Show ARIZONA thero there are some good reports from the oatman united they are drifting on a small vein that carries fair values the united american is now drifting on the vein they have found some rock showing free gold this is the same vein where the tom reed is finding high grade the amalgamated at oatman has resumed crosscutting on the the property is in a good location and is expected to have pay ore int in one of the big ledges that pass through the ground according arding to george W long of phoenix and F R poss of new york the kay copper company operating on the agua fria river about forty miles north of phoenix and in which many oatman people are interested te has resumed sinking its main shaft rapid progress is being made at the C 0 D mine near kingman where the main working shaft is now down nearly feet A station has been cut at the level and drifts started both ways on the it was reported that high grade shipping ore had been encountered on both drifts on the the united verde mining company of jerome laid off 30 per cent of its men on november 1 H dewitt smith superintendent of mines said our action in laying off practically one third of our men is due simply to ta the fact that we cannot sell our copper no men with dependent families are being laid off we are laying off only single men or men whose families are not living with them in jerome I 1 should say that about 75 per cent of our single men will be belaik laid off P F H lerchen has gone from kingman to clifton to superintend the starting of some work on the leszynski Les copper property which was bonded some time ago by the dudley interests this property lies between the arizona copper company and phelps dodge holdings and is said to be one of the largest deposits of undeveloped copper in the state mr lerchen will remain in clifton about a week or ten days when he will return to kingman and later go to nevada to make a report on the lodi mine recently taken over by the dudley interests |