The Arizona sentinel., 1902-10-01
YUMA COUNTY.

Her Rich Mines--Tile La Fortuna and King of Arizona-dreat
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 developed Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly in the rIaiu Gold Belt that Begins i'll
 Alaska and Ends in
 Mexico.
 The following article is extracted from Governor Murphy $ annual report to the Secretary of the Interior ana Is an interesting presentation of facts re- garding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county. and description CT two of the richest gold mlnes' also something of the Castle Dome Ieao mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold-bearing property, known Tor iine as the Gleason. has been trensferreo To lhe hlns A ooration organized under the laws Of the ] errl- tory of Arizona, with capitalization ol oOOO,VVO shares of par value Of q each IhiS company pa ,wns four full claimS-the homestake' the King of Arizona the Last Hope, and the Mucho iSueno. This district lies aoout thlrty W nVe mics due east of thd Castle Dome Land, fne on the Colorado River. It lS north o1 the Gna River and about 70 miles from MohaWk Summit on the Southern Pacific Railroad This is the nearest station oa the railway. There are several other locations besides those rOnNPEed to the king or ArlZOnl.
 The Honaestake location covers the chlei workings up to this date: There Is on tniS claim d strong vein of gold bearing quartz. This lode or vein has three well-marked divisions or lavers On the hanging wall there is a soft layer from to SlS inches wide, which averages about e 500 per ton in value. Next below this there is middle layer or body of quartz about 2C inches thick which will average about S9O to 800 per ton in value. The remainder of the vein. so far as il iS exposed by the shaft aver ares about S24 per ton. Test holes have beer drilled feet deep into the foot wall and all are in ore. The shaft by which the exposure ol the nature of the vein has been made IS 2Ot feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall distance Of 70 feet eaSterly and 50 feel westerly. These show continuity of vein having the same characters and values develop ed by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both eaS' and west of the shaft so that the height of backs on the lode above the drifts is greater than al the shaft At point about 30 feet west Of tht shaft and on a level with the collar of the Shaf1 the vein has been croSScut from wall to wall showing it IS feet wide at that point The ort in the crosScut is of about the same grade Q: that in the shaft. The croppings of the veir may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home Stake shaft to a second opening known as ''Iht King Of Arizona Shaft This shaft Is about 0l feet deep and by means of drill holes the veir is shown to be il feet in width and has an aver age value of Sl0 per ton. At point 300 feet cas- of the Homestake shaft tunnel has been made which crosscutS the vein l60 feet below the sur face. At this point the hanging wall vein is Il inches wide and has an average value of $50 pc ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet O. vein matter running about s pel ton, thenc' through feet of ore carrying BPS per ton to th' foot wall. The total distance from hanging wal to foot wall along this tunnel is 40 feet. A drif has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at distance of 300 feet. and thu average value of the ore exposed is Sl4 per ton