The Arizona sentinel., 1903-03-25
YUMA COUNTY.

Hr Rich Mircs--The Ia Fotuna
 and King of AriZona-Great
 Min raI w ;hk \ Un-
 developed-Castle
 Dom Lead
 MinS.
 The County Lies Directly in the
 Tain 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 of facts re- Uardinp some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and description or two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The collaborating property, known for a time as the Gleason, has been tranSlerred Co tue hlI,o Mi, f Arizona Mining and Milling Company, d cor poraton organized under the laws or the @ deIIi, a tory of Arizona, with acapitailzatlon or o,OOO,ooo shares of par value of Sl each ThlS company nS owns four full claimS-the HomeStake- the hlns of Arizona the Last Hope, and the Mucho Bueno. This district lies ahout thlrty nVe mics due east of thd Castle Dome Lana. ing. on the Colorado River. It Is north o1 tbe CiIa River and about 70 miles from Mohawk Summit, on the Southern Paclnc haliroau' This is the nearest station on the railway. There are several other locations DeSloes those conveyed to the King of Arizona. The HomcStake location covers the chleI workings up to this date: There IS on this claim strong vein of gold bearing quartz IhlS lode or vein has three well-markeu dlVlSlonS or laVerS On the hanging wall there Is soft layer 1 from to 31. inches wide, which averages aoou' l s2 800 per ton in value. Next below this there | is middle layer or body of quartz about 7. | inch .es thick, which will average about S9oto | SlOO CT ton in value. The remainder of the vein, so far as it is exposed by the Shaft, aver ages about s24 per ton Test holeS nave peer @ drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all arc l in ore. The shaft by which the exposure ol the nature Of the vein has been made IS 2OC i feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall distance of 40 feet eaSterly and 3O reel l westerly. These show 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 than al l the shaft. At point about 30 feet west or the shaft and on a level with the collar or the ShaI 1 the vein has been crosScut from wall 10 wall l showing it 1e feet wide at that point. The ort l in the croSScut is of about the same grade a' ! that in the shaft. The cropplngS of the VGlr may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home l stake shaft to q second opening, known as The King of Arizona Shaft" This shaft is about 5 l! feet decp and by means of drill holes the veir 1 is shown to be II feet in width and has an aver age value of Sl0 per ton At a point 300 feet eaS | of the HumeStakc shaft tunnel has been made l which crosScutS the vein l60 feet below the sur 1 face. At this point the hanging wall vein is Il i inches wide and has an average value Of $50 pc ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet O | vein matter running about B per ton, thenc' through feet Of ore carrying S2S per ton to tn 1 foot wall. The total distance from hanging wal | to foot wall along this tunnel is 70 feet. drlf has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at distance of 300 feet and tn ] average value of the ore exposed is Si4 per ton