Mohave County miner., 1915-06-05
River Range
 Rich in Gold
Well-Known Mining Engi- neer Gives His Impression of that Wonderfully
 Rich Country.

public as to the mining opportunities and possibilities of the "River Range" country, referred to in our many talks.
 The subject is big one and l ap- preciate the fact that much in mining is accepted on faith and enthusiasm. In court proceedings circumstantial evidence may hang man; in mining circumstantial evidence may make him rich. That is to say if man has a good prospect faith and enthusiasm may deliver the goods. It is as much up to the man as the prospect, if they both show metal.
 MT. Roosevelt has ventured the as- sertion: That the man is failure who fails to grasp opportunities. Even though he fails to make good he shows the right spirit.
 The average man who may have a comfortable income is not good mining timber. Neither is the man who stands trembling before the Flicker" listen- ing to the changing quotations on stocks and bonds.
 Youth, both in age and feelings, be- lieving that each hole drilled and fired, brings him nearer the goal of an in- spired ambition is the man who will get there with both feet, in mining. And 1 may say these mountains are alive with that brand. As long as the pay roll gives them chance to eat and a periodical opportunity to work their claims we will hear of new mines and worthy men coming to the front.
 Much is being said and has been said and there is yet much to be said about a region of country virtually commence ing at the White Hills and extending to the Black Range, six miles south of Oatman and beyond that town Topock. There is section of country that has all the earmarks of gold bearing.
 It is an established fact that this strip of River Frontage ten to fifteen miles wide and about sixty-fve miles long shows mining possibilities worthy of investigation. The writer has tra- versed many miles of the country be- tween and about the extreme points mentioned and if one may be guided by surface indications of the many out of the way places and those sections around Red Gap, Union Pass and Secret Pass, it is safe to say the enor. nous out-crops (so called dykes) are not different from those defining the gold bearing zones in and about Oatman. In fact it is only necessary to be guid- ed by them to pick up the ore shoots that so far as investigated do not fail tc be in evidence when uncovered and frequently show at grass roots.
 The true course of the outcrops seems to be northwest and southeast. However faulting at many points along their course has twisted them around ir many directions and frequently they dip into or form the bluffs of deer arroyas but in general way realign. ment in part proves their true course. Where the faulting has caused deer seated disturbances, cross Assuring tc the main vein lines has resulted with the further result that these veins from a few inches to several feet wide carry considerable quantities of gold, some ot them very high grade. When they intersect the larger or main veins the values of the greater mass are notice ably enriched.
 am not theorizing on this point. have visited working mines with al these evidences disclosed by actual de. velopments. Under the circumstances of writing in general about the country over here I do not feel at liberty to cal attention to the particular mine ol mines.
 However such is the case and time and not so very far in the future, vii prove the small cross vein between lodges or main ore shoots to be most important as feeder to the main ore zones, veins, lodges or whatever they may be called.
 There seems to be some gold dis tributed in much of the so-called coun try rock. This feature may be of mucf importance in a scientific way in ac counting for gold in particular forma