Arizona republican., 1902-12-08
Mines and Minerals
 of Arizona
QUARTzSITE AND VICINITY
Rich in Mineral Resources But as Yet
 Little Developed.

A correspondent of the Yuma Sentinel writes to that paper the following in- teresting description or the Quartzsite mining district, otherwise known as Tyson's Wells, one of the early day mining sections of Arizona:
 It is a small mountain-rimned valley underlaid with an abundance of the. softest, purest water one ever drank. within which Quartzsite, the nucleus of future metropolis, nestles. Within the surrounding hills, by courtesy called mountains. are not isolated pros poets, but groups of locations upon strong. well defined and well mineral ized lodges, each group being q center of activity peculiar to itself.
 Beginning with the most distant. We have the Lead camp. group of mines under bond to George w. Norton Of Mohawk. who now has a force of four miners at work carrying out the scheme of development began in the long ago when silver-lead ores could be mined and shipped down the Colorado to tho gulf and thence to San Francisco for reduction and leave handsome profit to the owner. This consists iiI finishing q crosscut tunnel designed to cut the main claim of the group at a grea depth, thus opening backs for stoping down the rich carbonates that show strong in the principal Outcrop on the lode. This camp is seventeen miles northeast from, GusrzsitS
 The Guadalupe mines are on the east side of the valley and ten miles distant from Quarzsite, near the old stage road to Wickenburg, and were "coyCted" by Mexicans in years gone by, who are credited with having taken out from the croppings a large amount of coarse gold. The surface showing is of several small veins CT lodges having a dip that would indicate that they will all come together at a depth of about 500 fee., and it is upon this supposition that the development has been prosecuted. The water level was reached some time ago. but the flow is not so strong but that it can be handled with bucket on the gasoline hoist, which has been Tn use for year or more. The country rock is soft granite. by some mining men considered the mother of gold" As sinking has progressed many punches of rich ore have been cut, the gold being free and coarse, keeping up it's reputation in that respect
 In the same locality and about fous miles distant is the GeodenoHgh, for merly the Apache Chief, with record for large shipments Of copper sulphid ore, carrying gold and silver in paying quantities This mine is thirteen miIes south and 75 degrecs east from Quartz site, with good wagon road to it. It has recently been incorporated in Los Angeles as the Success Copper com pany with C. F.. Eicheloerger as presi- dent, and John A. Rivers, manager A Twenty-Five horse power gasoIine hoist has been installed in the mine and sufficient force employed to push the development to the full capacity of the machinery.
 Southeast only eight miles from Quartzsite is the property of B. C. smith, which has q large amount ul development work done upon it, but noi enough, as the owner says. to call it a mine. It is a free gold proposition with a large. well defined ledge, which has been followed down to water level