The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-09

The following article is extracted from Governor Murphy's annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and is an interesting presentation of facts re- eardino some of the mineral resources of Yuma county. and description Of two of the richest gold mines: also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA
 The eo!d-bcaring property. known for a time as inc Gleason. has been transferred to the hlhG Arizona Mining and Milling Company, cor poration organized under the laws oi lhe Terri tory Of Arizona. with capitalization ol o,O0OVJO shares of 1. par value of Sl each. This company owns four full claims-the HomestalIe, the King of Arizona, the Last Hope and the MucEo Buen0. This district lies about thirty hFe miles due east of thd Castle Dome Laho- ing. on the Colorado River. It Is north or the Gila River and about 70 miles from Mohawk Summit on the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is the nearest station on the railway. There are several other locations besides those conveyed 10 the King of Arizona.
 The Homestake location covers the chicf workings up to this date: There Is on this cjaim a strong Vlin of gold-bearllS quartz T his lode or vein has three well-:narked divisions or lavers. On the hanging wall there k soft layer from to 3 inches wide. which averages about g. 500 per ton in value. Next below thlN there is middle layer or body of quartz about 20 inches thick. which will average about T90 10 SiO0 per ton in value. The remainder of the vein so far as it is exposed by the shaft, aver Ryas about s24 per ton. Test holes have been drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all are in ore. The shaft by which the exposure Of the nature of the vein has been made is POO feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall distance of 40 feet eaSUeriy and 50 feet westerly. These show a continuity of vein having the same characters and values develop ed by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both east and west of the shaft so that the height of backs on the lode above the drifts is greater tha2 a; the shaft. At q 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 ls feet wide at that point The ore in the crosscut is of about the same grade as that in the shaft. The croppingS of the vein may be followed for some T.W feet of the Home etake shaft to a second opening. known as The King of Arizona Shaft. This shaft is about 50 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 point 300 feet east of the Homestalle shaft a tunnel has been made which crosScutS the vein 160 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 30 feet of vein matter running about s per ton, thence through feet of ore carrying SlS per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging wall tO foot wall along this tunnel is 40 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.