Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-09-04
ARIZONA By STEPHEN E. BARRON.

w WUGIG 1ltdllII-N Cttltii- and resources of every description predominate over all other states in the union, all the natural advantages that make possible the production of the best of every other section of the known world, and many things not to be found anywhere else.
 Arizona is the, youngest state in the union and promises to become the best. With the greatest reservoirs in the world and more being constructed to conserve water for use in future developments and needs of all the people, the proposition of irrigated acres to its population, Arizona leads all others. Arizona without doubt is the greatest mineralized territory of it's size in the world. Arizona yields more in metals than any other two states and contains the largest pine forest in the world.
 Arizona has just claim for the most sunshine and finest winter eli mate of any region known to man. The mighty power that can be and IS being developed in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river will astonish the world and make the state the most desirble section on this planet to live in. We are without word power to describe the many advantages this enormous water force of the Colorado means for the development of many resources of the state and adjoining sister states; the many rock ribbed mineral vaults containing gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and many other minerals that only need to be opened up to supply the wants of the whole people of the United States and some to spare. The State of Arizona when put under reasonable stage of de- Nvelopment will be able to support a population of not less than twenty million without stint.
 Now is the time to invest in the un- limited resources of Arizona and reap the benefits to be derived from de- velopments and growth of its wonder full future it has in store for all those 1. who cooperate in developing them into productive state. It is only a matter of time when this will be ac- complished. :,
 The great advantage to be derived by Mohave County from the new dam now under way of construction beg gers description. The mineral re- sources of Mohave County are beyond estimate in value and volume.
 In township 20 north, range 20 w., covering territory of six miles square, the center of which is marked by the Oatman Gold basin, family of gold veins is surrounded by other gold basins or families of veins that extend for miles in each direction from the Oatman section.
 At least three fourths of T. 20, N., R. 20 w., (Oatman Field), is cover ed by mining claims that are being worked to the full extent of capital each owner can manage to secure. Not one percent of all those claims are allowed to lapse for want of as sessment work being done, which proves the universal confidence and esteem in which the district is held by holders of claims within the boun- daries of this township. Some have been developed into producers and have shipped from said township 70 N., R. 20 w. over forty tons of pure gold to the United States mint and less than the proceeds of eight tons of gold of original capital has ever been invested in this township. There is now many millions of dollars worth of gold ore blocked out in several properties ready to be sent to the sur face to be milled as soon as mills and water supply can be acquired by the owners of tthe claims.
 The needed capital by the owners is all it requires to. place these clalms in the paying class, along with their neighbors which are steadily shipping over half a ton of gold to the United States mint monthly, and will in time attract the necessary capital so that none who have claims of merit Will fail to get all the capital required to mature their holdings into the ship ping class and dividend payers.
 It is not said that every claim Tn the township has the making of pay ing mine nevertheless it is safe to say that at least 7596 of each group of claims contains one or more claims that will by proper management and necessary capital make or develop in to a profitable production of gold.