| Show E S activity in in tom reed gold road BY WILLI WILLIAM AlU P DEWOLF oatman arizona may 10 during the month of april the gold bullion output of the tom reed gold road mining district had in round numbers a total value of during the same period tons of ore were mined the figures show an increase of tons in ore production and of in bullion shipments above the record for j march honors are about evenly divided between the tom reed and gold road mines inso in so far as the increase in tonnage is concerned i the increase in bullion shipments however was for the most part from the tom read and represented in great measure the gold r extracted from the shoot of high grade milling ore opened during april in the west drift from the bottom of the foot on the foot fiot level kingman and needles ten twelve and twenty team outfits freighted with hoists and compressors challenge the less heavily loaded auto trucks for right of way along the trails and each of these in turn is challenged and passed by the swift running passenger autos plodding along amid this scene of modern activity in but not of it are the burro pack trains of the desert prospectors pec tors the ivanhoe consolidated A 12 horse power hoist is being installed at the main working shaft on the estate of the ivanhoe consolidated mines company in the north end of the district distri et As soon as it is in place the compressor will be set up following that the main shaft L will be sunk to a depth of feet where will begin the real campaign of development main ledge is carrying a 4 inch streak next to the foot wall that samples as high as per ton bannings Pann ings spread out across the pan like the tall tail of a comet about fifty feet in from the portal of the tunnel there is a 22 inch streak of ore that samples 43 per ton carter has mined about eleven tons of ore in this tunnel that he estimates to have an average value of 65 per ton in that eleven tons there are pounds that sample close to per ton and included in the lot are several tons of rock in addition to this tonnage carter has mined in the tunnel about forty tons of ore that varies in value from 8 to 40 about feet south of this tunnel and about feet northwest of the main working shaft shaff there is an open cut and shaft on the ledge from which ch an average of per ton has been obtained across twenty seven inches of ore on the ivanhoe no I 1 claim there is a tunnel thirty five feet in length in its face there are four and a half N aa awa van 7 V A olt 44 LrA graaff Aff united eastern mine in tom reed gold road district near oatman for the first four month period of the current year the bullion shipment record of the tom reed gold road district totals f eliminating the possibility of an s increase in the v value alue of future bullion ship ments during 1915 the gold production of the di district for the year will yet be approximate ly when figured oft on the basis of for the first four month period S since last new years day a total of tons of ore have been mined here the tonnage representing only the output from the heaviest producers neither output from the less thoroughly developed mines which are scattered throughout the camp nor the very large tonnage of high grade milling ore that awaits reduction in the united eastern mine are included in the summary the united eastern tonnage has an estimated I 1 value of mining machinery and supplies s are being hauled into the camp in increasing tonnage from railway connection at topock work which has been planned for the property at the foot point a crosscut will be run to the vein and a drift be sent out along its strike if mineral conditions warrant below the foot level a station will be cut every hundred feet on the way down to the foot point the In estate comprises five claims and two fractions with a prominent and well mineralized ledge passing thorough three of the first mentioned for a length of feet the main inabin shaft is being sunk in the hanging wall near the center line of this ledge about feet west of the shaft it is intersected by two north south bearing ledges that pan pail and assay well at surface and at varying depths manager ed carter is confident confided con fiden t shipping ore in large tonnage will be encountered at a depth of feet at the points where these ledges intersect with the main east and west ledge where opened on the ivanhoe no 2 claim by a tunnel sixty six aty feet in length the feet of ore that samples an average of per ton the entire face of the bore assays essays from 80 cents to 42 per ton toil carter has expended considerable time an and d money in prospecting the ledge by means of this tunnel and after esta establishing blushing bli shing the presence of pay values started his main shaft about feet down the hill A desert mocking bird took up work in the tunnel when carter quit built her nest nes t laid and hatched four eggs and is now busily enga engaged ged in raising a family prospecting on the nancy lee no 1 claim of the ivanyos estate through medium of a series of eight foot holes in the ledge discloses average values of per ton toll I 1 have taken up in detail in th this is dispatch the values obtained by the ivanhoe management with tile the object of demonstrating the presence of pay ore in the north end of the tom reed gold road district at a point remote from the ille pay aret area in the vicinity of the tom reed mine power hoist for gold reed A 15 horsepower hoist is being placed at the collar of the main working shaft on the property of the gold reed mining alining and milling company the company owns the jupiter group and the mayflower group acres in all the acreage carries a series of well mineralized ledges and is considered one of the most promising partially developed properties in the camp it is the intention of the management to sink the shaft from its present depth of feet to a depth of feet and from its bottom to crosscut to and through the vein opened on the foot level where values range as high as 20 per ton plans are practically completed for the resumption of mining operations on the vic tor virgin property recently purchased by the orion mining and milling company the machinery equipment is to be supplemented by a number of modern appliances and as soon as the latter are in place the work of watering unwavering un the main working shaft will begin while this is being done the com banys mill will be overhauled and made in readiness for the resumption of ore reduction equipment for oatman M M manager eli hilty has purchased a 25 horsepower hoist for the oatman mining milling company and within a short time it will be delivered at the mined mine for several weeks a force of men was employed in building a roadway to the shaft and in leveling i a site for the buildings that are to house athe machinery and the miners the work of erecting the buildings is now underway and will be followed by shaft shaf t sinking to jo a depth of feet and the proving of the entire vein system at that level the showing on the property at nominal depth is most encouraging it is the opinion of mr hilty who by the way was one of the original locators of the celebrated tom reed mine that he has in the present venture another bonanza in embryo development of united eastern the already urgent need of the united eastern company for milling facilities will soon sogn be intensified by the crosscutting at a depth of feet of the vein opened on the and foot levels james jack mclver mciver who with george long developed the eastern into a mine states that the objective will be reached within a few days mclver mciver will be remembered by many colorado and montana miners as a former rec ord holder in double handed drilling george long is now in los angeles where he is consulting with frank keith and seeley mudd who with himself and mclver mciver control united eastern affairs and it is understood the outcome will be the drawing of plans for the erection of a mill on the companas comp anys estate water rights ample for milling purposes have already been acquired by the management within two weeks the plant of machinery ordered for tile the united western company will be delivered at the shaft supercede supersede cede the 6 horsepower where it will super the golconda hoist erected in an emergency from company the new plant will include and jack hammers a powerful hoist compressor by the time it is in place the in dine cline shaft will have been straightened it entire length of feet and enlarged t 8 two compartments it will then be sunk sully to a depth of feet and at that level across a crog cut be driven to and through the contil continua con tinna lua tion of the tom reed united eastern ore zone |
