Arizona republican., 1901-02-13
MINES OF MOHAVE
A Development of Great Wealth in
 the North.


 respondence of The Republican. )-rhe people of Mohave county read with pleasure the mining news you publish from time to time t,f some of the vari- ous mining sections of Arizona, but are disappointed in seeing so little in your columns concerning the mines of this sectil5n. AS some of you Phoenicians know, our chief industries in Mohave county are mining and stock raising | Mining has been going on in this coun- ty for many years and has been paying handsomely. but during the past year there has been renewed vigor in this ! enterprise. For a long time silver was the only mineral sought or n0ticed, and up to few years ago gold was not ta- ken into consideration by the samplers and smelters in making settlements with the chloriders and shippers for ores bought of them, although gener- ally carrying glcod values in gold, and often running up very high in gold. But in recent years attention has been turned more and more to our gold fields, until now We have what is considered the brightest outlook for gold Of any section in the west. Our latest strikss in gold are found in what is known to us as the Gold Road country, which is situated about twenty-sX miles west of kingman, in what Is called the Un- ion Pass or River range, and at this writing we will make mention of some of the properties recently discovered there.
 The writer, being interested in some of the new finds, and friendly to mining generally, took trip two weeks ago to the Gold Road country, to sizk it up. The first property reached is owned by the Gold Road Mining and Milling company This company is made up of Los Angeles and Klngman capitalists. It owns a fine group of mines chief of which are the Gold Road and Billy Bryan claims. which have been devel- Opad to an extent which assures the owners that they are mines of great value. They siruw large bodies of ore, which assay from S2S to a ounces In free milling gold. The company will at once put machinery on the property and push the work. Four miles beyond Gold Roads We arrived at the thriying camp, Ollie Oatman Here we found a village of tents headquarters of about twenty-five thrifty prospectors and the fortunate owners of a number of the late discoveries. Our old friend, Eli | Hilty, is the father of the camp and is , interested in a splendid group of Cold claims. He invited me to inspect his property which l accepted with pleas- ure. His group consists of the Tom Reid, the Ollie Oatman and the Ben HgrrigDn all lnpntpl np nne l.loa
 which crops out prominently the entire 4,500 feet. Considerable development work has been done on the Tom Reid which shows a body of free milling ore twenty-eight feet wid5, that assays on an average S12 in gold. There cannot be fJund in either of these claims q piece of ore tha; will not horn nicely in free gold. J. B. Anderson, Walter Haw- kins and a MT. TJoker are partners with Mir. Hlty in this splendid prop erty. The formation is porphyry and quartzlte. MT. Hihy has made other discoveries nearby which run. very high in free gold. There is ample wa ter in this district fJr domestic purpos- es. Within a mile radius of the Ollie Oatman group I found the following claims. which have recently been locat- ed: The Gold Dust and the Thompson, | owned by w. J. West and F. r. Tnomp- son. of Kingman. These claims show 9 solid ledge If ore four feet wide that give an average gold assay of $20. MT.
 West and help are pushing develop | ments. The next property I reached was that of Rhodes and Lohery, con- sisting of two claims, showing a con- tinuous ledge eight feet wide and giv- ing an average assay of $13 in free gold. | Near by is the location of Stone and Iti- ley. This Is the largest ledge I found, being a strata of ore sixty feet wide, then a strata broken and mixed with ! quartz and ,po:phyry, Chen another ore body siSty-fve feet wide. The ore on this claim horns nicely in free gold, but the boys have not as yet had as- I says made of 1t, but from surface in- dicatlons this is very promising prop erty. The next visited was Lhe proper i ty of James, Cohenour and Gaddis. | found MT. James busy driving ahead | his loeai,i5n work. The group consists of several claims and the one Mr. | James was at work on is a large ledge ] He was sinking on rich streak about ten inches wide which gives an average assay of ten ounces in free gold. Since my visit to this property ore has been sent into Kingman that assays fifty ounces in gold and twenty two ounces in silver. This makes a fair showing. The other portion of this ledge shows good milling values. Near by this 1 pn.perIy is the Treadwell group owned | by Smith, Roster, Ewing and Hemrod. This group is pretty wsll developed and a considerable amount of high grade gold ore has .been shipped from it.. | There are seven claims and the lodges are large, values ranging from a half | There are large number of ether To i: | cations in the Ollie Oatman vicinity, | but limited time prevented me from in | specting them. The mineral belt en- bracing this section is about five miles | by fifteen miles in extent and is des- | tined to become wonderful gold pro- ducing section. The facilities for treat | ing the ores are good. These mines are situated about ten miles from the C5l- orado river, which is d navigable stream. The ores will probably be | teamed to the river for reduc- | tion. Adjacent to this section are S6,000 acres of heavy mesquite timber, which can be laid at the mines by the Mohave Indians at $2.50 per cord, and this mesquite wood Is equally as good I hta.I, Lnt ,l,