Graham guardian., 1899-06-30
THE CLARK DISTRICT, ARIZONA
1t has Big Veins and Great Possibilities


4 tIict which is little known IN Ari
zona. If it were better known by
Investors there would be mum
Der of producing mines wber'
a there are but prospects to-day. II
d is called the Clark district, anc
. wagon roads over valleys anc
mesas lead to it from Wilcox or
the south and Ft. Thomas and Sol
omonviIle on the north. The dis
tanco from Wilcox on the South
ern Pacific railroad, is 48 miles
and from Ft. Thomas 2S miles.
The first location was made in
the Clark district twelve years ago
by Jim Abbott when he discovered
the Gold Cord mine. Dory Nor
ris, who grubstaked Abbott, after
ward secured full possession of
this claim and began active de-
velopment work. The mine pro.
duced rich ore from the surface
and Mr.. Morris shipping receipts
show that the average value of the
ore is $40 a ton. He placed a
Cannon ball" mill on the Aravaipa
river seven miles from the mine
and hauled the ore there for mill
ing. This departure proved fail
ure, and the most of the values
from the Gold Cord rock was not
caught on the plates but went
down the stream in the tailings.
SO it proved that Mr.. Morris
loss was greater than he could re
pair, for he had expended his
money in the development of his
mine with the assurance that the
ore held for immediate reimburse
ment, and he had not funds with |
which to continue work. The
mine has since been idle and Mr..
Morris has returned to blacksmith.
Ing, content to wait until some
one comes along with money to
reopen his Gold Cord miLe and
make the Yuba Dam a camp of
prominence in the southwest.
In the Morris group there are
eleven claims. The most of these
claims are high up ON the noun.
tain side close to the timber line.
The Rubicon claim is the highest
OF all, being at an altitude of over
1000 feet, surrounded by oaks and
jumpers and pines. Here is one
of the largest quartz veins TO be
found in Arizona in an undevelop-
cd state. 1t is opened up ins a
gulch by tunnel whlch runs on
the vein over fifty feet and shows
six feet of solid ore of an average
value of $40. From the gulch the
veins outcroppings take you to an
apex OF the mountain, and here is
found the greatest width of the
vein. The expansion which began
at the gulch ends at the top of the
mountain in width of 100 feet,
the vein forming a wedge in the
mountain. At the apex second
vein appears, running toward the
southwest, the large vein having a
course of almost due east and west.
This great vein shows again on an
adjoining peak, bat no work has
been done except that of the tun.
mel development. A mill site has
been located where water is pro-
vlded for mill, and the peaks
above provide pine timber with
oaks, jumpers and cedars, forming
the verdure of the peak which con.
taips the Rubicon.
The Rubicon and the greatest
of Mr.. Morris claims are
located in the granite contact
which lies to the south of the
Clark dlstrect, with porphyry on
the north. Down the mountain
side, one mile, is the President
claim, which has a good vein.
There is shaft sunk sixty feet
and uniform width of four feet is
taken by the vein at this depth.
Ore has been shipped to Ell Paso
from this claim which brought
small returns, but the ore of the
district is too low grade for ship
ping.
AS the Rubicon claim on the
top of the mountain is left the
veins appear to grow smaller, and
down on the mesa there appears
10 be the pinching out of the zone.
From the President you go still
downward to the Lucretla, where
their is defined vein, and follow.
ing along the mountain side you
are taken up to an altitude of 5000
feet where is located the Little
Maudie. This is prospect well
worthy Of attention, 1t has . per-
feet vein of about three feet, run
ming down as true as masonary,
and at depth of thirty-tive feet
the walls widen and the vein
corwds out as though it were en-
tering a great chute. The ore of
the Little Maudie runs about so
TO the ton, and why this mine has
not long ago become producer is
because the Clark district has never
been called to the attention of in
vestors.
The Little MaudIe is over close
to where the granite runs into the
porphyry, and the vein is in a son.
tact Of these formations. Down
on the mesa are the Yuba Dam and