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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Few men in the mining world had the opportunities for observation pos sessed by William Weston, one of the best known mining engineers of the Rocky Mountain region. William Weston is dead, but his good work will long live to enlighten those who come after him. In the development of mining property and in his geolog- ical deductions he was in the foremost rank. It was he who discovered the famous Camp Bird mine, which was sold when but prospect and to his good work in the exploitation of that property is due the after production of millions. He was also the owner of important property lying close in to the Camp Bird, but owing to ill., ness was unable to develop. During the ownership of the White Hills mines by the English company he was consulting engineer, and had it not been for schism in the directorate and among the big shareholders there is no doubt that he would have made it one of the big producers of the state. His knowledge of this country allows him to speak by the card, and this is what he has to say of the Oat- man field:
 The Tom Reed-Gold Road mining district, situated about 26 miles south west of Kingman, on the Santa Fe railroad, and twelve miles from the Colorado river, is now attracting worldwide attention as the coming great gold producer, this being chief ly brought about by the phenominal yield of the Gold Road and Tom Reed companies, the latter alone from 1913 to date October, 1915) being credited with a production of $6,000,0O0 in the yellow metal.
 l had considerable experience in Mohave county some years ago as manager of the White Hills Mining company, fifty miles north of King man, for some Manchester and Liver pool bankers, and am therefore con- versant with the mining and geologi- cal conditions generally.
 At first the Gold Road district and its lodes were slow of development and laid for long time in the hands of the original discoverers, owing to the fact that, contrary to the usual order of things, the surface oxidized ores were very low grade, and when capital did eventually take hold big bodies of high grade gold ore were found below the 300 level, this being probably due to the fact that the zone of the country rock entered at that depth and was more conducive to the
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

is at present so much in the public eye, can be gained from the fact that at different times in the past he has owned, or has held an interest in the following well known properties. The United Eastern, that part of the Tom Reeds holdings included in the Red Cloud, and the Aztec center claims, the Telluride, the Sunnyside and the Big Jim Consolidated. MT. Hartman held and sold, or otherwise disposed of his interests in all these properties, in most cases using the proceeds in de- velopment or annual assessment work on his holdings along the rhyolite.
 At one time MT. Hartman owned what is considered by many mining authorities the pick of the acreage in the rhyolite belt. Namely the best of the ground now incorporated in the holdings of the Oatman United, the Oatman Gold and the Hartman min ming companies. He has profitably disposed of most of his holdings and at this writing retains a large stock interest in the Oatman Gold and the Hartman companies.
 Many of this genial old-timer's friends will remember a statement he has made on countless occasions dur ing the years prior to the Oatman strike.
 'I may not live to see it' he would say, "but some Of you fellows will see big strike in the rhyolite-a big
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

that traverse the Oatman mining dis trict.
 In the face of numerous pessimis- tic opinions expressed by many we'll known engineers and geologists and in spite of the frank ridicule of the rank and file of mining men, this old gentleman has never lost faith. For twenty-odd years he has preached his gospel of "Rhyolite and the newer Andesites." Not content with mere preaching he has spent his own money and toll in many heretofore fruitless efforts to prove this theory.
 Some idea of the extent of this mans faith in the rhyolite belt, which
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
PROSPECTING OF GOLD DUST BY DIAMOND
 DRILLING WILL PROVE INTERESTING TERRITORY

Prospecting and testing at depth of q third ore channel at Oatman is as sured by the arrangements made to diamond drill the Gold Dust, the Orion and the Gold Key properties. The ore channel in question lies to the south of the Tom Reed-United Eastern vein system, and like the one to the north runs parallel with the strike of the Tom ReedUnited East ern vein system. The old timers at Oatman have always claimed that the ore bodies of which the deposit in the Gold Dust is a unit, were as worthy of mining effort a those open ed in the Reed and Eastern; and prima facie evidence in support of their claim is offered by the very large tonnage of milling grade ore opened in the Gold Dust workings to a depth of 300 it.
 It is now planned to diamond drill and prospect the Gold Dust ore bodies below the 500 level in the Gold Dust shaft, and to also drill and test the Orion ore bodies from the same point. MT. w. H. Wise of Los Angeles, President of the Gold Dust, the Orion and the Gold Key companies, was in Oatman a few days ago where he ar ranged with MT. Quinn, the contractor who is doing most of the diamond drill work at Oatman, for the diamond drilling of the Gold Dust and the Orion. In the near future contract will be entered into with MT. Quinn for like work in the Gold Key work ing.
 The Gold Dust is potentially one of
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

