Mohave County miner., 1898-06-18

erected to work them. Mineral Park, Cerbat, Stockton Hill and Chloride were the only towns in the coulty north of where R!ngman now staads. In and aronnd Stockton Hill there are probably more veias of ore than caa be foun1 ia any otaer locality on this conti- nent, and they all carry ore of more or less value. The Cupel has probably produced the greatest amou 1t of ore. ike hundreds of oth- CT mi nes in the county 1t has b.el practically y abandoned by the owne $ owtng to the low l price of silver. This miue ha, produced fully 1 o0,0)os above depth of $50 feet. Good ore Is | kaowa to be Ia the bottom of the main shsft, but large volum of wat r that must be han i dled makes 1t expensive to work at this time
 The 63 has 6 shaft i)) fee; deep. The surface ores have beei worked out by means of open drifts and over 5)o.0))s have g,le into the pockets of owaers all leaserS from its ores
 The ore was always rich, ruiaiay as high as sO)O ounce. silver to the toa. The M ,onbeam' Star spangled Banner, 1nfalliole, Dictionery. Tiger, Tigress. Blue Belle, Prince George and other claims ia aad about the Hill have been great producers of rich ore from the grass roots. No claim ou,siie of the Cupel has s shaft deeper than 100 feet.
 Cerbat lies over the mountain to the west of l Stockton Hill. The character of ore Is entirely different from that of stockton Hill. gold pre- dominating. The Cerbat aii Eaceka are the big yells of the cImp al1 they are very rich. Thousands of dollars have been takea from the mines aad as ye. they are appareItly un, touched. The Vanderbilt, Flores. St, Louis, FlsgstaH, Foatenoy, Twins, New London, Champion, Columbus, Roosrt Elm net. Esmer- aida and may yeils carrying gold. silver and | lead are situated in tn IS camp. Chloriders
 have worked maly of the claims with varying success Al Todi Basin, few miles north.
 there are many ledges of pay ore. The Orc | Plata now Is the big proincer The Blackfoot
 is also one of the rich producers of the present.
 In years past the Prosperity. Todd, Little hoy
 and others produced big ore. Il the basin to
 the nortl of Todd is situated the Nighthawk
 aad other rich properties. Mineral Park basin
 was noted for years for its production Of rich | gold and silver ores. The Keystone, Lone Star.
 Metallic Accident. Qieea Bee, Rural and Buckeye. were all great producers aud ought to be producing ore today ia quantity. Many ot ler small veins In this basin have reduced
 thousands of dollars. Chloride. four miles
 from the Park, has produced gold. silver aad
 lead iu large quantities. The C1naor aud Min
 
 precious metals. These two miae, are by far the best pfopertie, ia that whole section of
 country The Altata Is auother good claim
 near the Connor. At Chloride prJper is the Empire, schenectady. schuylkill. Elkhsrt.
 Tennessee. pcldeIcs, Iliidois, Msr imac, Sur light. Tuck Ih)e, lao aId others too nu
 nero $ 10 meatioa.
 The White Hills was discovered in 1892 and since that time prod Icsd ia gold aai silver may mIllioJs of dJllarS. The claims re ali he'd by the " Aite II lls N llia. aid Mlaiug Company. The com lsIy sihee acquiring the property has expe id -d oysr half milliou
 dollars in deye oplng waler and oreIiHg up
 the mines. They have q t,l stam2 m near the G. A. R miue aIi q forty stamp null near
 the Occideat. owing to scarcity of water
 they are rI1liIy blI twsIty Of the forty stamps Across the valley from the White Hills in the Black CalyUl raage. are many rich veins of gold and silver. Owing to scar city of water work ha, not beea carried on ex' t.lsyely. New fLds have been made in that section latsly that peomt.e to revive interes' in that locality to the verge of a boom. mn , is being erected ou the Cpior4io river. west ot the miaes, wlich promise great results. h Gold aad Lost Basins, east of White Hlls art
 msay big vein, of gold bearing quartz tbsi [ some day will prove vslu ,ble properties. Music Moua aiu has may good claims upor which chIoriders have besL at work for .reart 5 and from which they have taken many thou l sand dollars.
 | The Peac ,ck m mountain mines a Blackberry , produced thousands of dollars in go d ayd sil yer and 1t Is said that is body of ore ia stil in the bottom of the miii shaft Of the Hack berry.
 Ia the s,uth part of the county the mines O l MeCrackel HUI were a. on, time considered the richest in the wor d 3,60J0))s were taker from the miaes and there Is yet a world of orr in sght. Many othe- smaller, though rich veins are found in the neighborhood of thes big der, ,sits. O1 Bnrro Creek. Aubrey. Cedar
 Maynard, Union Pa s, Chemehuevis, ricl . Ieiges of the preeIons metals exist and man, of them have produced hundreds ofthoussnd of dollars
 Eighty miles north of Kibgman the Templ Bar Consolidated Mining Co is putting fin bI ' hydraulic plant to work the rich auriferou gravel baaks of the Colorado river. Along the Colorado river, near Fort Mohave : and on the Big 5aady are thousands of acre of land suitable for agriculture and hort 5 c1lture Fruits can be raised in abundanc , wherever water for irrigation can be obtained ' Near Kingmsn two small fruit ranch ,s pro 3 duce enough fruit to supply the county and g large number of towns oa the line of the raj ' road At Truxton, tea miles east of Hact r berry, several hundred fruit trees ar
 in bearing Luscious strawberries are als { raised here.
 n | Tho clfrnat is deItphtful--not too warm | , summer and not too cold in winter. n The live stock interests of Mohave count are second to that of mining. The valleys an