Show oatman arizona Arizo nag and surroundings BY H I 1 R DAVIS oatman ariz june 9 mining operations erat ions in the oatman district are steadily increasing in volume and area it is now estimated that something like 2200 miners miner are actually employed in tile the district and that more than is being paid out daily tor for wages supplies and equip equipment luent there are about companies sin ang jig shafts or doing other development iu il tile the district and their combined equip equipment is of an estimated valuation of more than thail the total horsepower being used in the district exceeds new concerns are continually entering the field and it is estimated that fifty comeail compani W ui aro are planning to install plants more genuine development is now in progress in the camp than at any time in the past and the tone of the district is exceedingly optimistic ores are at depth oatman is a deep mining camp where a depth of to aa feet must be attained before large bodies of commercial tore ore may reasonably be expected considerable lateral work is also required to find the ore shoots in the veins so it is estimated that thai operators entering the oatman district must be prepared to do an average of more than feet of vertical and lateral development work before finding ore of much value this means a steady grind of from six to nine months for the company which is just starting development during which time the operator cannot expect to find ore which would have the eff effect act of enthusing the stockholders in his company yet despite this fact a large number of companies have started work and have settled down to a long development grind comparatively few of the companies operating in the district have been doing work for more than six months since starting their shafts but within the next few weeks results should begin to show in some of the properties in which development started first new administration at tom reed the new administration has just taken hold of the tom reed gold mining company superintendent raab and consulting geologist mallery have been spending considerable sid erable time making a thorough examination of the property the tom reed owns an immense acreage of undeveloped ground and it is planned to do considerable surface exploration of this with a view to developing ve likely looking sections at great depth the ore shoot found on the foot level in the black eagle workings of the toni tom reed appears to be a very important one the ore shoot was encountered in a drift to the west of this level and it is understood that development work thus far shows average values of between 15 and 20 the entire width of the drift for a dis tance of several hundred feet me ui shoot appears to have been a very rich ore in this rich ore just cut but development shoot has not as yet reached a stage where the operators will give out any definite information regarding its importance big jim sinking the big jim company has started to sink to the foot level to tap the downward continuation of its vein system drifting operations on the and foot levels continue to put very fine ore in sight the big electrically driven compressor of the big jim is now operating and the company is no longer dependent upon the tom reed company for compressed air at the ivanhoe on the foot level of the ivanhoe the crosscut to the southeast encountered the quartz porphyry dyke at a distance of feet from the shaft the mineral bearing vein on this property lies between the quartz porphyry dyke and the andesite on the opposite side of the dyke from the shaft superintendent carter estimated that the dyke is about forty to fifty feet in thickness and that the veins will be encountered as soon as the dyke has been cut through much interest attaches to development in the ivanhoe property as it occupies a central position on one of the great main vein systems of the district if tile the ivanhoe develops an important ore body and a number of engineers of wide experience have reported favorably upon the ground a new section of the camp will have been proved up and mining operations in that zone immensely stimulated notes of the district in the lucky boy property a station has just been completed at a depth of feet and an 18 foot sump cut the rock in which work is being done is showing intense and much the lucky sam is drifting on the foot level in a vein which was cut by the shaft and some very good mill grade ore is reported showing some streaks of high grade have been encountered in the lucky sam crosscuts Cross cuts to the north and to the south on the foot level of the fessenden property are each out about feet increasing is reported in the north cut while small stringers of ore are beginning to show in the vein of the south cut the operators believe they are getting very close to their vein to the south of the shaft the iowa company has installed a very adequate power plant and is now engaged in sinking operations there was an old foot shaft on this property when the iowa company purchased it and this shaft has been maerea and ana and nd sinking has been started at the bottom of this old shaft lateral work will not be started until feet depth is attained this is a very promising looking property and it is reported in oatman that J frank channing and associates tried to secure it but were a few hours too late A genuine strike is reported in ill the times property in what is known as the martin tunnel this tunnel is in about feet and taps the vein at about feet drifting operations are reported to haye have disclosed eight feet of ore averaging 2375 with much higher values coming in it is stated that the last sample taken across the face of the drift showed average values of 70 the gold ore continues to ship to thirty tons per day to the gold road mill and extraction continues to be in excess of 20 per ton this ore is coming from the foot level and the operators are starting to sink to feet and block out ore bodies at greater depth the drift being run in the vein on the foot level of the carter continues in a full face of ore which is said to average 10 to 15 per ton the face of the drift is approaching pro aching the point where the downward extension of a rich ore shoot opened on the foot level is expected |