the richest properties at Oatman. It was taken over by MT. Wise and other Los Angeles capitalists at the time of the Oatman excitement in 1915. Prior to the transfer, when the property was known as the Victor-Virgin prop erty, a shaft was sunk to a depth of 300 it. and large tonnage of pay-ore blocked out to depth of 300 it. This ore yet remains in the workings, as until recently, when the Tom Reed mill became available for custom ores, there was no opportunity for it's re- duction. Below the 300 it. level the veins shows considerable faulting, and it is for the purpose of locating the ore bodies beyond the faults that the diamond drills have been called into service.
 In the Gold Key workings, located southwest of the Oion, a deposit car lying a number of lenzes of high grade ore has been opened to a depth of 300 it. The showing in the Gold Key is one of the most promising in that section of the Oatman district and the result of the diamond drilling of the acreage at depth will in all probability demonstrate the continual tion of the ore and it's high values In fact the showing on and above the 300 fit. level is equal to the maximum showing elsewhere in the camp Sometime ago the Gold Key workings were leased to Charles Wideman, who opened and developed high grade on each level and erected small mill for it's reduction. MT .Wideman died last June just as he was preparing to place his mill in commission and re- duce the high grade ore.
 The Orion acreage carries the same vein that is opened in the Gold Dust shaft and presents like faulted con- v1ition. The property is so located it can be easily core drilled from the Gold Dust shaft, and at an expense far tess than would be entailed in develop ing it by the ordinary method of shaft sinking, cross cutting and drifting. Near surface values on the Orion fully warrant the diamond drill work the management has in view.
 Each of the three properties-Gold Just, Gold Key and Orion-has the lacking of substantial mining and bus mess men, most of whom are residents of Los Angeles and vicinity. These men are prepared to give the diamond drilling projects the requisite finan' cial support ,and there is little ques' tion as to obtaining satisfactory re suits. The work with the drills al the Gold Dust and the other proper ties mentioned will "pioneer" thai section of the camp and will serve as a guide to other companies having property along the same ore channel
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

strike, sez I, bigger, sez I, than the Eastern!"
 Many laughed and turned away some few listened and believed. Those men, the few exceptions who came to share the old gentleman's faith, can now join the old veteran in a hearty Hast laugh. Surely a more perfect example of the ancient adage that, "He who laughs last, laughs best", would be hard to find.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

tage over the big San Juan mine| most of which are at 10000 feet eld vation and over ,and consequently un der snow for eight month in the year whereas in the Gold Road district tn top of the range is not over 4000 fee above tidewater ,and the mines an approaches accessible the year round
 The comparative disadvantage o Arizona is lack of surface moisture but water sufficient for mill purpose comes in at depth in the mine work ings and in the wells, and can af3 | pumped from the Colorado river. Flo fuel California fuel oil is readil available.
 There are hundreds of claims in tn Gold Road-Tom Reed District-or, a it is otherwise known, the Oatmal district-now in the hands of origina owners who have not the money witt which to develop with depth, bu which in the hands of strong compan ies with ample working capital witl which to sink and equip will, in m! opinion, bring many more heavily pro ducing gold mines into existence
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
'C. W. HARTMAN STILL CLINICS TO "HUNCH"

Since shortly after his arrival in Oatman in 1903, G. w. Hartman, civil war veteran and Indian fighter, has clung to his 'hunch' that ore in large bodies would some day be found in, or close to, the massive rhyolite dykes
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
Delicate Revenge

"You must have made a few enemies in your long political career?"
 More than a few" answered Sena- tor Sorghum. q have forgiven them all.'
 "That is magnanirnous."
 "Not especially. By forgiving them I call their attention to the fact that they never succeeded in injuring me enough to earn my abiding resent ment."- ."-Washington Star.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
They Go Together

''The rapidly increasing divorce rate," remarked the wit, indicates that America is indeed becoming the land of the free"
 "Yes," replied his prosaic friend, "but the continued marriage rate sug- gests that it is still the home of the brave."- ."-The American Legion Week. l,,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

