Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-07
GRADE IS
/. ORE FROM
OATMAN
FIELD
Resume of Various Properties in
Tom Reed-GoId Road Camp
That Average Run Of Ore Is
Not Low Grade.
LOW GRADE ORE IS THAT
RUNNING UNDER $1,000
Gold Is where You Find tt and
This Has Been Proven at 0at-
man, Where 1t Is Scattered for
Many, Widespread Miles.
IN MnIIam P. De Molll

(By William r. DE MOll)
OATMAN. Ariz.. Nov. 6.-Any state
ment, oft repcatedo, carries with it a
cumulative weight that tends to in
still in the public mind the conviction
that it is 2Ocarat truth The gospel
of all the politicians who have har-
agued the public ear from the stone
age to the present has its genesis i'm
the prediction of mankind. as a
whole, TO accept as bona fde "skook-
UNI their reiterated plat.tudes This
disposition on the part of the average
person to let another direct the cur
rent of his opinions is as apparent in
mining circles as in other walks of
lift And yet when each new chapter
has been written into the mineralogi-
cal text books we note reversal of
form that sets al naught theories
which had hitherto been accepted as
facts
Old Bob Womack, cowpuncher and
sporadic prospector, wrote new chap
ter on mining in letters of gold with
the point of a pick that he drove in
fuiringly into a large outcrop on the
Broken Box ranch Cripple Creek.
with its millions and its multiplicity
of mines took shape I'm Womack's
hole i'm the ground" thereby con-
founding the theorists and lending
emphasis 20 the truism that gold 10
where you find it," For Cripple Greek
/ be il known was turned down" by a
number of noted mineralogists. sever
al of whom are yet unconvinced of its
merit Many of as can look back
along the vista of time to the bolster
GUS early days Of Cripple Creek and
recall the strong adverse opinion ev-
| pressed anent the continuation of val
ues i'm the granite.
Tonopah's Troubles
The public of Nye County. Nevada.
almost to a man. turned down its
thumbs in ridiculc Of Jim Butler the
Belmont rancher. viii located the Miz-
pah group of claims and gave to the
world the richest silverlgold camp Of
the twentieth century. Later that
same public acclaimed Butler as the
father" of Tonopah, and yet with
perverse persistence held to the be-
lief that pay values did not prevail be-
yond the Belmont fault Subsequent
ly it was proven that pay values did.
and do, and viii prevail to a great
deDth beyond that barrier.
Those Of MS who followed the trail
bazed by Harry Sumlar, the Indian.
into the Goldheld country, can remem-
Der the days when only a little coterie
Iof stouthearted optimists could Wis
ualize its future greatness behind the
cloud of adverse public opinion. We
can remember, during a later period.
when # was said that the latte shale
was absolutely barren Of values. And
yet, today the veins in the latte shale
at Goldfeld are supplying the where
Iwithal to pay generous dividends.
How About Oatman?
Many people held the opinion that
Oatman is a low grade camp. This
may on may not De the case. Time
and development win prove or dis
prove the theory During the period
of "watchful waiting" however, it is
b.. not amiss to give the data now availa-
Bile on this interesting subject the
once over. The facts and figures 7
j have gathered during a seven months
sojourn here do not corroborate the
contention that Oatman is a low grade
camp. II is my purpose to submit
them herewith unadorned and unbias.
ed
Ore having an average gold content
Of $4,000 per ton is beins mined in
the Tom Reed workings at depth OF
t 1915 feet, while from a short distance
t below surface to that depth ore has
at times been opened that averaged
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