Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-06-19
KiNGMAN MINES.
Rich Midnight Mine "Pat. D~fiscoll" and
HIS Diana Mine.
ARIZONA AND UTAH RAILROAD.

Special Correspondence.
kingman. Arizona. June l5.-The Mid
night mine, near Chloride, boasts OF the
largest ore body ever found In this
county. More than forty feet OF ore has
been uncovered. ten feet Of this being
solid, while the remainder IL a concen-
trating proposition. The shaft or the
property il now 100 feet deep, and IL 60
ing down a. fast AZ three shifts can push
1t. II was at first thought that II was
entirely u low grade proposition, but
recent assays have shown ore running
IL ounces in gold and 1873 ounces In
silver TO the ton. This was one OF the
neglected opportunities OF this county, the
claim having been located and relocated
time and again. II was crossed by the
Trail which connected Chloride and Min
cral Park, n Of the most frequented
roads In the county. Three years ago II
WA located by four men. one OF whom
ws Kean st Charles. of kinpmsn. ed
| or OF Our Mineral Wealth. After in
yostigsting 1t. Mr.. st. Charles formed al
idea Of the value Of ths property and
quietly went TO work TO buy out his part
ners, which he did for a song, but this
was not accomplished until u few
months ago. After getting title he pro-
cseded to sink on the claim, and this re-
suited in developing it, hidden resources,
much TO the establishment OF the hun
drsds who had walked over it again and
again and could have secured the prize
by a few scratches Of a pen. And this Is
an oit-repsated story in Mohave county.
The dry placer excitement OF Lower
California brings TO mind q like excite.
meDt which existed in this county
about the year 1877. Rich diggings were
found six miles from Chemehueyis noun
tlins, and the rush was something i'm.
mense. Well up In the mountains. a
hundred small gulches, feeders to the
main Chemehuevls valley, we're found to
contain gold in paying quantities, and
although the Chemehuevis camp was one
VI Allb lbbNh iNOintCh rPbtN III ~ 'nlttu
States, thousands OF men flocksd TO the
scene of the strike. For two or three
months everybody made money, and az
an evidence Of the number at work there
remains a mile square gophered Ovsr
like q potatoe patch. Nearly all the hrst
corners made money but In three months
the cream WAS gone, the boom bursted
and the population passed on to more
favorable fields. esying only the Mexican
cleaners who have hunted pockets and
worked over the old dumps for the inter
vsning twenty years, and are at 1t yet
The largest individual had was made by
two prospectors who cleaned up $4,000
in thirty days, but the anne OF those
who made smaller sums are numerous
A few months ago eight gentlemen from
Kingman located the entire district and
have taken steps TO operate the virgin
ground, which was too deep to bedrock
for the first miners TO work by theiI
crude methods. by hydraulic means.
A wonderful story, which first sp
peared in the New York sun, has been
going the rounds OF the Papers OF the
country, telling Of the great wealth OF
one Pat Driscoll Of this county. The
story il we'll told and represents LriscolI
~ having for years derived a large in
come from the Diana mine at Chloride
"Pat D~riscoll" Ia y myth. There is q
Diana nine at Mineral Park. but II any,
one has ever made a fortune from IL II II
more than the oldest "inhabitant knows
There have been many fortunes made II
Mineral Park, but TO far non have beer
made by a party named Pat Driscoll,
The Arizona II Utah railroad Is nov
completed for a distance OF twelve mile,
and expects TO be in Chloride by the 10th
OF July. After completing the survey Of
the line TO Chloride the surveying corp
was laid of, which means that this poin'
will be the terminus for ONE time I,
come, although II Ia contemplated by tn,
projectors TO continue the line and MAKE
a connection with the road which IL nov
NJ State Line. Nevada, a point south o
Ploch,.
Notice,
A mass meeting OF the citizsns OF tn,
city IL hereby called 10 meet at tho cit