The Arizona sentinel., 1901-09-04
YUMA COUNTY. Her Rich Mines--TE7e La Fortuna and King of AriZona-Great Mineral Wealth Yet UH- developed Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines. The County L:eS Directly in the ria;n Gold Bel. tilat Begins in Alaska and Ends in
 Mexico.
YUMA COUNTY.

from Governor Murphy'S $ annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and is an interesting presentation of facts re garding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and a description oi two of the richest gold mines: alsC something Of the Castle Come leaG mines:
 KING or ARIZONA
 The gold-bearing property. known for time as the Gleason. has Ut-I i..,--Si-- ree oo the tlnE
 i ArizCn; Mining aiC -.4E--I-. Cor, ,JlGy, q col pOration organizes snIsr ehe laws of the Terri tory Of Arizona, with capitalization Of 5OO9,OO shares Of par value Of Sl each. This company owns four full claims the HoEestjIke the Kink of Arizona. tEe Last Hope, and the Mucht BuenO. This district lies about thirty hvt miles due east of thd Castle Dome Land ing, OF the Colorado River. IL is north O. the Gila River and about 70 miles from MohGwl Summit on the Southern Pacific Railroad This is the nearest station on the railway There are several other locations beside; those conveyed to the King Of Arizona.
 The hOmeSt;Ine location covers the chei workings up to this date. There is on thi. claim strong vein of gold-bear;ng quartz. Thi> lode or vein has three Well-Inarked divisions or layers. On the hanging wal there is a soft lave: from to 31s inches wide, which averages about g. 800 per ton in value. Next below this therC is a middle layer CT body Of quartz about 9 ineaes thick, which will average about $50 tC slUO per ton ID value. The remainder Of the veia, So far as it is exposed by the shaft aver ages about S24 per ton. Test holes have been drilled feet deep into the foot wall and all are ln ore. The shaft by which the exposure of the nature of the vein has been made is 20. feet deep and follows the dip of the hangin. wall distance of 40 feet caSterly and 30 feel westerly. These show a continuity of vein having the same characters and values develop cd by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both caS: and west Of the shaft that the height of back on the lode above the drifts is greater than the shalt. At a point about 30 feet west of the shaft and on q level with the collar of the shaft the Veln has been croSScut from wall to wall showing 1t lS feet wide at that point. The ore m the croSScut Is of about the same grade as that in the shaft The croppings of the vein may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home stake Shaft to second opening, known as 'sI'he King of Arizona Shaft" This shaft is about 50 feet deep and by means of drill holes the vein Is shown to be II feet in width and has an aver age value of Sl0 per ton. At point 300 feet east of the HomcStake shaft a tunnel has been made which croSScutS the vein l69 feet below the sur race At this point the hanging wall vein is Is Inches wide and has an average value of $50 per tel1 The tunnel then passes through 30 feet of Veln matter running about s per ton. thence through feet of ore carrying S28 per ton to the foot Wall. The total distance rom hanging wall to loot wall along this tunnel is 4O feet. drift hlS been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at distance og 39j feet and the average value of th9 ore exposed is Sl4 per ton.