New gates have been provided at Chicago street crossings of railways into which a motor car may be driven at high speed without injury to the car or gate. But it will be necessary to concrete these affairs to give a joy rider a real thrill.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

The past winter has been one of thd severest in recent years, an arm of San Francisco bay showing a film of ice, something never before knownI Snow fell in Los Angeles and the sur rounding mountains were heavily laden with the beautiful. The Sierral Nevada mountains are covered with the heaviest fall of snow ever known,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Hamey Peak is the highest point in the United States east of the Rockies, and was named in honor of General Harney,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

That illiteracy is not on the increase among native born American is evil denced by the fact that there are 14,- 100000 foreign born people here and 50 per cent of them cannot read the English language. The importation of Mexicans and Indians from Mexico to the southwestern states has had much to do with the increase of Hitter acy in this locality.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Effort to make bone dry the zone 40 miles south of the Mexican line has occasioned considerable concern among the runners of Mexican liquors,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
GOLD DUST PROPERTY

The Gold Dust is one of the best equipped properties in the dis trict and Diamond Drilling should produce some interesting results
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Over 150,O0O,00O pounds of beef were produced on the ranges of the national forests of the west and south west during the year 1921, These ranges are safeguarded by the federal government, only certain number of cattle or sheep being allowed to enter certain units. In this way the grasses are kept from being depleted and the ranges overstocked.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Today
Spring L Coming.
The Bsars' Twilight slssp.
Abost Money and 6sgging.
India Facing Backward.
Arthur BRI0BANH
(cspvright lsSA,

y RxnOR 09>A0p<Axv1@
tcspgrasAt assas
In the SOCIOLOGICAL gardens long
winter maps are ending. The
hears have unrolled their bodies
from the sleeping ball shape and
are out 10 predict an early spring.
Squirrels have started building
their nests with dead leaves and
twigs. "A long, bad after-ths-war
winter Is about over.
The snakes in the ZOO do not
have their regular winter sleep.
The keepers want them to amuse
the public. so the cages are kept
st tropical heat. The snakes, that
hibernate only when they feel the
cold, miss the long nap land they
live only half q long as snakes
should live. Tell that to your son
who neglects regular sleep.
The Gagged bears are puSsled,
for when free they begin 70 hiber-
nate only as food disappears.
Ages ago they learned to sleep
ali winter to avoid starving all
winter. In their bear pit food
appears regularly. When the
snow falls they wonder at food
and snow combined-the old habit
!. .sonquers. They enter the dark
bear den and 60 to sleep any
how. nose between their paws,
body rolled up, heart slowed down,
lie almost suspended. In the
1ofeft the snow covers their lair.
Th&r faint breath makes q hole
( IN Ne snow-they breath enough
and 1--WE.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
The r cot Harvey Geddes Treaty

plot an alliance ineomparAbly moro
dangerous than the League of Nations,
30 overwhelmingly rejected by the
people In the election Of 1920 Elihu
Root and Balfour are there to plot
four power alliance between the United
States and the three most aggressive
and oppressive imperiaHsms of today.
The Senate threatens to pass this treaty.
It is one of the strangest situations
that the Senate ever found itself in.
The treaty cannot pass save with the
votes Of Democrats to add to the
Republican majority-Democrats who
still follow Wilson's discredited
LEADERSHIP away from the tradi-
tional Democratic policies Of Jefferson
and jackson.
While the Senate is considering this
treaty, in an interview published in the
LOS ANGELES TIMES on March 16,
d. the British Ambassador Geddes said:
Naturally, ! cannot discuss the four
power treaty, for it is held pending the
decision Of your Senate, but in reading
the papers on the train this morning I
was very much pleased with the
attitude of the LOS ANGELES TIMES
on the matter, particularly with rela-
tion to the radicalism of Senator Hiram
johnson.
Today British ambassador with i'm
punity attacks United States Senator
johnson, in his own State, because
johnson has the impertinence, he is so
infected with "radicalism," that he
will not sign on the dotted line Of the
proposed alliance with Britain and
Japan.
The defeat Of the Democratic party,
because it offered the League Of Nations
in 1920, will be as nothing compared
with the defeat that will strike the
party and the Senators who next Friday
are responsible for the ratification Of
: the British-J Japanese alliance proposed
by the professionally entangled" MIR.
Root, the Morgan subsidized Mr.. Har-
vey, the petulant and impatient British
Ambassador Geddes.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
DE- VALERA TO WAR
If he IS DEFEATED
Free State Sees Menace IN
Speech Of the Former
President.
BY DENIS O'CONNELL.
Nruav~ru,l asrvS~A-

