Weekly journal-miner., 1915-11-24
TURNED DOWN BY NOT A SINGLE
 ENGINEER
MINING EXPERTS AGREE OATMAN WILL BE ONE OF WORLDS GREATEST GOLD CAMPS.

OATMAN, Ariz., Nov. 18.-A pessi- mist is an optimist gone to seed. The general run of mining camp humanity will tell you, with painstaking and profane elaboration, that the so-called mining expert" the man who gives q mining district the one-two-thre5 over and technical report, is pes simistic ncentrate-whatever that is. He may be all of that, and more. Far be 1t from me to express an opinion at variance with such a time honored conviction. But ii he be this Dessimistic concentrate. this cyanide sourball of geological intelligence they would have us believe, why. then l say, that in this camp he is not running true to form. For of the many mininp engineers who have oi late subjected this camp to the acid test of an expert examination, l have yet to hear of one who has turned it down. In fact. most of them are de cidedly optimistic regarding the iu- ture of the local mining industry. In corroboration of the foregoing state ment 1 submit the opinions expressed by a number of eminent mining en- gineers.
 C. H. James of London, England, a mining engineer of international re pute, classifes this camp as the great est in America. He recently com pleted a thorough inspection of the local field, made in the interest of prominent Boston and New York mine investors. He has mined eXten- sively in China, India, South Africa, West Australia. and in fact in pract;c- ally every gold mining district of prominence in the world, and is ac- knowledged to be a competent au- thority on mining conditions and pos, abilities. In speaking of the future of the Tom Reed-Gold Road mining district, MT. James said:
 Greatest of Camps.
 After considerable inspection ] have reached the conclusion that the future of the Tom ReedGold Road mining district is greater than any other mining camp in America. It will i'll time, l believe, be the center of the gold producing sections of the United States. The present prospec- tive stage will be followed by great amount of deep development and tcc opening of large ore reserves. The great extent of the district is one o: its striking features. It IS not con fined to a single belt. Neither Is 1t ! camp for small operators, although as in all other gold fields of note the initial work of the small operator IS proving an incentive for activity on the part of the larger operators.
 Another striking feature of the To- cal field is that the ores so far found are very easily treated by the cyanide process and so far there is nothing to fear in the way of expensive or com Dlicated treatment methods. With the complex system of dikes and cross fractures which constitute the main structure feature of the field, il will no doubt take a great deal of de velopment at depth to give a general working knowledge of the many vein systems of this field. But as each ol the operating mines continues devcl- opment it will be an easy matter to locate and determine the several forms Of ore shoots.
 Enterprise of Operators.
 "The fact that very few of the ore shoots now being worked showed pay values at or near surface has de manded of the operators a more than ordinary degree of enterprise Ill open in" up properties. This no doubt will still be demanded in the future. but the excellent results of practically all deep development in this field, coupled with similar surface indica- tions, amply justifies great mining activity in the Tom Reed-Gold Road district"
 The views of J. Parke Charming, one of the prominent figures in the mining world, coincide closely with those of Mir James. Charming is vice-president of the Miami Copper Company; president of the Naumkeag Copper Company of Houghton, Mich; vice-president of the General Development Company of New York and a director of the Kerr Lake Cop per Company of Cobalt, Canada. lie has the distinction of opening the Tennessee Copper Company's prop erty and of building the sulphuric plant there-the largest in the world. Also he is conceded to be one of the worlds foremost authorities on min ing. Mr. Charming came to this camp from Miami, where he had just completed an inspection of the Miami Copper Company's property for the Lewissonns of New York. After aa inspection of tine local field he eN- pressed himself as follows:
 District Has Great Future.
 ''I am inclined to think that there are a great many ore bodies in tfe Tom Reed-Gold Road district which do not outcrop. Peculiar mineralogi- cal conditions have probably brought about pronounced teaching near the surface and the re-deposition of val ues at greater depth. After making a trip through the underground work ings of the United Eastern mine, 1 am of the opinion that it is entitled to rank among the greatest gold mines on this continent. There are similar conditions obtaining in other localities of the district and thereis undoubted- ly strong probability that those at present in the outlying areas will pro