Mohave County miner., 1892-08-20
WHITE HILLS,
Rich Float Rock Found.
Work on the Mines Pro
crossing.

the camp was picked up on the east side
Of tae bill from town by rrospectors day
or 40 ago. Four men are now running
trenches TO bed rock on tho side Of the
hill and will undoubtedly uncover the
ledge in few days. The float rock is
almost solid horn silver and will run
thouands Of dollars per ton.
Col. Gofer hSs three men at work on
we'll about mil, froT town, while Car
ter & Miller are sInSiag we'll about one
and half miles from :amr.
Courtney 4 Kuencer have two men AT
work sinking a shaft near the Emma
mine. We understand they have fine
streak Of mineral in sight.
There are several men at work on the
Chief Of the Hills mine sinking shaft.
II is thought water will be struck in this
ledge at short depth.
On the fraction west OF the q. A. r.
there are four men at work on . fine
streak o. mineral.
James Michael, Geo. Little and John
Srhemmelpfnnig have three men al
work on the Jim Blaine with nice
showing OF rich horn silver rock
Grounds & Cross have leased their
Oversight mine to McCourt, Woods ami
Eastman, who are taking out some very
rich ore.
Ewing and West have one man at
work on the Blind Goddess mine and
will soon put on number OF men TO
sink the shalt down fifty or sixty feet.
The Garfield shaft is down thirty feet
in good ore, but work Is progressing
slowly on account of bad air. In fact all
the mines are troubled more or less with
foul air. Blowers or wind siils will have
to be put up on all the shafts very short.
ly until cooler weather makes its appear
ance.
On the Horn Silver mine there are
several men at work. The ledge has
mountain aud shows The same rich grade
Of pre-. The tunnel is being run on the
ledge from the wash an shows up a
large streak OF ore. The shalt has
reached a depth Of thirty ieet and shows
about two ieet OF rich free milling ore
There is not in Arizona ledge showing
90 large ard continuous a body or ore as
does this lode. There IRE located on the
vein the Orient, Horn Silver, Occident,
Oversight aud Desert Prospect, all show.
ing rich mineral.
The Prince Albert mine is stil showing
up rich ore in the drift. The ore now
oeing taken out will probably run six
hundred ounces per ton.
j. X. Willard is working three men on
the Abe Lincoln mine and has q fine
streak OF very rich ore in right.
There are now fourteen men at work
on the q. A. K. mine taking out and
sorting up the richest orc in camp. The
shaft is now down over thirty feet and
the ore is just as rich in the bottom as on
the surface. A number OF men are
working on the ledge on the surface and
taking out ore running over six hundred
ounces silver and several ounces gold
per ton.
There are six men at work on the well
which is being sunk east Of town BY
Page & Co., Of Los Angeles. Cal. The
well 10 now down thirty feet and is being
sunk at the rate Of nearly three fest
daily. Water. it is expected. will be
found at depth Of less than one hun
dred feet.
Another we'll 10 being sunk in ;lie wash
about hall mile east OF the Page wei
by four men, and depth oil about twenty
feet has been reached.
Four men are sinking a shaft on the
Norma at the mouth Of the tunnel and
are down thirty feet or more. The ore j,
a rich chloride, running over Thousand
ounces per ton.
Tobe Wilkinson and John McCour
have located small slice Of the Norma
ledge on the west and have good crop
ping Of ore.
New discoveries are being made eve-,
day by prospectors In the foothills and i
will not be surprising shonld We have Il
record some big strikes Of gold ore in til,
next few weeks.
Another large saloon building has beer
erected At the camp and is now in fol
blast. Others will follow as it is expect
ed that there will be large force Of me,
put on the mines ~ soon as tho mana