The Arizona sentinel., 1897-04-24
What Other People Say About Our
 Mines.

H. 2. Osborn in q recent com munication in the Los Angeles Er- press has the following to say re garding a few of our mines:
 THE PIcACHo MINES.
 About thirty miles north of Yuma and five miles from the Colorado river on the California side, IS 8 group Of mines known as the Picacho mines of which Colonel D. K. Allen is mana ger. These mines are very wide lodges of what has been considered low grade ore. The ore is free milling, however, and on account of its convenience to water, and its capacity for economical working, the property has been regard cd as valuable. Within few days. however, prenomenally rich gold ore has been struck in two different lodges of the Picacho group. l have seen specimens from these trikes which looked to be about half pure gold, and assays have been made going over $5OOO per ton. What quantity ofthis rich ore has been found I have not learned, but I am told that it is enough to put the value of the mines out of all question-if there has been any question.
 THE PoTHOLEs MINE.
 Fourteen miles up the river, on the California side, Mir R. J. Duncan, who has just bought into the King of Ari- zona, has 8 mine call, d the Potholes He has & shaft down 200 feet, in large vein of low-grade ore. At 200 feet he has got into ore of much higher, grade. MT. Duncan has bought five stamp mill in Los Angeles, and his mine being less than & mile from the river, he can work his ore, which is free-milling, very economically. His prospects for developing valuable property are extremely good.
 THE GOLDEN CROSS HINEs.
 On the California side, about twenty miles from Yuma. and SIX miles north of Ogilby station, on the Southern Pacific, are the Golden Cross mines. These are immense deposits of low grade gold ore. There are two mills on the property, of 40 and 100 stamps respectively. Water IS pumped twenty miles from the river. Under an management the com psny got into financial difficulty 8 year or two ago. w. w. Stewart of San Diego was made receiver, and un- der his skillful management, with a change in the manner of handling the ore, 100 stamps are being run with marked success, and Mir. Stewart will | soon have the property Ion velvet" The ore bodies, while of low grade, | are said to be something enormous in | size and even-running in quality. Over 300 tons pass through the batteries every twenty-four hours, and the ore s said to yield about $6 per ton.
 LA FORTUNA MINE.
 This mine was discovered about & year ago, and is principally owned by MT. Charles D. Lane. It is situated about 30 miles southeast of Yuma. It las proved perfect little bonanza md not SO little, either. It has 20 Itamp mill at the mine, and water is pumped from the Gila river, twelve niles. It has been developed to a, Iepth of 300 feet. The first four months of it's operation the average yield of the mine was $55,000 per month, but I ana told that the grade ,f ore has since increased, and that he past six months it has yielded rom $75,000 to $90, QUO per month. It's irst year of operation will crowd $600,- 'OO or $l, 900. 900 ia gross product, and lalf million in profit. Unfortunate 7 there have been no other mines discovered in the neighborhood of La Fortuna, which is said to be in very unlikely" situation, like the King f Arizona. These are some of the recent develop nents about Yuma that are deserved y attracting attention. There is .reat mineral region on both the Cali ornia and Arizona sides of the river, nd the future possibilities of the sec ion are very great. The scarcity of Vster and the rugged character of the and desert make it expen- i've and difficult to prospect in. But lature seems to have chosen the most dangerous and inaccessible places in which to hide her treasures.
 
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