Mohave County miner., 1913-10-11
Big Delegation Mining Men,

Last Monday a private car with seventeen wealthy citizens of the
 eastern seaboard states on board ar
 rived in Kingman from California, on
 their way to the Oatman section,
 where they were expected 10 make examination of mining property under option to F. NJ. and H. E. Woods
 The following gentlemen composed
 the party:
 George R. Stone and F. J. Hughes,
 Bridgeport, Conn.,, c. K. Blakesley, Stratford Conn; Robert P. Strong,
 Noble Bennett and Horace Allen, New
 Milford, Conn w. Taylor Day and l.. C. Raifstanger, Great Burlington,
 Mass: Frank Barton, White Plains, N. Y Fred C. Taber, Pawllns, N. Y.: D. N. Kelly, c, $. Askin and Charles s. Irish, Pattson, N. Y.; Wright Silk
 man of Mill Plains, Conn.,; F. M.
 Woods, Colorado Springs, and H. E.
 Woods. Los Angeles, Cal.
 The customers in charge of George
 R. Stone, but the visit to this county
 was arranged by F. M. Woods. who
 has interests with his brother at Oat-
 man. The gentlemen left the east
 last month and have been looking over
 the oil holdings of the company in
 which they are interested in Wyoming
 and California. They have a number
 of big producing wells and are con
 stantly adding to their production The Midway and Devils Den country
 of California i, among their best pro
 ducng properties, but at the Stony
 Creek property in Wyoming they are
 reported to have some of the most
 valuable territory in the west.
 The men were taken to Oatman Wednesday afternoon in automobiles and made a thorough eXamlnatlOn Of the mines held by the Woods brothers,
 and also the newly acquired proper ties. It is understood that they were well pleased with the appearance of
 the mines and will conclude before the
 trip is ended to supply the necessar! . funds to equip the properties and put them in a thorough state of develop . ment. Mr.. Stone has spent many j years in the west and has been so fill ed up with the western spirit that ht
 feels like investing Tn many of the big things that he is constantly brought in contact with and having made good in oil it is now up to hiu ' to bring out great producer of gold
 The men have the money and OatmaT e offers the field. With proper develop l. ment this gold field of Arizona will b. n one of the greatest producers of the d United States. The veins are larg 2 and carry gold values of high mill 1t ing grade. Plenty of water i, needed d as well as lower power costs, but witt ], the sinking of deep shafts water il n quantity will be developed and the bi! It plants will be able to reduce the cos d of power when running to full capacity IS We welcome these people to Me 70 have county, and the people will d h everything in their power to aid ther it in any undertaking they may enter of H. E. Woods has been one of the con e sistent mining men of the Oatma 1T camp, having been developing one ( eS the big veins of that section the pas
 two years. He is conversant with mir
 ing in all its phases, he and brother 'e having opened the great Gold Col '' vein at Cripple Creek, from whic 'e millions of dollars has been taken e These men believe the possibilities ( '' the Oatman section equal to Crippl u Creek, and they have had every ol '' portunity of knowing.
 '' The party returned to kingma '' Wednesday evening and departed " the Grand Canyon and then to thei
 eastern homes,