The copper era., 1903-10-08
WEALTH.
Stories of Some of the Mining Dis
coveries of Mohave.

In speaking OF the recent ricl
strike in the Kingman district, DR.
John +. Whitesides, of Mohav,
county, made the following statemen
to the Phoenix Republicans:
The strike has been pronounced L
be a fake by many people, bur
as matter of fact nobody knows any
thing about it. The Boston peopl.
who located all that part OF the coun-
try last spring are at work and spend.
ing a great deal of money. They re.
! fuse to talk and do not seem to care
whether the strike is believed 10 be a
fake or not. They have all the capi-
: tai they want and they are Indifferent
to the opinions or their neighbors.
1t is rather funny thing that the
ground was all located from Cayote
Springs for fifteen miles before a soul
In MOhave county knew OF the exist
ence of mineral in that region. 1t
happened that a year before young
man who had extensive experience in
mining in South Africa was passing
through the country on west bound
Santa Fe Pacific train. The train was
stopped for sometime at siding and
this man, walking about to pass the
time picked up a piece of rock which
strongly resembled some he had seen
on the Rand. He gathered up guam
tity of il and pursued his Journey
He had her hand at hot
time but when he had leisure he had
an examination made of the rock and
he found that his first suspicion was
Justified. He took several of his Bos-
ton friends in with him and returned
to Arizona and began to build monu-
ments all over that part OF Mohave
county. 1t is known that gcat deal
of rock was OF high value but out
side of the Boston people nobody has
had an opportunity to find out how
much there is of it.
Dr. Whitcside told an interesting
story of the discovery OF the Gold
Roads mine, result partly of an ac-
cident and partly OF weakness, and
by the way, quite a profitable one for
which Sheriff Henry Lovin of Mohave
county is famous. 1t is weakness for
grub stalking prOspectOrs.- bY-whinh .
within Il comparati~@ less than So, 600.
In this case a Mexican in whom
there was general want Of confidence
had been hanging about kingman try
ing To get nobody to grub-stake
him. He was at last sent To the sher-
if who he was told was the easiest
mark in that part Of the country.
When be mentioned the matter to the
heriff he was sent to Il store and told
to order what he needed. He bought
goods to the amount of $3.50. 1t
turned out that he did not want a
grub stake. He WAS getting the pro-
visions for 4 squaw with whom he had
been living in the neigh bDrhoud OF the
Needles. He had not the slightest
notion Of looking for a mine.
On his way ont to the .Necdles, he
stopped one dav to eat his dinner. He
wa. sitting half asleep when his eyes
fell upon something g'ltterinI in
piece Of rock. II male an investiGa-
tiou. found where the rock came from
and found that il WAS ab md ant. He
forgot all about hi, Muhave slutw and
hurried back to Kingman. He and
MIR. Lovin located the property. dug
hole in it ten feet deep aad sold 1t for
so. 900. The purchasers did not pay
nearly enough. Tncy a~e cleaning up
every four or five days bars ranging
from Sl2. 900 10 $1,000.
The famous mines OF O'DAy and
Dempsey were discovered 10y sort of
AN ac :ident. The led ge where the dis
covery WAS made had hcen prospcctcd
for wears. Gold in small quantities
had been found aud locations had been
made but all of them had been aban-
doned. O'Day happened to znock a
piece OF rock off OF the ledge and
what he saw hurt his eyes. The rock
seemed filled with gold. Subsequent
investigation disclosed "a ledge cigh-
teen feet wide which it is believed has
an average value of $50. Assays o. ore
taken out in large bodies have aver
aged from twenty to one hundred
ounces and a few days ago vein of two
feet was found in the hanging wall
which will go twenty-five ounces.
The property consisting of three
mines. one of which is probably worth
- - hoo, bordad for SD,O OD0