Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
THESTARKEAND EWING MINE
More than Twenty Feet Of SA lid Y Gre in SISht.

This valuable cl Jim. which was located as | long ago as 1871, is the first south exlen- | sion of the Fairfield mine, and lies between the Fairfield and Keystone mines the two latter being two of the best known mines in Mphave county. Tine ''Starke and Ewing | t .kes in all the ground between the two lbove mentioned mines, some four hundred feet in length along the ledge. Although 1t
 little mCle than quarter the usual len Zth of mining claims, it more lan m lkes up for it in the width and extent of the ore body. Situated as it IS on tue hillside just n JrtL of town, the immense croppings of tue vein are plainly visible from town. and the claim is easily reached in i've minutes
 walk. This property has just been TUT
 :hased of John Hughes by B. Moses, for Siessrs. Glvn G Co.,, of New Y ork Hearing that work had already been commenced we Iaid visit to the claim on Thursday last in co .Gp my with Mr. Moses, and found two men at work sinking shaft. This shaft which is down g feet, is 6x8 feet in size. m is all in ore. The croppings above the shaft ara from 2216 to 50 feet wide, and as f. FAe ore body has not yet been cross-cut anywhere ol tle cl jim, but the surface in dlcltions would lea one to estimate a width
 of at lea st IS or 20 feet What thls inn
 nense body of ore will average of course cannot be determined atpresent. but assays taken from tle sh it range from S443 to $75 1er ton ill si.v4r. Tae ore is blue sul- ohuret, and from apps rances could be reediiy milled. There is pile of ore on the
 lump. containing about five tons, which
 las been picked over two or tbree times by former owners, and which sampled 43Z OF. to the ton at the Kingman sampling works. We can guarantee this sample as it was raken only few weeks since at our request
 nd unknown to the owner of the mine or
 O anybody but ourselves. What future developments will show up in this mine time alone Can tell, but from what work has already been done and from the immense body of ore in sight we regard the Starke md Ewing a being one of the most prom iSing prospe cts in the county. If the pres ent width of ore continues for 200 or 3OO feet down, and there is every indication that it will, there will be enough ore to ksey,
 2O-stamp mill going for years. The wHoI, ledge will pay to run through the mili/ jus IS it comes down. This is not a misEle for ; poor man. but it is just such a<Inine as good companv, prepared to pr56perly oper up and develop it, want. Wit6 careful sort ing much of this ore would Spay to ship, but We do not expect to see ta pound of ort shipped. We expect that Rhen the owners realize the vast amount of \ ore this little claim can produce they will. at once make arrangements to have the ore<milled at the mine. At present there are osply two men at work on the mine, but Mir. Molses tells us that work will be continued day [ and night after next week, and more men will be put on as soon as room can be made fS0 work them to advantage. It is the intention of the company to sink the shaft to the debsth of 75 feet and then drift east and west, thes main shaft in the meantime being continued till China or some other warm country is reached, with drifts at every 100 feet. We congratulate the owners in obtaining one of the best looking prospects in the county, for as yet 1t is but prospect, and hope that future developments will amply reward them for their enterprise. We shall watch the work of developing this claim with great deal of interest and sh Il endelvor to present our readers with full description of the same from time to time.