Shoshone's Western Gold Prospect
Shoshone acquired the Western Gold Prospect in late 2003, expanding it in 2007. The property is located in the Oatman Mining District, the most productive primary gold district in Arizona with over two million ounces of recorded production at average grades exceeding one-half ounce per ton. The district holds excellent potential for the discovery of additional volcanic-hosted epithermal vein deposits.
The claims are one mile west of the Gold Road Mine and one mile north of the United Western Mine, both owned and formerly operated by Addwest Minerals. Other past producing mines in the immediate area include the United Eastern Mine, 1.5 miles to the southeast and the Tom Reed Mine, 2.5 miles to the southeast. The Western claims have geology similar to the nearby United Western and United Eastern mines and cover the lateral extension of their same primary vein structure.
