The Arizona sentinel., 1902-07-30
YUMA COUNTY.

and King of Arizona-Great
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 developed-Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly in the
 TIain Gold Belt that Begins in
 Alaska and Ends in
 Mexico.
 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- garding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and description of two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold d-bearing property, known for time as the Gleason, 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 acapltallzatlon of 5,OOOOOO shares of @ par value of Sl each. This company owns four full claims-the HomeStake, 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, on the Colorado River IL is north of the Giia River and about 10 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 HomeStakc location covers the chief workings up to this date. There is on this claim a strong vein of gold bearing quartz. This lode or vein has three well-marked divisions or layers On the hanging wall there IS a soft layer from to 31s inches wide, which averages about g. 800 per ton in value. Next below this there is d middle layer or body of quartz about 20 inches thick, which will average about S90 to Si00 per ton in value The remainder of the vein, so far as it is exposed by the shaft, aver ages about SPA 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 eaSterly and 30 feet westerly. These show continuity of vein. having the same characters and values develop cd by the shaft The hill rises rapidly both east and west of the shaft so that the height of backs the lode above the drifts is greater than at 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 it IS feet wide at that point. The ore in the croSscut is Of about the same grade as that in the shaft. The crOppingS of the Vcin may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home stake shaft to a second opening known as ''The 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 HomeStake shaft a tunnel has been made which croSScutS the vein l60 feet below the sur face. 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 S3 per ton thence through feet of orc carrying S3S per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging wall to foot wall along this tunnel is 40 feet A drift A..l sl,s,F. stake shaft at distance of 300 feet. and the average value of the ore exposed is $14 per ton.