Arizona republican., 1903-09-02
Mines and Minerals :
 ef Arizona
kINGnAN GOLD STRIKE
Excitement Dying Out and Nothing to
 Warrant the Rush.

A representative of The Republican. in company with Hon. A. J. Doran, re gently visited the scene of the gold strike near kingman, which has caused so much excitement abroad, particular ly in California. It can now be au- thoritatively stated that the reports that have gained currency are highly sensational and all of them unwar- ranted. It can also be said, and truthfully. that they have emanated largely from others than those best qualified to speak with full knowl- edge of the facts.
 Briefly, there is one organization of capitalists, the Sorpresa Gold Mining and Milling company, that has what it considers a fine prospect for a mine. This company has gone about its work methodically and with unusual enter prise and activity. and the fact that it has done so is no doubt largely respon- Sible for the stories honestly told by others whose opinions were colored by the belief that the Sorpresa people had something too good to give away or let the public in on.
 The granite reef so much talked about runs by Kingman in a northerly and southerly direction and about four
 
 true that the greater part of this formation carries some gold, but so far as has yet been demonstrated the values are trifiing. The Sorpresa com pany, on the contrary, is basing it's strongest hopes on a ledge of good size that lies within this formation and which. they say. carries values of from Sl5 to SEQ. While not wishing to de- set from any rich deposits that may oe found to exist in the granite, its operations are now mainly confined to the development of the ledge, just as any mining man would who found a good ledge in any other country. The Sorpresa people, in common with most of the kingman people, are positive in their statement that neither their strike nor the wonderful granite reef" War rants any unusual excitement. and so far as the Kingman people are concern ed there is none. A great many out siders have been brought into the camp, all of them to go away disap- pointed as usual, but the so-called boom is over and there will probably be nc further rush. Not only the late strike but other recent discoveries in that county have had a tendency to bring in new prospeetors, and it is we'll that it is so, for Mohave is one of the best mining counties in the territory and all ready has many producing mines. Therefore, while the Kingman boom is busted it is to be expected that Mo- have's prosperity has but just com menced.
 The ScrpreSa company is composed of the following named gentlemen: C. D. Gurley, president; Courteney Bay Tor, vice president; and w. D. Austin all of Boston; Milford Steele of Spring field, Mass, R. A. Gurley of Denver Alfred F. Judson of Los Angeles. and George C. Davis of Kingman. They are all men of means, have. sufficient money at their command to exploit their property, and announce positively that they f.avo no stock to sell and dc not propose to put the property on the market.
 Kingman itself is a lively little town, full of wide awake business men who are deserving of success and who bid fair to achieve it. The county has been