Arizona republican., 1902-09-24

II. Wells. Mir. Wells made a shipment of ore from his Rose claim a few months ago, carrying gold and copper values.
 Eighteen miles northwest lie the Val enzuella group of copper claims. oper- ated by a Denver company, with Col. Richard Darling as president and resi- dent manager. A gasoline hoist and blower have been installed; work IS progressing satisfactorily on a deep shaft. These claims were located some years ago by l.. F. Bradshaw, who sold his interest. Water for use at this camp IS hauled from Quartzsite. Con- siderable money was spent about two years ago trying to find water by a company that tried to do something with the property.
 Middle Camp, eight miles west of QuartZsite in the River range, is the scene of considerable mining activity Near the Mariquita, a patented mine, lies a bunch of claims bonded last spring to an eastern party. It is a working bond and men are doing de- velopment work under it's terms.
 J. w. Stone has a good gold proposi- tion in his Last Chance prospect, near the above properties. He has a four foot vein traceable 5000 feet in a gran ite and porphyry formation.
 John Gay is a prospector getting along in years now, but has held down for two years group of three claims in Middle Camp proper. He has sunk an incline shaft on a ledge that car lies good gold values the full width of the shaft and from surface to bottom. Samples from ledge matter taken at random will horn. MT. Gays pet is his Desert Bird claim, a copper prospect carrying considerable gold. Some time ago he sent to town a 100-pound chunk of copper ore and was laughed at by the knowing ones," who changed their tune when they saw the gold values horned from it.
 l.. F. Bradshaw has a 75-foot shaft with nearly fifty feet of drifting open ing up a splendid showing on his Lena D claim. The vein averages three feet in width. showing good gold values all the way from the surface, with occa- sionally very rich punches.
 Apodaca 6 King have done more work in this part of the camp on their claims than any other individual or company, With practically no dead work at all. Their Iron Queen group
 
 13O feet deep; values average s1O in gold. top to bottom and full width of shaft. A station has been cut at 11O feet. Drifts run twenty-five feet on the : ledge northeast and thirty feet south west, The same parties own the Gold en Eagle claim, witt. q foot shaft, carrying $37 per ton from surface down. l Mir Apodaca owns individually the ! ts-fth ha averages $26 per ton. He has about { forty tons of this grade Of -ock on the dump.
 ! South of Middle Camp. about nine miles from Quartzsite. arc a number of good prospects that, with the help of | capital will develop into good proper 1 ties. Grossman Ss Turner have several ! daims. Considerable work has been ] done on them and one shipment has ] been made, the returns covering cost i of freight and smelter charges, besidse netting the owners something. ! J. A Agard has returned to his : claims in the Harcuvars after doing 1 his annual work on the Expansion mine | and a couple of small assessments. ] The Copper Bottom group, Butler 6 Moon owners, is in the market. The l owners are doing no work at present, notwithstanding the fact that very rich shipping ore can be got out, averaging i over $1O0 per ton.
 ! Work is steaily progressing on the ] Iotta 4. Group of prospects. Nearly 900 feet of work has been done during the last year, The owners are now get ting ore sorted and sacked for a sample shipment Work has been started on an 1S-F0Ot Iedca from which good shin ping ore has been taken right from the surface. It is the intention of the own CTS to not stop short of fifty feet.