DUBLIN, March 18.-The state
ment of Eamonn de Valera at Car
rick on SUR that warfare will again
be started unless the treaty with
England is defeated at the polls was
interpreted here today as indicating
that IL De Valera is defeated in the
election, which now appears likely.
he will by force Of arms prevent the
free state from functioning.
Even now sections of the Irish
republican army are giving the pro-
visional government heads consider.
able trouble. A leader OF the Grif-
fifth Collins government told me to-
day that trouble Is now brewing and
that it is likely to come to q head
at any moment.
This statement was borne out by
the attempt of fifty members Of the
Irish republican army in Dublin to
mutiny today. The official explana-
ton of this outbreak was that the
men were dissatisfied because they
had failed to receive their pay
promptly.
The sentiment in the ranks Of the
army is reported to be gradually
turning in favor Of De Valera owing
to the order Of Arthur Griffith pro
hibitins the issuance Of the state.
ment by Roderick O'Conner In lauda,
ton Of De Valera. ..
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
ALLIANCE THROTTLES j. s. IN ORIENT
Moncure Ruling Would Open Divorce Doors
Queen Mary in
Housing Study
Goes Summing
LONDON, March rs.

LONDON, March Is.
WDOWN to the He'll holes
= of Hexton," might well
be the entry made tonight by
Queen Mary in her diary.
For today she visited Lon
don's worst slumland.
Swarms Of ragged chill
dren, many of whom have
never. seen q blade Of grads
growing, surrounding Her
Majesty, singing songs and
cheering the Queen as she
slowly passed in her open
carriage. Block after block
Of drab, tumbledown aged
houses, were passed.
The tour included . visit
to the Wilmer Gardens. once
the nest Of thieves and the
haunt Of murdercrs. The
Queen also passed through
Ware street where broken
windows were stuffed with
rags to keep out the damp
cold and where each miser-
able room contains on an
average Of six humans.
The object Of the Queens
visit was TO dicsuss the hous-
ing problem with the mayor
of Shore Ditch and to ascer-
stsin hog much the local au-
Aorities are improving he
Stun s,eas. '-','' :
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
$1,900,0O0 Voted For
Sea to Sea Air Mail

An appropriation OF s1.soo,ooo for
the further development and main
tenance of a transocntinenta air
mali service from the Atlantic to
the Pacific was provided by an
amendment to the pending pestoffics
and pest road apprepriatisn bill.
which ths ssaAts aAaDtsA ysstss-
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Mr.. VIM. f. Bre,0ster,
Edison Building,
Chicago, ~.

3lls facstmiIs of ) lsttsfS which
Senator Harding on juno 80, 1919, wrote
regarding Mr.. Ehhu Root i reproduced
above.
The professional entanglements" Of
which Senator Harding complains can
only mean that Elihu Root was in the
pay of those sinister foreign interests
intent upon hanging the milestone Of the
league about our necks.
How did President Harding 80 soon
forget what Senator Harding knew
about Ehhu Roots professional en-
tanglements'' with the evil forces
which Senator Harding in 1919 was
fighting to avert?
How could President Harding. know
ing this, appoint Elihu Root, thus pro
fessionally entangled" with un-Ameri-
can interests ts-appoint him senior Ameri-
can delegate at the Washington Con-
ference called to discuss q treaty binding
America to these foreign interests? The
answer is:
Warren G. Harding, the Republican
party that nominated him and the
international bankers who dictated that
nomination all wanted the kind Of
alliance with foreign nations which
Elihu Root ESQ President Harding tells
us) was professionally entangled" to
advocate.
The international bankers exercised
their influence at the Republican con-
vention which chose Harding mainly
through George Harvey, subsidized pub
licity agent Of J. p. Morgan B 90.
Where is Harvey today? Where you
would expect him to be-. he is Ambassa-
dor at the Court Of st. James, Ambas-.
sador to England, whose fiscal agent is
the House Of Morgan. He advocates
that the union between Great Britain
and the United States, broken by George
Warrington, shall be restored.
While Harvey il in London advocat-
ing our return to the condition Of
British dependency, Ehhu Root is
meeting with Balfour at Washington TO
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Henry Ford to Double
Tractor Production

