Arizona republican., 1916-07-16
G0LD MONSTER
 BEING TESTED
(speciaI correspondence)

OATMAN. July 15.-C. H. James l the foremost mining engineer here, | is at work making rigid report on the Oatman Gold Monster property located in the heart of the Black Range Belt. This property is looked upon by the experts as the cream" of the Black Range. Through, the efforts of w l.. Will son, head If the Los Angeles house of w. l.. Wilson and Co, the Gold Mon ster was organized, taking over tho valuable group of claims known as the Black Horae.
 MT. James, the egineer. is not only tht leading mining engineer here. but is the first mining mn that recog nizsd Oatman as a field of great en- deav"r many months ago.
 He came here in the early stage of development and has reported on some of the biggest properties in the district
 The cord of MT James is one that demands recognition. For years he was the consulting engineer fo.
 
 London, which controlled the North ern Ontario Exploration Company the Belmah Mines and numerous others. iie was director of the govern ment institution the Westport school of mines of New Zealand and was al | so connected wi:h a nlmber of other institutions.
 | Although comparatively A youn.- man, Mir. James has been associated with the mining industry for over tTerty years
 de is the consulting engineer for a number of companies here as well a. Tn the Union Pass and Secret Pass sections. Work on the WrigIev Ex plorasion is under lis personal super vision.
 In making his examination on tn, Gold Monster property. Mr. Jamn.. secured numerous samples along the strong ledge that traverscs the pron. efty and the banning made chowea good gold values.
 Although fathered by MT. Wilson the Cole Monster is sponsored bv such prominent men as Jim and Iacl Jeffries. Frank and Otto Busch n, fasadena. Charles Wellington Rand ot New York, NJ Nordlinger. Robert 1oiimef, James NcNamara WiIlja,. hIiilelt EH Cowan, Bruce Boyd. Frant 'afroh aud Albert Brown of Los An. Seies, IF. Charles Dodge of Ion, De''c ana L. R. Wallace. Dan P hdrphy and C. II Jores of Oatma n Lou coliette. C. Fred Harlow and " A Stuart
 'he !" 'id Monster property consist, ? oi SIX frI claims flanked bv th. r-aek isanse the Nellits and tfe ca, man SN ndicate on one side and i'm Adafns and the Oatman Cresce, on the other. A visit to the pronar,, lfus'rates graphically why the nam ! '.iu Moilster was chosen for tn es'ate. Standing like grim septine : suarding the approach to the Nor,, err extremity of the claims throne, the andeSite flow of the Black monn tains i'iouil
 II looRed at from tfe proper anel, oue can see striking resemblance [ ''io laWs, eyes and wrinkled front , monstrous dragon or ,oroo,., weir. tales of the prehistoric orio; VI tnis oyke are told by the Mohay ihaIans, involvlrS 2 buried t,eas,,, :, ieft by a powerful chieftain who vo, away to war upon his enemies le,y V ing thIs dragon 70 guard his wes1tt .' anu Who neFer returned tbou1b n Ialtfful beast remains on guard notr 70 ned and motionless.
 However. modern scientific minir las no room in its annals for trad s 'ich 'ieoicgy tellss another stor I.iatihf to eruptioGs, ,ntrusions. ar if i'o"s "'th consequent dispositions
 precious minerals al certain strates
 points, one of which IS doubtIess n the Vicinity of the Gold Monst p dike.
 70 Just as scon as MT. Jones ccmnIet IF ms report and outlines the plan
 "ofk, development on an cxtensi, Ie scale WiE begin. Dan Murphu a pra ,t ''cal mining man is superintendent ,e 'he Gold Monster. MT Murphy f
 years operated in the Nevada po
 I.eids and is the type 1f man sim 2 lar 10 George Long, the practic
 miner Who made the United Easte
 ore of the greatest gold mines in |
 world.
 MT Murphy is one of those mi
 Who believes in the practical end
 tnc mining and his success in Neva,
 stamps him as one who can do thin,
 C w. BORIS