The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-01
YUMA COUNTY.

Her Rich Mines--The La FOtuna
 and King of Arizona-Great
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 deveIoped-Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly in the
 Hain Gold Belt that Begins in
 Alaska and Ends in
 Mexico.
 The following article is extracted from Governor Murphy's annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and Is an interesting presentation ot facts re garding some of the mineral resources Of Yuma county. and description ol two of the richest gold mines; aisc something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold bearing property, known for a time as the Gleason. has been transferred to the King f Arizona Mining and Milling Company, a cor poratipn organized under the laws or the 1eFrl tory of Arizona with caplta!lZatlon or o'VOU'Vvl shares of par value Of Sl each' Inls coInPanS pan owns four full claims-the HomeStake, the hlnE of Arizona the Last Hope, and the MuchC Bueno This district lies apouI thlrty NV nv .es due east of thd Castle Dome Land ing on the Colorado River. It lS norIh ol The Gila River and about 70 miles from MohawE Summit on the Southern Paclhc Railroad This is the nearest station on the railway There are several other locations besides those conveyed to the King of Arizona;
 The HomeStalSe location covers the cnle workings up to this date There Is on thi! claim a strong vein of gOld-bcarlng quartz. Ihl lode or vein has three well-marked divisions O layers. On the hanging wall there IS a sott lave from to 35z inches wide, which averages aoou E 800 per ton in value Next below this thert is middle layer or body Of quartz aDout / inch cs thick, which will average about S9Ost SlOO CT ton in value. The remainder or tn vein, so far as it is exposed by the shaft, aver ares about S24 per ton. Test holes have beel drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all ar in ore. The shaft by which the exposure O the nature of the vein has been made IS 2O feet deep and follows the dip of the hangin! wall a distance of 70 feet eaSterly and 30 fee westerly. These show continuity or ven having the same characters and values develop ed by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both eaS ana west of the shaft so that the height of back on the lode above the drifts is greater than the shaft. At point about 30 feet west of tn shaft and on a level with the collar Of the Shaf the vein has been croSScut from wall to wall showing it lS feet wide at that point The or in the crOSScut Is or aDouU the same ETdue d that in the shaft. The croppingS Of the vGl may be followed for some 7OOfeet Of the Home stake shaft to d second opening, known as "ph King of Arizona Shaft This shaft is about } feet deep. and by means of drill holes the veil is shown to be II feet in width and has an aver age value of BIO per ton. At point 300 feet eaS of the HomCStake shaft tunnel has been mad which crosscuts the vein l60 feet below the SUI face. At this point the hanging wall vein is 1 inches wide and has an average value of S50 pc ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet 0 vein matter running about 5 per ton, theme through feet of ore carrying S2S per ton to tn foot wall The total distance from hanging wal to foot wall along this tunnel is 40 feet. 4 drif has been run along the foot wall to the Homo stake shaft at distance of 300 feet, and th average value of the ore exposed Is Sl4 per tor