boundary cone carter and gold ore have caused much excitement and should any one of the properties named just above come into ore within a comparatively short time popular interest in this new gold camp will be doubled and quadrupled |