Show STRIKE IN GOLD ROAD BONANZA special to the mining review oatman ariz dec 20 at a depth of feet the gold road bonanza shaft has cut a vein of good ore which is considered of importance the vein is three feet wide and contains el elliteen eighteen inches of 0 ore re tyni cal of the gold road section and carries I 1 values in gold ranging from to 42 per ton the discovery was inspected by david muir superintendent of the gold road mine and J A burgess and J L mclver mciver of the united eastern who were permitted to sample the ore they all agree that the showing presents a very encouraging prospect A M walsh consulting engineer for the gold road bonanza is very much gratified with the showing but says it is too early yet to determine its importance as an ore body the strike was unexpected as the main vein of the bonanza is some distance from the shaft and the flae company planned to sink to a depth of feet and crosscut to the vein it is now planned to sink to about feet and cut a station and prospect the new find the bonanza ground sidelines the gold road mine for feet adjoining the famous billy bryan and line road claims and the shaft is near the dividing line of the two mines the gold road mine has produced about since 1902 and is with a cyanide mill the property is owned by the united states mining smelting smelling Sm elting company the nellie company has drifted feet from the shaft on the foot level gaining an additional depth of feet and will crosscut cross cut the vein from this point in the expectation of finding an ore shoot on the foot level of the ivanhoe the hanging wall drift is in seven feet of mill ore and prospects are considered very promising by superintendent keating the adami will start crosscutting for the vein on the foot level shortly after christmas the united western mill is ready to start as soon as a shipment of cyanide arrives |