Show OATMAN MINES ARE developing by william P dewolf oatman ariz june 24 the orion mining milling company which has purchased the victor virgin gold dust mine mill and other equipment will the main shaft which has a depth of feet and will then start development work on the upper levels east of this shaft shaf t a dis stance of feet is located the shaft on the or original gi nal workings they are to be connected by a drive sent out from the foot level in the main shaft despite the amount of drifting and done in the old workings and the very considerable ore tonnage that was mined and milled very extended ore indications yet remain there levels were established at the and foot points and a body of high grade milling ore three feet in width was followed to the west of the main shaft a dis stance of feet there is another shaft sunk by the former management it has a depth of feet and passed through the main gold dust on the dip at a depth of ninety four feet A shoot was encountered near the shaft at this depth and ore scoped out to surface four samples recently taken from this by brush and lloyd gave the following assay returns 1126 2714 1136 and gold per ton the mineral showing in these workings is on a par with that in the work word ings to the east of the main shaft and the th 8 combined showing owing sli justifies the orion man argement in its belief that 1000 tons of mill ing grade ore will soon be at its disposal in the main workings the former iner man inan ageman drifted feet in both directions direction without finding ore and the belief is gen gei eral here that in each instance the drifts were sent out parallel with the vein the truth or falsity of this belief cannot be determined ter mined until the workings have been un ull watered and the necessary crosscutting has been done oatman gold mining A plant of machinery is being installed at the main working shaft on the estate of the oatman gold mining milling company and at the same time the necessary mine buildings are being erected the property lies northeast of and adjacent to the tom reed companas Comp anys property and is crossed by a series of well mineralized ledges these ledges have given at surface and nominal depth some of the best assays essays and bannings pann ings in the camp manager eli hilty has as an objective a depth of feet where he purposes to prove and develop the veins the acreage is considered one of the most valuable in the district and the believe is general that it will make into pay ore at a comparatively nominal depth sinking to water level on the black eagle group of the tom reed company located near the property of the oatman catman mining milling company the main shaft is down better than feet on its way to water level where crosscuts cross cuts are to be sent to intersect the southeast extension of the tom reed ore zone james dower who is in charge of development work expects to tap the water course at a depth of approximately feet sinking is being furthered by means of air drills the power being supplied through a 4 inch pipe line connecting with the big compressor s or p plant I 1 ant at the ben harrison shaft of the tom reed company ivanhoe development manager ed carter has lowered the main shaft on the ivanhoe companas Comp anys property to a depth of better than feet all and d will continue sinking to a depth of feet cutting stations at each foot interval below the foot leeal the first attempt at development work will be made on the foot level although the real carn campaign Paig will begin at the foot point there the gri gridiron diroll main and intersecting ledges that developed develop 6 the property will be crosscut and in the carter has one of the best showings north end of the camp and there is every ever mineralogical indication to warrant the bertion that he will encounter pay ore oe carter has from to feet in depth about abou mined in near surface workings of value teen tons of ore having an average 45 per ton |