Mohave County miner., 1891-07-04

Ahf bASth W. tilE HlbNiItflfiF tAA WHICH,
Mineral Park il situated, contains some
of the bes. led res of gold aud silver 10 b.
found in the country, and bAs the dis.
tinctiou Of being the first place In the
county where chloride ores were found
The frs, location in this basin was the
KEYSTONE NINE.
The Keystone mine, In Mineral Park,
10 one Of the first locations made by the
prospectors from Nevada in the early
'70s. On the surface a two-ioot vein OF
ore was struck which averaged S400 in
gold and silver per ton. The ore. when
taken out and assorted, was shipped to
San Francisco, where it worked from
s4o0 10 81 800 per ton. The first loca-
tiUns on this vein were made by parties
from Pioche and was worked by them
for some time and then sold to parties
who subsequently, incorporated it. Al
though IL has produced at least one nii-
lion dollars, the main shaft has not yet
reached depth of three hundred feet
The ore body in places was from two to
seven feet ia width and would average
fully two hundred dollars per ton. The
mine is now owned by a Columbus,
Ohio, company, but OF late years ali the
work done on the property consisted in
pumping the water out and allowing it TO
dill up again. The company has COM
plete fiye-stamp mill in the canyon below
the Park and could keep it running on
pay ore all the year around ii they would
only open the mines up for the easy ex-
traction Of the ore The sooner the prop
erty changes hands the better i, will be
for the welfare OF Mineral Park.
Another Of the old time mines OF Min
eral Park is the
LONE STAR.
This mine has been grea. producer
aud was at one time in the hanis Of an
incorporated company, but as the ores
had 10 be shipped to Swansea, England,
for treatment, the profits were too small,
although no richer ore was ever taken
from the mines Of Arizona than this mine
produced. As assessments were levied
and fell due the stock was allowed to be
sold by many OF the shareholders, and
soon fell into the hands OF one person,
and that person materialized into the
shape of a well-known cattle man, w. +.
Grounds. Mr. Grounds worked the
property for number OF years and made
quite sum Of money from the sales Of
It's ore. and in 1880 the mine was again
sold 10 Saunderson * Horn, of San Fran
cisco, and fiye-stamp concentrating
mill erected to work the ore The mill
proved failure, as il was found after re-
peated trials that the ore would not con-
centrate TO over 40 per cent Of the bat
terry sample. The owners were unwilling
10 put in complete mill and stopped all
work on the mine, since which time very
little has been done on the property. al
though it can safely be rated as first
class property.
The Basin is perfect net work OF
veins, some very rich and others OF a
low grade, but nearly all could be profit |
ably worked were they furnished with |
the proper appliances and cheap !
method Of reduction. The Fairfiel d il a |
good property. with an immense vein
and il located on the keystone lode. |
The Setting Sun, Ithica, Baden Baden, !
Quick Relief, Rural, Retort and Metallic /
Accident have been produces OF excep-
tionalIy rich ore. The latter mine fur
nished ore running eight dollars to the
pound when worked by the owner,
Thomas J. Christie, one OF the biggest |
hearted pioneers OF the Park. These
mines have never been worked below
water level, therefore very little can be
said as 10 what they may or may not be
below the water line, but judging by
mines IN this district that have been
gone down on, We may safely say they
will be dandies.
A L. /