Arizona republican., 1902-09-03
LELAND GROUP SOLD
Some Big Mining Enterprises in Mo
 have County.

One Of the most important mining transactions of the year in the south west was closed Friday when Colonel Thomas Ewing of this city transferred the entire Leland group of mines in Mohave county, Arizona, for consid- eration of half a million dollars. says the Los Angeles Times.
 The purchasers of this we'll known property, situated in the Boundary Cone district, sixteen miles above Nee dles, are Oscar A. Turner and John w. Woodside of Philadelphia, who paid $2oO.OOo cash when the deeds were signed last week at Needles. and are To turn over the balance in d few days
 The Leland is one of the prominent mines of Mohave county, and during the past ten months, has been opened by system of tunnels, putting in sight several hundred thousand tons of free milling ore. There are three large veins running through the nine loca- tions, varying in width from three to twenty-five feet, and surface croppings can be traced for over a mile
 Extensive plans for development have been decided upon by the purchasers Mir. Turner, who. is the Monte Cristo of Nevada. and one of the millionaire claim holders of the famous Tohopah district in the same state. will organ iZe new corporation to be known as the Mohave County Gold Mines of Ari- zona. With him. besides MT. Wood side, are associated men of capital, in- cluding M. P. Gilbert, mine promoter of standing of Salt Lake, through whose representations Mir Turner be- came interested in the Leland. Gilbert had made several trips to the property but MT. Turner's first visit was made less than tairty days ago.
 The new company will open up the Leland by a double-track tunnel on the vein, and it will be carried through the Leland mountain, a distance of 3. .SCO feet at depth of 800 to 900 feet. verti- cal fro mthe surface. This will assure an ore supply for years.
 Arrangements are also to be made for the handling Of ore as economically as possible. A railroad from Mellon on the Santa Fe will pass directly under the bins at the mouth of the new tun- nel. and from there the ore can be shipped by automatic dumping cars to mills to be built on the Colorado river CT at Needles.
 Plans include the erection of large stamp mills, capable of handling 400 tons of ore a day, and an automatic electric-cyanide plant It is estimated that this plant will cost in the neigh borhOod of $1O0.0OO. The intention is to install this plant near the Santa Fe bridge, where it crosses the Colorado river. Estimates have been made that the ore can be minad and milled at cost not to exceed $3 a ton.
 Already orders have been given F. M. Miller, the mining engineer to com mence operations at once to further de- velop the property, and at least $75.000 is to be expended in fully equipping.
 The capitalization of the new com pany will be 1.3OOO shares, all of which have already been subscribed for
 The Boundary Cone district is new one of the most promising gold fields in the southwest and when the rail- road now assured, is built to the field it is expected that it's output will be close to 1000 tons of ere a day. Many properties have changed hands during the past few months, one of the inn portant sales being that of the Gold Roads group to a French syndicate Much of the credit in bringing this field to the notice of eastern investors is due the Southwest Miners associa- ton of Los Angeles. which has been in strumental in interesting millions of capital, not only in this field. but in other mining districts of Arizona and California.