The Arizona sentinel., 1903-01-14
YUMA COUNTY.
:. ....,. YUMA COUNTY. Her Rich Mines--The La Fortuna and King of Arizona-Great Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 developed Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines. The County Lies Directly in the rlaiu Gold Belt that Begins in
 Alaska and Ends in Mexico.

The following arUlcle Is 6AtIdOtCu from Governor Murphy's annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and Is an interesting presentation ot facts re- pardinp some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and description of two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The collaborating property, ,knownfor a tune as the Gleason has been transferred to the King Arizona Mining and Milling Company cor poration organized under the laws of the Ierrl- tory of Arizona. with capitalizatlono of oOOO,OOO shares of par value of Sl each rms company @ pan; owns four full claimS-thc HomeStake, the King of Arizona, the Last Hope, and the Mucho Bueno. This district lies about thirty i've mics due east of thd Castle Dome Land, the Gila River and about 10 miles from Mohawk Summit on the Southern Pacific Railroad This is the nearest station on the railway There are several other locations besides those conveyed to the King of Arizona.
 The HomeStake location covers the chlef workings up to this date. There lS on this claim strong .Vrin of gold-bearing quartz This lode or vein has three wei l-marked divisions or layers. On the hanging wall there Is soft layer from 1 to 3la inches wide which averages about S2 800 per ton in value. Next below this there is middle layer or body of quartz about 20 inch ieS thick, which will average about S90tl SiO0 CT ton in value. The remainder of the vein. so Tar as IL Is exposed Dy the SnalI, aver ages about S24 per ton. Test holes have been drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all are in ore. The shaft by which the exposure of the nature of the vein has been made is POO feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall a distance of 40feet eaSterly and 30 feet westerly. These show a 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 that the height of backs on the lode above the drifts iS greater than at tho shaft. At point about 30 feet west of the shaft and on a level with the collar of the shaft the vein has been croSScut from wall to wall, showing 1t IS feet wide at that point. The ore in the croSScut is of about the same grade aS thatin the shaft. The croppingS of the win may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home stake shaft to a second opening known as ''The King of Arizona Shaft" This shaft is about 90 feet deep, and by means of drill holes the vein is shown to be II feet in width and has an aver age value of BIO per ton. At point 300 feet cast of the HOmeStake shaft tunnel has been made which croSScutS the vein l60 feet below the Sur face. At this point the hanging wall vein is IS inches wide and has dn average value of $50 per ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet of vein matter running about B pei ton, thence through feet of ore carrying BPS per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging wall to foot wall along this tunnel is 40 feet. A drift has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at distance of 300 feet and the average value of the ore exposed iS S14 per ton.