DETROIT. Mich. March is.-The
tractor plant OF the Ford Motor Com
psny win double It's production early
in April. and begin turning out 400
completed tractors day. the highest
Humbsr in the history OF the com,
panS Additional employees to care
fer the inopsassA preduetiaA viii be
tahsA g.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Raided Yacht Released
After Liquor Is Removed

MIAMI. Fla. March 1s.--The
yacht Patricia, with her owner. nd
win Chewan. of New York, aboard.
was released this afternoon by pro-
hibition agents and viii sail for
New York tomorrow morning. but
minus hsr large cargo of liquor,
The iiauer. sos cases Of Il. IL stersd
n . AiAnA VasehsunA ~
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Strongest Argument

1t is impossible to take the
view of the anti-league irrec-
oncilables without cooling
the ardor of the pro-league
Democrats, and 1t seems OBJ
vious that the strongest line
of opposition would be an an
alysis Of the treaties thsm-
The Washington times., 1922-03-19

/, ~ AAuAhesAi lAAosAoAc hoy S"Vy S~AS
bear mother, for her childbirth is
. genuine and successful ''twi-
Ahght-sleep birth" While the
mother bear is asleep her baby
Il born. Half uncorsciously the
tiny creature is cared for. It
nurses in the dark, between its
mothers front paws, while It's
mother dozes on, and when spring
comes II Is big enough and strong
enough to trot around after her.
Z Ancicnts thought the bear cub
was born merely a lump Of flesh.
IMontaiene speaks Of bears that
s'leisurely lick their cubs into
form" Pliny the Elder says:
yssBsars. tken first born, ars
Sabatiiess ,nasssssUf Whfss hssh,
- little larger than mice, their
elawssslcne being prominent. The
mother then ticks them gradually
into proper shape, etc."
+ The scientific fact is that .
mother bear weighing as much as
q lcow-more than four human
mothers-bears a cub weighing
only nipe or ten ounces and
hardly knows when it is born.
What scientist will make child
birth as easy as that for the
human race? 1t may be done,
some day---when Ewes daughters
shall have expiated her fault suf-
1iciently.
Like the bears. Wall Street
seems to be coming 10 life.
"Regular money" for specula-
ton could be borrowed yestcr-
day for 8 per cent. "Outside
money" was lent at pa per
cent. The dear little lambs have
grown a new crop Of wool. and
soon will be eagerly crowding to
the shearer. "As a sheep be-
fore her shearers is dumb"
Dumb is the right word.
The Federal Reserve banks
have cut down their loans three
quarters in the past year. Last
week. loans outstanding were
1852, ,662 900. Same week a year
ago. $1;224,53a,O00 A year ago,
New York's Federal Reserve
alone carried as big loans,
within eleven millions. as the
combined loans Of the entire
Federal Reserve System this
year. These figures mean the
squeezing Of many business
concerns. They call it "good
finance" It is about as good
as cutting off the supply Of
water from growing crops. You
have water-but the Lord help
the crop.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Hays Says He Is Out
OF Politics Forever

CHICAGO. March 1S.--Win H.
Hays. former Postmaster General,
declared, today that he is out Of
politics forever.
I'm out of politics completely" {"
Hays said, who recently became
President Of the Moving Picture
Producers and Exhibitors Of
America, Inc. / have tried to DO
my bit and I'm glad to be in an
activity now where we are all on
the same side OF the table"
Hays came here to take to their
home in Sullivan, Ind. Mrs. Hays.
who has been iii in a hospital here.
The Washington times., 1922-03-19
Pope Weeps at Plight
of Russian Children

ROME, March 1s.--Tears filled
the eyes Of Pope Plus x1 today 40
he listened to an account Of the SUI.
ferings OF Russian children in the
famine zone. related by the Rev.
Father MRckensiA, treasurer Of the
Catholic fund for the relief Of Rus.
sian children.
The Pontiff announced he vssid
0onkribufa onA mlllion- llrA