The Arizona copper camp., 1915-10-01
BY c. w. BORIS
The new Cripple Creek!

in America today is at the very door
of Los Angeles
1t is none other than the already
established Oatman. Ariz., gold min
ing zone
In order to learn offhand the situa-
ton of affairs prevailing at the new
camp from an unbiased point of view,
the writer has just completed thor
ough inspection of the section which
covered over thirty properties, going
on and under the ground, covering an
area of fifteen miles.
1t is a wonderful gold mining dis
trict. Situated within distance of
twelve hours ride by railroad from
this city in the Tom Reed Gold Road
district, Mohave county, Arizona, the
section has already established itself
on the financial map of the United
States.
Oatman has long been known To-
cally as a gold mining district, due to
the long established Tom Reed mine,
owned by Pasadena men. The mine
has produced $6,6OO,OOO in gold bull
lion since it started operations over
six years ago, but the operations of
the Tom Reed did not seem to stir
the mining men to become actively
engaged in the mining game in the
Oatman section. Many claims were
established. Some were worked,
others neglected.
1t remained for two now famous
mining operators in the camp to stir
mining men all over the country into
action. Those two were George w.
Long and ] L. McIver, men with
heavy shoes They started some
thing by striking and exploring great
shoots of ore averaging gold of from
$50 to $500 per ton on what is now
known as the United Eastern mine.
In operation little over six months
the mine has gold in sight valued at
approximately $10.OOO,OOO This is the
amount estimated by foremost mining
engineers of the country now in the
district 1t is truly "a wonderful mine,
one of the most wonderful mines ever
opened anywhere in the country.
The. zone measures seven by ten
miles, 1t is situated in the Black
mountains, range trending north
west to southeast, the extreme height
of the same being 5000 feet with an
average distance of fourteen miles
east from the Colorado river
The field is one of tertiary volcanic
lavas. United States Geological Bull
letin S97, page "a. says: "The rocks
consist of andesites, trachytes, rhyo
lites, latites and basalts lying in
broad superimposed sheets or flows
with intercalated beds of ash tuff and
breccia."
The mineralized zones are traversed
by rhyolite dykes, in connection with
which nearly all of the development
has proceeded, the veins in majority
o. the mines opened thus far being
found in close proximity to the dykes,
although recent discoveries seem to
Indicate the existence of paying fis-
sures, distance from any dyke mate
rial Characteristic of the dykes and
veins are their great width and
length, some being from ten to fifty
feet in width, their outcrops extending
over hill and valley like ver1table
Chinese wall. The vein filling is
largely quartz and spar, large masses
of oxidized material crushed quartz
and pebbles, akin to the conglomerate
of the South African reef blanket or
banquet coming in with depth, the
oxidization apparently becoming more
marked as depth is gained. Nearly
all of the dykes and veins are capped
and it is necessary to carry the work.
ing below the Gaping to reach ore of
the best grade.
Not deserted claim can be found
in the district Nearly all are in op-
Grafton. To be accurate, twenty six
properties are running, some operat-
Six properties are being put into
shape for immediate operations and a
number are to start active work in
the very near future.
Without any exception, the proper
ties are all worthy of the name mines
The district is very rich in gold; al
that is necessary is operation.
Mining engineers from all parts OF
the country are on the scene of activ-
ity. They are men who have had
years of experience in the mining
game; their knowledge has been test
ed and found true. These men de-
clare the zone to be the most promis-
ing in the United States today
The engineers are being sent by diff
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