The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-02

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the boundary line of California and
Arizona.
Boom Without Booze
The operation of Arizona's prohi-
bition law. which went into effect
the first of this year, entities the
Oatman excitement to be set down
as a boom without booze" Oatman,
well as all other towns in the
baby state,' is painfully dry" a
sad reality 20 lovers of beverages
possessing "a kick" Before the
rev law became effective Oatnidl
and Kingman, the county seal of
Mohave county, 2S miles distant in
a northeastrly direction like other
Arizona towns. had their full quota
of thirst emporiums of a first
class order. Such establishm euts
are still being operated but in the
lace of spirituous liquors lemonade
and other non-alcoholic drinks arc
d spensed. Oatman is a shining ex-
ample of a booming mining camp
DOOZe.
Oatman is accessible by automo-
bile from two points on the main
line of the Atchison, Topeka &c odu-
"a Fee railroad, namely. Needles,
20 miles away. and KingmaD,
Ariz., 28 miles away. The Journey
from Needles requires a passage by
ferry (25 cents a head for individ-
uals and So for a~utomobiles), over
the Colorado river, which at that
point is about a half mile wide. An
ample supply of machines is to be
found at all times at Kingman and
the Arizona side of the Colorado
river at Needles. In both Needles
and Kingman hotel accommodations
can be had at moderate rates. In
Oatman accommodations, while linn
tied, are comfortable and moderate
in price. In the matter of labor in
Oatman, supply of all kinds far ex-
ceeds the demand and, in cOnse-
quence, there is a large transient
population of men in search of
N L Wao SAoS ~
200 miners are employ
ed in the various properties of the
district which is about five miles
in width and ten in length. Until
the development work has pro-
crossed more fully, which will e
quire the passing of from 60 to 80
days, persons of all callings without
funds and in need Of work will do
well to remain away from Oatman.
A large number of companies r
developing their properties and ac-
complishing uniformly splendid re-
suits but are at present employing
all the workmen of various callings
required.
On account of the brevity of his
visit, the writer was not able to
make a thorough study of the dis
trict and it's mines; therefore, the
extracts of a report pre-
pared by Walter Harvey Weed, the
well known g%eologist and mining
engineer, at the instance of the
Western Mines company, OPP
Grating property adjoining the Unit
ed Eastern and Big Jim, are repro
duced below:
General Geology
The geology of the region is SIM
pie in it's broader features, con-
of an ancient complex or
of schistOse rocks overlaid
and cut by a variety of igneous rocks
of supposed Tertiary age. The sum
nit of the range near the mine
Omitted Westerly is formed OF
rudely bedded lavas showing cOnsid-
cradle variety of texture, color and
composition, the beds dipping gently
eastward. Basalt, locally called
malapai. is the youngest rock and
pale-creamy white rhyOlites are con
spicuous near the summit. Beneath
these rocks is a series of andesitic
rocks with latte and other lavas.
Below the cliffs forming the west
of the summit the structure is
more complicated, plugs of rhyolite
and many bikes being seen.
The predominant rock in this part
of the district is a purplish gray, or
greenish pOrphyritic type of ande-
site. showing white fieldspar phen-
sprinkled through a stony
with a peppering of darker
minerals, mostly biotite mica.
Though cut by light colored bikes Of
rhyolite as we'll as darker intrusions
of andesite and other rock types this
andesite is the common rock of the
section of the Oatman
and Gold Road camps.
A prominent feature of the dis
trict is the occurrence of many dikes
whose wall-like Outcrops are trace
bile uphill and down often for man
miles across country. These dikes
are the veins along which most of
the mines are located. Some OF them
are doubtless true bikes fissured and