Mohave County miner., 1892-01-23
4 eospscf and D,scovs0.

About ten days since Fred Brawn, I
citizen Of this county came to Kingma'
having one saddle horse and another
packed, and informed several friends thai
he WAS going on y prospecting trip. H.
provided grub enough to last him abonl
ten days. and away he started for that
lonesome range Of mountains lying about
sixty miles south Of this place and In an
easierly direction from the Needles. The
Colorado nver cuts through the range
in CANYON. the emery Of which 10 grand
and awe inspiring.
The third night he. camped at . small
spring, the, only water then known to
prospectors In the range Of mountains.
At this spring he found . Mexican whose
partner had gone to Kingm.n for grub.
Near this spring they had found . small
vein OF silver ore, and Mr.. Brawn per.
suaded tho Mexican To accompany lin.
They started out over the rocky range on
foot. each carrying 3 small canteen Of
water.
Some twenty years since II 10 reported
that some ventnresome Mexicans found u
rInall patch OF placer mines near tn, Col
orsdo river, where from fifty to SEVENTY.
five dollars per day was out taken by dry
washing, aud on striking this place our
prospectors followed up the canyon, Mr..
Brawn taking one side and the Mexican
the other Before reaching the summit
of the range the Mexican called to Brawn
and going to him they discovered
small vein Of copper stained rock and in
the pieces free gold was to be seen. A
small spring of pure water WAS found
near the vein but no signs Of humans
or animals being found they decided that
no one had ever pentrated that portion
Of the country before. Concluding that
they had made valuable find, they put
in two or three hours ~ork in cutting
scross the vein. which Mas but two ieet
thick, sacked up about fiity pounds Of the
ore and returned 10 camp. Mr.. Brawn
was back IN kingman in less than ten
lays from the time he started. He picked
out some OF the best looking pieces and
gave them away, then the bA!ancs was
crushed and sampled. The result OF the
assay Mas one hundred and six-tenths
ounces in pure gold to the ton. The
tremendous result Of this assay WAS soon
loised around town, anu At once groups
If two, three or five men could be seen |
making up and talking over the fud, also
king aud planning for business. In u |
ew hours tune all idle donkeys, mules |
ND horses Tor saddle or pack was engay- |
ID for trip vi lew days ~ mouths
trip to the ChiIDihnsvx noun
aims. Within few days not less than
~enty or thirty men, among them sever.
u hrst-ciass prospectOrs will leave King
nan pre-. AIRED to thoroughly explore and
lsstily prospect that rough unex piored
md unprospected part Of Mohave county.
The TACT vi - man leaving his home
'lth ten days ratiOns and finding not
ess than One hundred Thousand dollars
n pure gold, or its equivalent, in SO short
time drives the old prOspector wild.
'hls kind OF find is what keeps so many
'undreds OF prospectors ia the mount .ins
md running over the desert wastes oi
Arizona, California, Nevada and other
mineral countries.
Several Of the best mines of Mohave
ounty have within the past two years
'een sold to eastern capitalists and shut
o~n, and times were never ~ dull since
ne first discovery OF mineral in the cv,in-
!, over thirty years since. as now. We
eally need boom. some very fatter.
NJ PROSPECTS have been found apont sixty
niles north Of Kingman. Several loads
{ orethat has been hauled in worked
'o'n twenty to fifty ounces in goiu per
IN, but this last fnd rather knocks the
crsimm0n. sss -s- -..r
The roar made by the owners Of nation.
bank stock against the white metal
I'LL not effect the late find. II IL gold.
ure gold. IL ID claimed by some that
ie ore being Tuleride that a loss in as-
aging has been made and the ore
rought in by Fred Brawn is really worth
'ore. bat $2,067 per ton is good enough.
o pick up tons Of ore that is worth one
ollar per pound is pretty good.
Within ten days We will learn morn
nd have the reports of experts on the
nd, and the MINER will publish the facts
I'd figures. II.