The Arizona sentinel., 1902-08-06
YUMA COUNTY.

Her Rich Mines--The La Fortuna and King of Arizona-Great
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 develOped-Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly in the
 rIain 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 i: an interesting presentation of facts re garding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and description Ot two of the richest geld mines; alsC something of the Castle Dome leac mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold-bearing property. known for time as the Gleason. has been transferred to the h1nt Arizona Mining and Milling Company. a cor poration organized under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, with capitalization of 5,OO0,0O shares of a par value of Sl each This company owns four full claimS-the HomeStake, the Kim of Arizona the Last Hope and the Much, Bueno This district lies about thirty fiv miles due east of thd Castle Dome Land ing on the Colorado River. It is north the Gila River and about 40 miles from Mohawl Summit, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is the nearest station on the railway There are several other locations beside those conveyed to the King of Arizona.
 The HomeStake location covers the chieI workings up to this date. There is on thi claim a strong Vcin of collaborating quartz Thi> lode or vein has three well-marked divisions ol layers. On the hanging wall there is a soft layer from to 31a inches wide, which averages about S2. 800 per ton iii value. Next below this ther is a middle layer or body of quartz about % inches thick which will average about S90 tC &l00 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 beer drilled feet deep into the foot wall and all arc in ore. The shaft by which the exposure oi the nature of the vein has been made is 20 feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall a distance of 40 feet eaSterly and 30 fee; westerly. These show 9 continuity of vein. having the same characters and values develop cd by tse shaft The hill rises rapidly both east and west of the shaft so that the height of back on the lode above the drifts is greater than a the shaft. At point about 30 feet west of the shaft and on a 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 orc 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 second opening, known as The King of Arizona Shaft" This shaft is about 5C 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 a point 300 feet east of the Homestake shaft tunnel has been made which croSScutS the vein I60 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 50 feet Of vein matter running about s pel ton. thence through feet of orc carrying S26 per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging wall 10 foot wall along this tunnel is 70 feet A drift has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at a distance of 300 feet. and the average value of the ore exposed is Sl4 per ton