Mohave County miner., 1897-02-27
ShirttQ1I Mountain Mines.

of Meyers we'll, on the old Hardyville road.
 In the camp we found J. c. Dexter, Steve Bedell, Charles Beatty and several other gentlemen. Many of the other residents ot the camp were in Needles after supplies.
 Dexter and McWiliams are sinking a shaft on seven-foot ledge of ore, Just north of camp, which they have named the Chippewa. The ore is in spar, as is all the ore in camp. An average of the ledge from wall to wall gave a return ot 10$ in gold. They are down about twenty feet and purpose sinking thirty feet far ther. The ledge IS good one and shows for long distance on the surface.
 The Toughnut, owned by w. W. Topp and Ben Holmes, of Needles, is close to the backbone of the mountain and shows up rich body of ore in shaft thirty feet deep. Something over a ton of the ore is sacked up on the dump of the mine that shows free gold in plenty to the naked eye. MT. Topp has been work, ' ing on the clam the past month and will resume operations as soon as he re- turns from Needles.
 The Sunnyside is on the north side of the mountain and shows a nice body of pyritic ore. In the bottom of the shaft a fault occurs and the owners have sus- pended work. It is owned by Robie and Topp.
 The Sheeptrail, the first location Tn camp, is we'll situated for economical working and is well defined vein of spar. A large metamorphic porphyry dike crosses the ledge at the discovery shaft. From shaft about fifteen feet in depth several thousand dollars have been taken. The assorted ore gave a return at the smelter of fifteen ounces gold and one hundred ounces silver to the ton sixty feet below the surface. In running the tunnel a ledge over twenty feet in width was cut that a verages over three dollars gold per ton. The Sheeptrail ledge proper is over four feet wide and it is said averages two ounces gold to the ton. The ledge runs along the backbone of the mountain in westerly direction and shows massive outcrop the full length of the claim. Along this noun tain top are many other prospects that look well, but few of them have enough york done on them to give an idea as to their value or worth.
 Holmes and others have located small ledge upon which they are now chloriding Ore from this vein gave result of forty y.three ounces in gold t. the ton. Nearly two tons of the same class of ore is now on the dump eady for shipment. The claim has been named the Minnie. J. w. Tuck and others have a claim adjoining this claim on the north that shows some good ore.
 Uo. Lusk, of Needles, has a good looking ledge on the west end that he calls the Old Grey Rock, upon which he has done quite a little work. We can imagine the Col handling a pick and snoyel and polishing a drill head. But all the same, we would like to see him make great big wad of money out of his property.
 The district is peculiar one. The lodges are spar and lime sulphate. The ore coats over with lime as soon as it has been exposed to the weather. giving il the appearance of having been white washed. In the gypsum gold is found the same as in the spar The Shirttail mountain is practically big spar dyke abounding in stratiicatious carrying gold The whole mass carries gold, but the value is small. The camp certainly has future and will bear investigation by mining men. It's close proximity to the Colorado river -four and one-half miles) is great thing for the camp, as reduc- ton works can be placed on the river | bank, or water can De pumped into camp at a small cost There is plenty of ! water for camp purposes and the weeds and grass have carpeted the whole coun- try side.
 The country Is new and prospectors should go in there now, as there is sure to be rush from the outside within few months.
 The road over Union Pass is in la