Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
MOHAVE COUNTY.
4 SECTION OF RICH BUT NEGLECTED
 RESOURCES.
The Wrong Policy of Some Mine Own ers-The Mines that are Product ive---Something about King man and the Prospects
 at EUcca.

The county of Mohave experienced great activity years ago when other DOT tions of the Territory were quiet. The mining interests surrounding Mineral Park, Cerbat, Signal, Stockton Hill and Chloride City were regarded with envy by the other and less active sections. In each of these camps a few of the old timers and mine owners are still found who speak of the good times that were, but many of them hold their properties at such figures that mining men refuse to buy and opportunities to sell at fair prices are not taken advantage of. It IS beyond comprehension why miners will keep so many claims, doing enough work to gain a scant livelihood, when a sale of a few properties would give them a good start and bring new enterprise and money into their nelghbOrhoOds. They might employ the proceeds of such a sale Ill developing other properties and thereby place themselves upon a good footing for substantial prosperity. Instances are given where capital has been kept out by the indifferent course pursued by mine owners or exorbitant prices asked. An oYer-confidence ill the extreme value of the mines after little prospecting and a belief that the owner can see further
  chaser, Is the mistake usually made.
 The KeystoneP Pline, near Mineral Park, Is owned by a son of Senator Thurman and his associates. Thirty thousand dol lars was the sum provided fer developing this mine, of which amount, it Is claimed, not more than one thousand was expend- ed The mine Is a good one and Is worth looking after.
 Chloride nine miles from Mineral Park, has some excellent properties Twenty | five men are at work chloriding success fully and some are developing fine prop critics. The claims known as Silver, Big | Bethel, Kanawha Belle, Lehigh rhockalo- | valOve Free Trade and Hustler are well | spoken Of
 In the Laine Springs district, Jemison 1 X Sample are working the Rip Van 1 Wrinkle tunnel. IL IS 250 feet and l50 i further they expect to tap the vein l The ledge Is said to be eight inches wide and will assay $250 per ton.
 E. NJ. Bowers is working the Night Hawk with twelve men running the main tunnel of 600 feet. Ore has been shipped from this mine for two years.
 c. H. Parks, with ten men Is operating two mines near Mineral Park for Den yer company.
 At the Queen Bee and Sabbath Bel ten men are at work.
 A. James, who sold Gov. Waterman his bonanza, Is working mine near by witt seven men. Report says he has ordered ten-stamp mlll.
 George Conard. of Gro Plata, has al engine house ready for the machinery Fifteen men are at work.
 George Landlord, Wm. MOffit, Jacl | T | -sa1 leased the Night Hawk and i'll tifty-fOu days took out $500,
 At the Flores mine a ten-stamp mil and hoisting works are in operation At Patterson's camp ten-stamp mil Is going up.
 , John Lynch will erect a five-stamp mil | on the c. o. D. mine. It IS estimated that there are 5000 tons on the dump tha ) will mill 9 ozs. in silver and 5 to , oZs in gold. In this mine the water has caus ? ed suspension of work.
 7 At Fl Dorado canon, northwest c : Klngman, ten-stamp mill has been rur 7 ming for several years.
 5 The copper property of J. J. William 5 as Yucca continues to develop and Is al e tracting the attention of mining men :. Mohave county. This property is withi
 twelve miles of Yucca, station on tn t Atlantic & Pacific railroad. When tn
 present parties took possession there weI
 a few prospect holes showing a big bod
 of base ore An open cut of 42 feet wa
 made and a tunnel run to tap the foC : wall. Here the ore body is 38 feet wid . The mine has shafts and tunnels at var U ous points and the showing Is sutficiel Il Il to warrant a steam hoist and the erectio V of suitable buildings. r. Oates IS Il '93 superintendent; at one time he operate u with the San Carlos copper compan ,,tt The ore shipped is very rich and pays u a' expense of the development. In come i ton with this mine the company has e claim five miles to the northeast that h y proved to be fine prospect. In prop io time water will be conveyed from u spring, two miles distant to the mil s7 With a fall of 800 feet.
 II About fifty miles from Peach Sprin aL is located large copper ledge, said to ,n ad bonded to s. l.. Burbridge of San Fra lo cisco.
 w Chloriders take from 250 to 300 tons e' ore per month to Kingman, which Is
 posed of to agents representing varic
 Colorado smelters.
 The town of Kingman possesses ma