Show TWO NEW MILLS ARE PLANNED FOR MINES IN KATHERINE DISTRICT by william P dewolf Kin kingman b maii ar arizona izolia izo iia march 25 development work in the katherine and the gold chain mines in the katherine district and in the united american and the telluride mines of the oatman district is demonstrating 6 very clearly their ore production potentialities and their ore reduction needs in each of the properties mentioned the ore bodies are large and well defined and carry benzes of high grade ore of sensational value in the katherine mine the below the foot level has a depth of feet which gives a total depth to the mine of feet on and above the foot level has a depth of feet which gives a total depth to the mine of feet on and above the foot level the tonnage blocked out has a value of and the lateral work under way on the first and second levels in in the whize will ultimately result in the blocking out of an ore tonnage equal in value to that blocked out above the fourth level the is now being sunk an additional feet and with the reaching of the objective a drive will be run to a point directly beneath the main shaft and a raise run to connection therewith this work will be followed by the erection of a milling plant of at least tons daily capacity the development work in the gold chain mine is being done with a view to the erection of an ore reduction plant of at least tons daily capacity before the close of 1922 the work of completing a station at a depth of feet in the shaft is about completed and will be followed by further sinking to a depth of feet there a level will be established and crosscuts cross cuts and drifts run along and through the immense gold chain vein this work will the management believes open at least 1500 worth of ore which added to the million dollars worth of ore in sight on and above the foot level will give the mine an ore tonnage of a gross value of conditions in the workings are very favorable as the ore is higher in value and the gold enrichment more pronounced with increased depth many properties making things hum twenty five tons of ore per day are being shipped from the united american property to the tom reed mill the ore has an average value of 60 a ton and ranges in value from 40 to a ton it is being mined from the stop e on the foot level where a 41 foot lenze shows an abundance of gold in the free the same character of ore has been opened on the foot level and on the foot level thereby demonstrating the downward continuation of the ore shoot for nearly feet the tonnage aties offered by a sloping area of this size speak for themselves at the telluride mine the bins are filled to overflowing with ore awaiting reduction opportunity at the tom reed mill it has a general average value of 22 gold a ton and runs as high as a ton shipments will soon be made daily at the rate of 25 tons the property is controlled by J C mclver mciver and wl W K ridenour both of whom have large stock holdings in the united eastern company development work of the three dudley groups namely the oatman apex the oatman hill top and the katherine treasure vault will be well under way by april 1st ast at the katherine treasure vault property located in the vicinity of the katherine mine a plant of machinery will be installed this month the shaft will be sunk from its present depth of 50 feet to a depth of feet and there diamond diacona drills will probably be used for testing out the values in the well mineralized treasure vault ledge at a a much greater depth diamond drills will also be used for prospecting the veins on the oatman apex and oatman hill top estates each of these properties is on the strike of the immense quartz ore channel chun nel which has been tested so satisfactorily facto rily in t the he oatman united and united american workings dudleys dudlets Dud leys plans for development follow the financing of these properties in san francisco and los angeles |