Mohave County miner., 1902-05-17
Great Things for the Gold Road.

From Salt Lake City comes the re-
port that the owners and prospective
owners of property in the Gold Road
country are just now at work on deal
that has for its object the opening up
of that district on one of the grandest
scales ever attempted in the west. M.
p. Gilbert, general manager of the Car
Donate and Rather mines, of Frisco,
acquired some of the best property in
the great gold camp of this county and
that it is the intention of his people to
soon commence active operations on
the newly acquired mines His claims
are close to the Leland and Mitchell
mines of Thomas Ewing aud are re-
ported to be very rich. Posey and
Mccormick have entered into some
sort of an agreement with Hartwig A.
Cohen by which the Ben Harrison,
Tom Reed and several other mines,
upon which he has bond are to enter
into the big deal which is now on with
Partisan capitalists for sum approx.
mating between three aud five millions
of dollars. A railroad is projected
from point on the Santa Fe below
Franconia, taking the old grade of that
road to few miles east of Powell and
then branching off to the foothills near
Boundary Cone. A branch line will
then operate between the mine and
place on the Colorado river, where re
duction plants will be installed Sam
Newhouse, of the Newhouse tunnel
deal and if not successful will look
out for something in the district for
himself. He has the money and the
energy to make success of anything
he undertakes. 0. p Posey and his
party of Freuchmen are at the mines
making a thorough examination of the
property. George Kislingbury, at one
time expert for Capt. De la Mar, is
with this party and will remain until
the capitalists are satisfied with this
preliminary work. A Philadelphia
company, composed of railroad pro-
moters, who have been forced out of
their ordinary line of business by the
consultations now taking place, are
about to take over one of the big
groups of the Boundary Cone camp
and N i'll oil thai,
from an electric plant installed on the
railroad in or near Kingman. These
people have made a thorough exami-
nation of the property and declare
them selves satisfied with it. They be-
lieve that water can be pumped in to
the camp from the Colorado river, the I.
lift being less than 1907 feet. In their I.
opinion oil will be the fuel used for
power generation and that it will re.
duce the cost Of mining and milling to .
a minimum.
The consolidation Of the Ben Har. |
rison, Tom Reed. Gold Road. Gold .
Line, Billy Bryan and the other big
mines in the immediate vicinity of .
Gold Road camp gives some idea of .
the magnitude of the contemplated .
deal. Millions will have to be spent .
to put the properties on a producing .
basis. Mills of the largest capacity of .
any in the territory will have to be put .
in to handle the product of the big
mines and for these an immense sup
ply OF water will have to be furnished. /
There is no doubt that with depth a
big flow of water will be obtained in
the mines, but the chances are that re-
duction plants will have to 90 in on
the river and there a big town will .
spring up. In the Mohave Valley. TO
the west of the mines and on the banks
of the Colorado river, is one of the
ideal places for town. Ii is high
above flood level and surrounding it is
thousands of acres of the richest of
tillable lands. Here town could be
built that would be an auxiliarly to
the rich district of the mountains TO
the east and but few miles away.
There is no doubt that the idea will be
realized within a year and that that
section will become the richest and
most prosperous of the territory.
Reveals Great Secret