The Arizona sentinel., 1902-05-28
Western Yuma County

!
 referred to by outsiders except when
 they have occasion to mention tropical
 weather and the territorial prison.
 People of that much abused corner of | Arizoha have matters of more itnpCr-
 tance to engage attention about which few persons outside of Yuma county
 know little about. They can tell Of
 the agricultural as well as of the in-
 dustrial, the latter relating to mining developments, all tributary to the county seat on the Colorado, which separates Arizona from California.
 The other day George w. NortOns one of the most active and energetic men who pay taxes at Yuma, was in Tucson to see some Tucson capitalists relative to mining matters and enlisted the attention of a number in the Quartzsite section. T miles northwest of Mohawk Summit station, and eight miles from that point is Mr. NOrtCn's ranch. Mr. Merton has a contract with the King of Arizona Gold Mining and Milling Company to do all their freight ing: besides he carries passengers and the mail from the s. P. line to the King.
 Speaking of the big mine Mir. Merton said that 1G0 men are on the company pay roll and that 12O tons of ore are treated daily by crusher and the cyan idle process. He added that there is a
 world of ore" to be extracted which would require ten years time to dis pose cf by the methods in vogue there. Mr. NOrtcn being asked about Mike Nugent. said that the eX-senatOr was making money, not quite so fast as Col. Randolph ct al do on the King, but in sufficient volume to make the former legislator rich if he sticks to catering for the camp. as he has been doing since he retired from the $. P. hotel at Yuma.
 Questioned about water. Mr. Norton said the King was amply provided for in that regard, and that the supply along the read to the King was abundE ant. and beyond 36 miles-it is D miles from Mohawk to the King camp to Quartzsite. an old district.
 AIr Norton. who is by profession civil engineer, sends team out once a week from Mohawk to Quartzsite, and recently he closed a contract to haul 500 tons for the company, which is one of several about to operate extensively in the Quartzsite basin.
 Quartzsite is about Is miles east of Ehrenberg, an old town on the Cobra do and once an active place. The Quartzsite district lies east of the Castle Dome range and is difficult of approach from Ehrenberg, owing to the haul over the mountain. Six com panies are organized to operate in the Quartzsite district. the characteristics of which are copper, gold, lead and silver, varied, it would appear. The Goodenough has been shipping ore east to the Congress mine for trcatment-a long haul This is the old Apache Chief. and is owned by Eichelberger and Rivers.
 A smelter will be erected at Valen- zueIa, iu the Quartzsite district. There is oceans Of water for all purposes. Conditions are favorable for mining in all lines. Roads are now good, and en- couragement has been extended to Mr Norton to improve them, which will further aid the S. P. By the end of the year the number of miners in the Quartzite district will exceed 1,OG0 There arc POO in there now, some en- gagged in placering,
 In due time mail route will be es- tablished from Mohawk to Quartzsite, which is now carried in via Harqua Hala.
 Mr. Norton in March last completed a unique telephone line from Mohawk, via the King, to Quartzsite. It is op- erated on the block system, being laid on the ground and supported in place by blocks rising only six inches. Teams cross the lire without causing interrup- tion. The introduction of the line cost a little above the expense of wire-in fact, as a whole, not exceeding $1j Star.