Arizona republican., 1902-02-09
Mines and Minerals of Arizona

l compressor for driving a pump and l Burley drills.
 The main shaft is now down over two hundred feet and they have about 10000 gallons of water to pump every day. It is pure mountain water. and l now ! learn that it has been found on several claims near by. so the scarcity of water is no longer question of doubt. The old Mexican. Jose, who discovered the Gold Road group of claims, worked for me in 1866. He one day went out pros peCting and on his return said that he had found q gold bearing vein or quartz and. he thought. placer diggings. Next day he took a small gold washer that Moss. Colt and France had left in the rocks near my place in 1869 and went ; out. but soon returned saying he had seen Indians. The Indians were on the warpath at that time and it not safe fer q small party of white men ro rbe in the hills. Jose left camp and did not see him again until last May. Jose Juarez got twenty five thousand dollars for his half interest in the Gold Road mines. The last ten thou sand being paid him January l. l thini; he had already spent the fifteen thou sand in high living and gambling. l doubt if he ever finds another Gold Road mine. It is not true that he got money or gold dust from the mine he first discovered in 1866. but no doubt h. was going to look for the place he left the rocker when he found the famous Gold Road claims.
 A short time ago Tobe Wilkinson took it into his head to go out to the mining camp around Gold Road and prospect little. He had been grub staked by Jeff Lane and had made sew Cral locations. In looking around he saw gold in scales the size of d dime He got a pick and shovel and done some digging along the bank of the wash below the decomposed quartz , vein and found lots of placer gold H. gathered up quantity and then broke off some chunks of quartz, or geld stuck together with decomposed quartz and returned to Kiugman. IL is no lie when I say that he had q IOt of gol and some very rich pieces of quartz He bought hand mortar and tools to work with and returned to do more work Soon reports came to town that , Tobe was sacking up all kinds of money. His partner. Jeff Lane. could not stand the pressure. so he left his livery stable with his partner. threw up his wheel of fortune in the saloon and went out to see the gold and help sack it. For 2 week past visionary re- ports have come in. but the fact is they have a bonanza
 As for placer disgings there is no doubt but that along the side of the wash below the deComposa ad quartz vein there is placer gold, and Tobe may have taken out an ounce to pan by picking his dirt. but these placers are , only found in q strip from ten to thirty . feet wide extending down the wash two or three hundred yatds Should any 2oid he found outside of the limits cf this there are fifty hungry miners ready to gobble it up
 Every day I hear business men say that times never were as good in King man as for the past six months King man is the natural depot Of supplies for all northern Arizona. There are in kiHgman three large general mercan- tile establishments and they carry i'm mensc stocks 0; goods. All staples are bought and shipped to Kingman by the carload. There arc also two dry goods and clothing stores. d drug store with q very large stock of drugs and patent medicines: livery stable that has twelve good dura ble teams to let. and not least of all. nine saloons. The enterprising citizens of Kingman have put up money and set men to NoTk 10 Duliu good roads to the several mining camps and q force of men is kept at work extending the roads al- ready built
 It may be visionary prophecy. but some of the most enthusiastic miners predict that within one year the output of gold from the Black range of moun- t1inS in northern Arizona will eclipse the output of the famous Cripple Creek mines of Colorado
 1 Stage lines have been established tn all the mining camps and they do a. . rushing business. Hotels and lodging i houses are all full and more are being built l near mining Pien say that free gold i ere where il is found in large bodies. ! like that of the Black range mines. can l be mined and worked for two dollars 1 per ton. If this is really so then with ] in one year there may be fifty mills turning out bullion and the output will , he large, for surely the mines are hera and lots of them
 ] There are other mining districts lying around kingman besides the San Fran cisco district. Many of the old once rich mines are being opened up and are l-prcving good investments. One year hence there may be q change in the 1 appearance of northern Arizona
 WM. H HARDY.