Arizona republican., 1897-11-04
MINING IN YUMA COUNTY.
A Bright Outlook in the Southwestern
 Section of the Territory

Yuma, Nov. 2-(Special COT. .es- pondecce of The Repubiican.)-Yu Yuma is the supply depot for the Mesquite district which is located seven miles south of the thirty-five mile point west of Yuma on the S. F. The Bay Horse gold mine is operated by Los Angeles parties, L. A. Morlan being superintendent. Twenty men are working. Of the forty-five tons talk en out assays show $500 to the ton A dry roller mill is working at the mine
 Nearly eight miles southeast of Yu- ma, and fifteen miles south of Blais- dell station is the La For tuna Gold Mining and Mill ing company, which has been operating two years. The com pany has cleaned up from $35 to $96 per ton. A twenty stamp mill is run. One hundred and fifty men are en- ployed. c. D. Lane is owner of the Treadwell in Alaska, Fred J.. Martin is superintendent and John Doan storekeeper. The postoffice is Fortuna. A number of shafts are down, one $50 feet. The BurIey drill is in use at this mine. But few men are employed at present Big profits are made monthly by the owners. The output is a very complete one. Large ledges are apparent, good body hay ing been opened recently. Drifts will be made at once.
 Above all others is the King of Ari- zona gold mine the wonder of 1S97 The camp is attracting attention equal to that of Pearce in Cochise county. Location was made March 1, by c. B. Eichelberger and H. B. Glea- son and is generally known as the Gleason Both these operators ars Yuma men. Gleason sold to MT. Epes Randolph and R. J. Duncan, the latter agent of the Yuma office of the S. P. It is understood that Gleason receiv- ed $100,00O for his interest He and Eichelbergar had previously sold a one-third interest to Duncan and Eugene s. Ives for $10,0O0 and certain stipulations were added. Several hundred feet in development work has baen done. At one hundred feet a great deposit was found The King is thirty-five miles northeast of Tac- ma station which is thirty-five miles east of Yuma, which town lays claim to the King as a depot of consump-
 
 stamp mill is located at Mohawk, thirty-five miles in a southerly direc- tion from the King, on the Gila. Eff ty men are working on the King The mill turns out $1 900 a day on second grade, all free milling. Eff teen feet daily is being worked for water and depth of about 300 feet has been reached The body of ore is immense. Of the four claims only the Homestake is being developed. It is difficult to estimate the extent of the vast body of ore The lack of water is felt and once this is reached treatment of ore will be easily ac- complished.
 Six miles north of Ogi,by, seven teen miles west of Yuma is the Gold Rock. One of the biggest mills in the southwest is to be operated. Two hundred and fifty men are iemployed. A syndicate with one million dollars at their command are in this field, Isaac Trombo being a leading spirit.
 George H. Miles, one of Yuma's town council, owns the "96,'' one and on'e-half miles southeast of Yuma. The showing is free milling gold, red quartz. Miles has held the proposi- tion four years. He has done s1.SOO worth of work. One shaft is 15O feet, another fifty and a third fifty six feet, besides a drift of fifty fee. Assays run from $10 to $1OO. Water can be secured one mile distant on the Gila MT. Miles regards the "96'' as fine proposition.
 Probably 800 men, many of whom are Mexicans and Indians, have been placer mining north of and near Yuma, but no figures have been made as to the monthly pick up. These op- orators sell the gold in large and small quantities in Yuma