Mohave County miner., 1885-09-20
"A BONANZA.
ON TIE PROSPERITY"
Todd Basin Comes to
the Front with a
Rich Strike.
THE LARGEST BODY OF ORE
EVER FOUND IN MOHAvE
COUNTY.
FIVE FEET OF ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLAR ORE.
FIVE FEET OF ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLAR ORE.


OF all the rich strikos ever made Ia this
coonty, snd there have been many such In
tbs past 6ftsen years, none can approach
In unsanituds or wealth that made aboat .
month ago by Capt. LAME on the FYospsri-
~ mine In Todd Basin. about three miles
from Minsral Park. This claim vas loca-
ted about six or seven years ago By Capt.
IAyns, Caldwell Wright and Capt. Byrns.
Tho latter, Who was at that time in COM
mand at Fort Mojsve. died soon sftsrvayd,
and his interest was purchased from tho
administrator Of the estate by Asssrs.
Lsyns and wFig ht for ths Insignificant
sum Of "a, and to-day II oonld not be
bought for Q Thousand times that sun. The
assessment work has been done regularly
on ths claim since that time bat nothing
moro, until ths past year. during which
CAPT. LAyns has prospsetsd II vsstsy tho
roughly. and taken out several lots Of ore
which have paid him we'll. Somo ore from
this claim was worked at the Csrbat mill
last fall and returned $50 10 the ton. and
other lots were sold elsewhere which went
from $40 up. The lat work done on the
claim previous 70 the rich STRIKE Just mado
Vas done by Mr.. James Jsokman under a
lease. He sunk shaft about twenty feet
deep and run in abort out from IL into the
hill, but not Obtaining any immediate re-
suits, be gave it up ond surrendered his
lease.
About six weeks ago Capt. Laypo con-
cludsd to sink that shaft few feet deeper,
snd after going down Just two fest from
where Jsckman left of. struck the vein Of
ore which has since videusd out TO such an
extent that IL 10 beyond doubt the Anest
body of ore ever opened oct In the oounty.
At the point where Capt. Layne frst struck
the ore tine lodge took turn and the chat
acter of the country rock changed, showing
that tho real ledge had been covered up by
surfass deposits. When the ore was frst
uncovered the streak Was only few inches
vide, bat is soon widened out to two feet.
and then to three. About that time Capt.
Layne began to think he had struck some
thing good, and sent in for his partner,
Caldwell Wright, ESQ.,, who went ont and
took number Of samples for assay. Thoss
samples asssyed 90 high ss to cause some
doubt a. 10 their correctness, and moro
we're taken and assay cd with the same re-
sait. Mr. Wright then determined that he
would ship what ore be had on tho dump,
which amounted TO ssyen tons, and 1t was
accordingly sack ed Up and ssnt to
Pusblo. In few days Mr.. Wright received
dispatch stat ting that his ore had sampled
z2l OUNCES in silver and ono ounce In gold.
Tbsn, and not till then, did Mr.. Wright be-
lisvs In his good fortuna. After paying oil
expenses Of packing, tesmine. freight and
smelling charges Nr. Wright received .
little over fourteen hundred dollars for the
nrss ssvsn tons Of orc shipped from the nsw
discovery.
In the meantime Capt. Layne aud enc
other man continued sinking the shaft, and
after going down some ten feet moro the
orc body widsned out TO the full width OF
the SHIFT, having gained fost and q half
in width In tsn feet. About ten days ago
anosh her shipment Of about twenty tons Of
the ore was cent o7sr 10 the Kingman Sam.
ping Works, and while II wss not expected
that IL would 20 ~ well as the nrst ship.
ment, the returns are sxtremsly satisfactory
70 the owners. While We are not permitted
20 give this exact value of this stipnsnt.
and Of another ons niads last Monday, still
We hsve no hesitation In stating that the
last shipments have averaged very oIoss to
$50 psr ton.
Kno.-'nQ that the rsadsrs Of tho Msza
xor,d bs ;n,.,s.,sa in this discovery. vs
took walk 10 the mine isst aesaAy ss.s''
noon, In company with Mr.. J. =. Lu.-S.
and wsre very cordially received BY Mr.
J.ekman, who has besn installed a. fore
man Of the mine. Accepting bis invitation
to vis& the bonsnss wo descended the
shaft, and there met sight which would
do miners eyes good 10 look At. At the
time Of our visit the shaft was just forty
Avs Ssst dssp, and by actual rnsssursrnont.
in the presence Of the writer, ten feet long
at the bottom, three and half feet wide
at the lower end, and littlo over Ave fsot
wide at the upper, all Of which was ors and
nothing bat ore. Not bit of barren rock
or waste was 10 be seen either In the shaft
or on ths dump. The walls nre Of porphyry
coat cd with tale. and shine a. though oiled
and polished. tho ore stripping of and lesv-
ing them clean and shining. The ore Sscms
to 10 soft decorupossd quartz, which
, rumblss readily in the hand, and through
which spots Of horn silver can be easily
ssen with the naked eve. The ore Is hoist-
cd to tho surface and shoveiod into sacics
without sorting, for .hers is really nothing
TO sort. Everything tina; comes to the sag
faos 10 ore and worth tl5O per ton.
A. Pre- sent there arc only four psn At
work on the n,ins, but moro will DO put on
~ soon a. drifting commences, which will
be ~ . few days. One man nov takes out
Inors ore in dsy than can be handled, ow
Ing 10 this scarcity Of teams and pack
><As, Mr.. Wright rstuInsd on Friday
'SfNm q visit 10 the mine and tells
1'u' .sss Asdy stin ooItinuss 70 vid-
'.a' ~. We ~ aAout foot in ten,
,s ~. . :. w. q. '~ssy AgH oi bsrmsnsney.
houId this body Of o. s0sa sat ss snsl'
ave. alrDos. within sisbt "i's," 'sa
mins fully sqsal 70 the famo- o,a M
or mine of Utah, snd one which W. 'nsA
~ ,h Il. uhnle of Wa.