Mohave County miner., 1900-07-28


copper ore from the Green Monster
now if we had railroad trans portation.
As it is we shall go right ahead with
our development hoping to compel the
extension of the road from Marvel at
no distant day. never saw property
look better with the same amount of
work. We first sunk one shaft lbs
feet through good copper ore all the
way. We then ran drift to the east
on the vein lib feet all the way through
the same kind of ore. The average
width of the solid ere in this drift is
five feet, but in the face it Is now sew
en- feet wide. The ore is carbonate and
oxide of copper, carrying something
less than % ounces in silver. The
copper will average Is per cent and
/ can be mined very easily. For two
weeks in running the drift we did not
have to drill hole or put in shot,
but knocked the ore down with picks
1t is strange fact that the surface ore
of the Green Monster is lead carbon
ale running from 40 to so per cent lead
and carrying from to GO per cent cop
per. This same thing occurs at Bis
bee, Arizona. expect to see very
large body of copper ore opened in
the Green Monster. 1t is in contact
between two kinds of lime formation,
one black, the other white. We shall
continue our drift on the vein to the
east and will 90 back to the shaft and
continue it down 100 feet more. 1t
will not be long, | think, till the Green
Monster will be large copper pro.
ucer.n-Herald
George Hodge came in Monday from
his mining properties in Riverside
county, situated near the river and
about eighty miles from Yuma. A new
mining district has been organized
there which is known as the Hodges
mining district. Mr., Hodges holding,
comprise a group of about thirteer
claims of gold bearing quartz and tn,
average assay is about Cos per ton
The lowest average of any one of thu
claims is not lower than los. Th'
: group comprises .he following claims
4 La Marrita, FL Recuerdo, The Ole
t Cow, The Golden Star, The Gold Mug
get, The Gold Chain, The Gold Locket
/ The Wild Goat, The American Flag
3 The Military, The King of Californii
! and the Gold Bullion. George is tn,
:. principal owner but associated will
{ him are Santiago Lopez, p. b. Hodges
t Frank and Albert Hodges and l.. }. /
Jaeger. A 2-stamp mill was taken "a
: the river short time ago which will b
5 in operation by the middle of Septem
D Der. The group will, without doubt
a prove one of the greatest mining prop
a critics of the southwest. Considerabl
development work has been done AM
the owners now have enough ore Il
f sight to pay for ten-stamp mill an
: clear 40,o01s. Enough ore at l0s to-
!, aud up is already in sight to run fft
: stamps. The Marrita claim assayet
n l.25S on the surface, at thirteen fee
y 29.14S aud at twenty-five feet 50'
A which proves that the mines go dow
4 An abundance of wood and water ar
4 contiguous to the property, everythin
a being favorable for the successful
n operation of the mines. The first dis
q covery was made about three month
a ago by George and Santiago Lope
h and since that time the various othe
!. claims have been located. The owner
y already see visions of palaces and at
tomobiles. life of wealth and eas'
We hope their golden dreams will b
a fully realized. George will spend
. week or two at Santa Catalina befor
n returning to the mines.-Sentinel.
U The mighty modern gold dredge ha
come to as and it has demonstrate
u the fact that the gold, though embed
d ded far beneath the surface, in waite
q and in gravel, can be taken out and q
" handsome profit, says t. w. Brook
In the Yuma Sentinel. A very cor
Q servatiye estimate of the average valu
9 of the gravel, as made by many mil
a ing men, makes the average from .
l. cents to As per yard, though in man
l. instances as high as 6S to l2s has bee
i. obtained. With these evidences
a ,,;aw and a fixed confidence in the sue