Show P PROSPECTORS flOCKING FLOING TO jo joME ME Y NE GOlD GOLU CAMP IN ARIZONA The new gold camp at Oatman Ariz has come into prominence of or recent I dat date A A. number umber of or men who follow the fortunes fortune of or new camps and make Utah heir their home are reported to have gone cone nto nto that district A letter received rom roin one of or them follows Day by day the knowledge of or unlimIted unlimited unlimited opportunity hidden away In this remote section of the Black Blaek range is ld to Cripple Creel Creek to the farther side of the Canadian bord border bor bor- d der dr r and to other localities where men sEek nek fortune with shovel sho and windlass drill and dynamite and dri Halt Half a dozen automobiles automobile laden with wih passengers Hal have arrived dai daily during 1 the past pact week and nd d the Ute population of f Oatman t e estimated t a mon month ago go at is now more than double that number and I nobody is going out the newcomer newcom newcom- newcomers ers era nd investigate or pr prospect pec make selection tion er of their occupation and ad become old residents within a week Tents du dugouts dug dur- outs and cabins cabina are ae scattered through through- throughout i out the mountains for twenty miles mies for forthe forthe the tho lt indications of or gold have be been ben n found throughout all that district and the al hopes of ot the operators are maintained I at hofs highest pitch pich by constantly constanty recurring a surface highes formations similar to to those of ot properties that have turned out their millions during duing the past pant pt few years yeas Dig Big Dg Camp Promised Oatman gives promise of ot becoming the largest gold camp of or the te Pacific Cp coast and that tbt within a period of six dx or cout eight months Location Laton monuments extend in unbroken lines over an area of ot 10 square miles mie and two town sites site 10 late comers corners are being laid out for the lae In n Oatman proper territory t r is closely 1 held for mining rP operations f and b building sites es are scarce Ten thousand dollars dolls ae was Mas refused reused yesterdaY for a small smal lot and a frame hotel Furnished rooms are ae scarcely to be b had and it is advisable to 0 bring tents and bedding whenever extended stay Is Intended Intend More than an n lt II fifty companies o n b have been organized r within tim the past t tb five months hs and z of actively engaged engaged en en- these at least leat twenty tent are in development and ten are with equipped 1 f all t t the with t difficulties I machinery of f fit exploration kl to cope i Machinery manufacturers and supply supply sup sup- ply houses have sold or contracted for pl material house worth more than half hal a million dollars comprising a portion porton of or what the upon owners the discovery of O the yd district of gold da are beneath n wagering r the vast dykes that straggle across the face of the country Today the community is dependent countr upon a single wire for tor tf lion tion telephonic P with c ct t the and do outside telegraphic lr a world d communication but f before the end of or the month ample accommodation tion Uon ton is promised Commercial Ore Found The Jitney service extends extend extend from Needles Th in one direction and Kingman in eedes the other and the trails are lined with discarded auto tires Apart from the wih rumors of or strikes tres the discovery of or stringers and low grade gade ore the results of the past ast weeks week's operations ar are Ire pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- most encouraging ard and tor tory Commercial ore has been encOuntered encountered encountered at the tile usual depths by at least ast halt bait a dozen companies In consequence hat there has been active athe bidding for adJoining adjoining adjoining ad- ad Joining properties and three or four our deals are made each day There Tere are none of ot the usual usua signs ofa of or ofa orn a boom but business Is prolonged until un un- un- un n ill til bm lat late at night and renewed early Inthe in inthe the ti morning The first firt locators are ae still sti here herf h hiving retained stock stok interests in their original holdings but the stock stok hoard board will wi fl figure re to a comparatively small extent until ownerships are more mal firmly established Then wilt will wt Oatman come into Its is own own and there will wi bea be a recurrence of or the days das and nights t that at made Gold Goldfield field and Tonopah spectacular spectacular spec spec- but in Oatman there will wi be two features lacking the whirl whir of ot the ball bl in the roulette wheel heel and the clink of ot glasses at the bar for Oatman Is dr dry as the desert that stretches from here a to the Colorado Colordo river where California California Cal Cal- Cali Cali- fornia begins I |