Mohave County miner., 1888-02-04
MINING IN MOHAvE.
The niues ia the vseinity 81 H.ayse
Springs anI What L. Deiwg
Done o. Them.


EDroR MINER:
Having noticed in your journal various
con- munications descriptive Of the mines
OF different portions of the great Wallapai
Mining District, 1t occurred TO me that q
short description Of the mines in the
vicinity Of Layne Springs might be wei
come TO your readers, especially ~ this
portion OF the district has hardly received
it's proper share Of newspaper noteristy Of
late months.
That portion OF the district conomonly
called Layne Springs consists OF about
three narrow, steep gulches, running to-
wards the Sacramento valley from the
main ridge Of the Cerbat range, behind the
well-known mining camp Of Stockton
Hill, and in fact may be said to comprise
the country lying between Stockton Hill
above and Todd Basin below. While it
would be impossible for me to notice all
the mines lying in this portion Of the dis
trict in one letter, / hope to be able to
show by what Is nov being done here
that the mines in and around Layne
Springs are second 10 none 10 the county
or Territory, either in size, perman-
ency, development, or what is, perhaps.
of more importance, extent and richness
of the ore deposits. One OF the oldest
and best developed claims in this neigh
borhood is the
ALrHA,
Now owned by Messrs. Pete Caffery, JAS.
l.. Smith and Foster s. Dennis, the latter
being the proprietor OF the Kingman
sampling Works. Much work has been
done on this claim in the past Ave years,
and many car loads OF ore have been
shipped from it, from which tho owners
have received valuable returns. The
main shaft OF the mine is some ITO feet
deep, connecting with long tunnel at the
bottom. But the readers of the MINER
will probably wish TO know what is being
done now rather than what has been done
in the part Some six weeks ago Messrs.
Caffrey and Benson started to sink shaft
from the bottom Of the tunnel at point
about l25 feet from the adt. The tunnel
shows good four feet Of ore overhead,
but OF low grade, and the shaft was sunk
in what was supposed 10 be the hanging
wall. After going down few feet numer-
ous small stratas Of good ore made their
appearance, which at a depth Of twenty
feet centered in what will no donbt prove
TO be one OF the largest bodies OF ore ever
found in the county. At present writing
the men are twenty-three feet below
where the ore was first struck, and the
bottom Of the shaft shows good five feet
Of az pretty ore az man could wish for.
The lowest estimate that experienced
miners place on an average OF this whole
FIVE feet is from $So to 800 per ton, while
some 90 much higher. This new strike,
with the four feet Of low grade ore on the
foot wall, makes nine feet OF solid ore,
and even Mohave county mossback
onght 70 be satisfied with that Much Of
the improved state OF affairs at this mine
is due to Mr. Dennis, who has long had
an abiding faith in its future, which he
has not been afraid to back up with
money, and everyone will be glad to
know that he bids fair to reap q rich re-
turn for his investment
Adjoining the Alpha Is the well-known
MONT HAWK
Mine, owned by George Bowers, who re-
Gently disposed OF one-half Of the mine TO a
syndicate composed Of Judge and Mrs. D.
s. Terry and Senator Langford, Of Fresno,
and Judge F. T. Baldwin, Of Stockton,
Cal. Since the sale the tunnel previously
commenced by Mr.. Bowers has been run
in to tap the ledge, which 1t does at 300
feet. The tunnel is now being continued
on the vein as fast as possible, and shows
now nice six-inch streak Of 800 o,e in
the face, with every indication Of perman-
ency and increase Of width. Mr.. Bowers
now has sixty feet OF stoping ground
ready, and will soon put on several moro
men in addition to the six already en-
ployed. Your correspondent visited this
mine on Thursday and by actual meas
urement saw a good two feet Of ore in the
stope which had just been commenced,
which Mr.. Bowers assured him would
average 800 per ton. Ore from this mine
runs very high in gold, some OF it con-
tanning from ten to thirty ounces, the bal.
ance being silver in sulphuret form. There
are some eight tons Of this ore ready
sacked for shipment, and from present
indications shipments ought to amount TO
car load month hereafter, but Super
intendent Bowers is rather conservative
in his views and does not commit himself,
except on the subject OF his partners, Of
whom he is loud in his praises.
Just below the Night Hawk tunnel ID
the entrance TO the 25o-foot tunnel OF
Messrs. Sample and Jamison, who call
their claim the
RIP VAN wISKLE.
This is an extension Of the Night Hawk
mine running westerly, but as these gen.
tlemen have only just reached the vein
and commenced drifting on it both ways,
they make no pretensions until they hear
from their assays. From the point where