Mohave County miner., 1892-07-16
The Mines Showing Big
Mineral Deposits.
The New Camp Building
up Rapidly.

hundred souls. Ine town mas been Ioiu
ont in the lower part Of Treasure GulcE.
where the wash debouches into the valley.
The main street OF the town ID nearly q
mile in length along the trend Of the
wash. One store 10 now completed and
another in course OF construction, Four
saloons are there dealing ont red ruin to
the lamblike miners and prospectors.
Three restaurants IN good running order
and the hungry wayfarer can get AZ good
meal as can be had in any mining camp
10 the territory for four bits. Few fights
and no untimely deaths are yet recorded
The camp is as quiet and orderly as q
Shaker meeting house.
Patterson K Co. have sunk straight
shalt in the wash within short distance
Of the west end Of the Occident mine
and have succeeded in striking the ledge
at depth OF about twenty feet. The
ore in the ledge is very rich and resem.
bies the surface ore Of the Occident.
On the Prince Alber; the main shaft
is down thirty-fve feet. AT a depth Of
twenty-six feet break in the ledge oc-
Cured, but the ore came in richer than
ever with a depth of six feet further.
The ore from the bottom OF the shaft is
fnlI of chloride running seven or eight
hundred dollars per ton. Work on the
shaft is being pushed night and dav and
will he kept up until depth OF one
hundred feet Is reached Drifts will be
run off at fifty feet in depth, but this will
not stop the shaft in its downward course.
The boys have bonanza in their prop
erty and know how to work it.
The Ii. A. X shows big body Of very
rich silver chloride. The ledge has been
cut into in twenty places along the hill
side and dumps leveled of. The ore ex-
tracted from these cuts is rich in the ex-
,reme and is being piled up and sacked
for shipment TO the sampler 10 Kingman.
An expert has just made an examination
Of it for San francisco capitalists.
The Garfield is one OF the bonanzas Of
the camp. A shaft Is now down dis
tznce Of eighteen feet and the ore seems
TO increase in richness with depth. The
ore 10 solid chloride Of silver in places
carrying considerable gold. The streak
Of rich ore is fully ten inches wide, while
the ledge is over three feet between walls.
Work on the Occident is showing it to
be the best mine in camp. The ore is
filled with horn silver. great slabs OF
which are being taken out daily. Pieces
weighing fully five hundred pounds, and
running 2OO1 ounces in silver are being
taken from the shaft.
Other mines are coming TO the front
o. producers and in few weeks will be
sending thousands Of dollars worth Of
rich ore to the sampler. The claims
owned by Schaefer 4 Co., sre not being
sunk on very rapidly, but the ledges are
being opened no in innumerable places
and in each and every one Of the open.
ings the same universal rich ore has been
encountered.
The Emma mine, owned by Judge
Schaefer individually, has been sold to =
party Of Reno, Nevada, capitalists. The
property has been stocked for u good
figure and all the shares taken. Active
work on the mine will be commenced in
. few weeks. The mine lies At the
mouth Of the wash, crossing Q small
butte in the valley. The ore runs we'll
in gold as we'll as silver
Seve ii Of the best properties will be
the subject Of litigation, It is supposed,
at the next term Of cout, owing to tech
nicalties in the notices Of location.
The Horn Silver is another Of the
White Hills bonanzas that is making
record as producer Of rich ore. About
. car load Of ore has already been ship
ped to the smelter as sample.
J. r. Finnegan and II. B. Hanna's
Dolly Warden surface ground covers
nearly the whole OF the townsite, but
they are leasing the ground out to actual
settlers at very low rate. +. w. Spears
is their agent in White Hills.
J. ". Michael is finding more than he
can do in the carpenteriny line, as is also
all the parpenters in camp.
1t is rumored that one Of the necessary
adjuucts of lively mining camp is to
make its appearance here in abou.