The Arizona sentinel., 1901-11-27
YUMA COUNTY. Her Rich MineS--The La Fortuna and King of Arizona-Grcat Mineral Wealth Yet Un- develoPed-Castie
 Dome Lead
 Mines. The County Lies Directly IH the rlai1 Gold Belt that Begins in Alaska and Ends in
 Mexico.
YUMA COUNTY.

The following article is extracted from Governor Murphy's annual report to the Secretary Of the Interior and Is an interesting presentation Of facts re- yarding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and description ot two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold bearing property. known for time as the GleaScn has been transferred to the King Arizona Mining and Milling Company, a cor poration organized under the laws Of the Terri tory of Arizona, with capitalization of 5,OO0,OGJ shares of par value of Sl each. This company owns four full claims the HomeSLake, the King Of Arizona, the Last Hope, and the Mucho Bueno This district lies about thirty five miles due east of thd Castle Dome Land ing oa the Colorado River. It is north of tbe CIiia River and about 40 miles from Mohawk Summit On the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is the. nearest station on the railway. There are several other locations besides those conveyed to the King Of Arizona.
 The HomeStai1e location covers the chief workings up to this date. There is on this claim strong vsin of gold-heaTing quartz This lode or vein has three well-marked divisions or layers. On the hanging wall there is a soft layer from to 3K inches wide, which averages about s2,s0O per ton in value Next below this there is middle layer or body of quartz about 20 inches thick, which will average about $50 to SIOO per ton in value. The remainder of the vein, 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 in ore. The shaft by which the exposure of the nature of the vein has been made is 200 feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall distance Of 40 feet eaSucrly and 30 feet westerly. These show a continuity of vein. having the same characters and values develop ed by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both east and west of the shaft so that the height of backs on the lode above the drifts is greater than a 1. the shaft. At point about 30 feet west of the shaft and on level with the collar of the shaft the vein has been croSScut from wall to wall showing 1t IS feet wide at that point. The ore that in the shaft. The croppingS of the vein may be followed for some 7G0 feet of the Home stake shaft to d second opening, known as "The King of Arizona Shaft This shaft is about 50 teet 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 800 feet cast Of the HomcStake shaft tunnel has been made which croSScutS the vein 160 feet below the sur lace At this point the hanging wall vein is is inches wide and has an average value of $50 per ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet of vein matter running about B per ton thence through feet of ore carrying S2S per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging waiI to foot wall along this tunnel is 70 feet \ drift has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at a distance Of 300 feet. and tho average value Of the Gre exposed is Sl4 per ton