Arizona republican., 1898-10-09
MOHAVE COUNTY MINES.
Their Merits Discussed by an Ariz-
 onian Now in Washington.

The Washington Post Of October 1
 prints the following interview with
 James G. Kirkpatrick Of Moheve coun- ty, this territory, who was at the Hotel Raleigh, Washington, last week:
 The people Of Mchave county, said MT. Kirkpatrick, depend almost en- tirely upcn the products Of the mines. For years the mines were worked al most exclusively by the .chloriders, and the product has been enormously large. Forty million dollars will not cover the value Of gold and silver talk en from the mines since their first dis covery. Since the discovery of the mines in White Hills, in 1892, many mining companies have invested ill mines and have expended thousands O dollars in development Notably is this the case at White Hills. where an English company, after paying s1, 750,- 600 for the White Hills group Of mines, has expended over s500,0 in develop
 ing water and blocking Out ore bodies in the mines. 4 forty-stamp combina- tion mill has been built, through which all the ores of the district will be run. At Chloride Scotch syndicate has just completed 10e-ton concentrating g plant to put the o-=s Of the Elkhart mine in a more marketable condition.
 New hoisting plants have been put ol the lead groups at Chloride, and seven hoists are in operation a. White Hills. At Cerbat, Lane, and Howard the mii- lionaire miners Of California have bonded a gold property and have a ] shaft on it 200 feet deep. The ore body i is immense and averages over five
 ounces of gold to the ton. On Union Basin the same parties have bonded 2
 claim which shows a. ere body Of for iJy-fye feet in width. The parties pro pose to erect 6 large reduction plant
 cn the rim oE the Sacramento valley,
 where the ore from both mines will be milled
 | "On the Colorado river. north of
 White Hills, French exploration com
 pany is putting in an immenSe hy- draulic plant for the purpose Of work
 ing the rich aurifercus gravel banks along the river. South Of Kingman, at | Cedar, an eastern company has fif-
 teen-stamp mill running on paying ore. A few mileS south of Kfngman dis 1 tTict rich in gold is being opened up,
 and several small mills will soon be
 erected for the reduction Of the ores. The dry placer mines of the Cheme-
 huegiS mountains continue to add thou-
 sands Of dollars annually to the wealth of the world. In Todd Basin, sixteen
 miles north Of kingman, the Gro Plata
 mine, wish a big hoist and twenty chlO-
 riders, is turning cut about S1e,G00 in gold Der month South Of Chloride the Conner Minnesota mines are producing
 heavily.
 i Three mountain ranges traverse the county from north to south, and their
 rocky ribs are scanned with lodges of
 geld, silver, copper and lead Near Mineral Park are many ledges of tur-
 quoise which show evidence Of having
 been systematically worked by a pre- historic race Stone hammers and
 rude tools have been found in ali the openings in the mines. For the year
 ending lure 30, 1897, the one shipment through the Kingman samDling works and to the smeltcrS, and bullion by ex-
 press, is valued at s1,250, 900. Ship
 ments cf lead aggregate over 200 tons.
 The climate Of nohave county is in 1 deed delightful h the mountains it is cool and exhilarating during the sum-
 nHsr El5nths, while in the valleys il
 never becomes oppressiyely hot For
 an alI-year-rould climate it surpasses anything in the world, and some day ; in the not distant future it will be a
 resort of invalids from all parts of the cOuntrv'