El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-18
OATNAN GIVES
RICH PROMISE
Henry Weber S2ys New
Gold Field Has Vast Pro-
ductive Personalities.

Oatman, Ariz-. Nov. 1S.-"After many
false alarms and disappointments. the
development OF a new gold mining
camp Of vast productive potentialities
is assured" said Henry Weber. mine
operator OF Goldfield, Wonder and
other Nevada districts. and more lately
OF Mexico. Mr.. Weber has been IN
camp a fortnight, having come here
from Mexico. He has made as close
and exhaustive a study OF the geology
OF the region and an inspection Of the
larger mines ana prospects as the BRIEF
time at his disposal has permitted and
has expressed his convictions Of its
resources in concrete way by ac-
curing control Of several properties.
Mr. Weber fled from Mexico after a
period Of IS months spent in a vain
endeavOr to operate uuinterruptedly
group Of mines IN the Guadalaiara sec
ton From FL PasO he came direct 10
Oatman-
Has Large Resources.
There IS much territory Of con-
vincing character to prove the theory
that the Oatman district IS one OF
enormous resources. probably the
largest of all OF the gold regions OF
the continent Mr.. Weber continued
After having travelled ali over the
principal mining states OF the country,
and then having spent nearly two years
in MexicO's mineral empire. am frank
TO say that 1 have never before seen
such huge dikes and vein systems. We
formerly thought well of an ore vein
from eight to ten feet in breadth, but
here you have them from 40 to Zoe feet
wide ] doubt If there was ever such
a surface showing Of such substantial
proportions
United Eastern Largest.
ITO look over the United Eastern is
to view the largest gold mine developed
within the past generation, IL one viii
only except the Alaska Gold and
Alaska Juneau properties And these
latter are not vein mines. as a matter
of fact there is comma wfznm
ticaDle- Moreover, il seems 10 me that
the Eastern stands an excellent chance
OF producing quite as much in net
value as either OF the two I have men
toned The main vein Of the property
exhibits 43 feet OF high grade ore on
the 463 foot level. am informed
While this is truly an extraordinary
showing. il is even surpassed by that
on the sos foot level There, a drift
has been run over 200 feet on a tense
800 per ton across five feet and from
that figure up TO above $500 / have
had the pleasure Of looking at a good
many gold mines. including the No
hawk. Clermont and Combination OF
Goldfield, but in none Of them was
there such a rich continuous ore shoot
developed. The Eastern deposit at this
depth is, / am told, $50 feet in length
That there are other United East
ems, and possibly mines Of even great
er richness and size. is by no means an
impTobability. On the contrary. I am
OF the very definite opinion that such
an eventualty is quite within the
range OF probabilities To the south
east and north there are surface show
ing 1ar more promising than anything
which can be seen On top OF the ground
at the show mine of the camp. and
identically the same geological and
characteristics obtain
ing Moreover. pay ore in huge de-
posits have actually been developed in
numerous mines over a vast area. al
though none has gone deep enough.
apparently, to horizon Of greater en- I
richment-
Then. there is that even larger re-
gIon situated still farther north. and !
embracing Secret Pass. the Frisco
camp and Union Pass, extending for +
a distance OF 20 or 80 miles along the
Black range Big mines have been I
opened up along this belt and there are /
numerous prospects that are fully I
worthy Of exploration
Il Business Like Camp.
There are several outstanding char E
acterisucs which at once impress the I
new arrival here One Is the soberness {
the seriousness and purpose with which Z
the miners and operators 20 about
their work II Is more like business .
mining. with none Of the frOth or foam I
Of spectacularity to confuse the mind 4
Another is the supreme confidence with {
which the men WHO are intimately IA
mlhar with the district look into the ,
future am told that the miners i
themselves have financed no less than
Ten prospects out Of their wages
Camp Grows Rapidly.
Hosting plants Of the best make
have been installed. deep shaft sink
ng IS under way at probably 80 places.
he United Eastern is about ready 70 Z
begin construction work on 4 biz
milling plant mine operators and Z
.inanciers from other regions are flock
ns in. the camp is growing at a re-
rapid rate
1t seems TO be-" Mr. Weber said in
conclusion, that the thing you have 10 (
De most thankful for, however. is the
consensus Of OF opinions expressed by ]
engineers Of high standing with re-
lpect TO the district. such men as d.
= JaciIling, J. Parke Claiming Rich I
lrd ROelOfs. and others OF prominence. !
ire not given to placing their %. k
ipon new mining camp unless there
re conditions convincing TO q degree
which leaves no doubt as to their con-
ervatism- just let the east and
middle west know exactly what YOU
lave here and what the greatest eS-
lerts think OF IL and the rest viii be
lear sailing. I am here 70 stay"