The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-22
YUMA COUNTY.

ier Rich Mines--The La Fotuna
 and King of ArizOna-Great
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 developed Castle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly In the
 rIain 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- sarding some of the mineral resources 0f Yuma county, and a description of two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING or ARIZONA.
 The gold-bearing property known for time as he Gleason, has been transferred to the King Arizona Mining and Milling Company. . cor poration organized under the laws of the Terri iory of Arizona, with capitalization of 5000 UOo shares of a par value of Sl each. This company ,wns four full claims the HomeStake, the King of Arizona. the Last Hope, and the Mucho ;3ueno. This district Hes about thirty i've .ni.eS due eaSt of thd Castle Dome Land ng. on the Colorado River. It is north of ' he Gila River and about 70 miles from Mohawk Summit, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. This Is the nearest station on the railway. There arc several other locations besides hose conveyed to the King of Arizona
 The HomeStake location covers the chief rnrlyf frfrc fo hfa dofa n'harn fS m He claim Q strong rcin of gold-bearing quartz. This ode or vein has three well-marked divisions or ayerS. On the hanging wall there is soft layer rom to S1I inches wide, which averages about E., 800 per ton In value. Noxt below this there is middle layer or body of quartz about % inch leS thick, which will average about t00to vein, so far as it is exposed by the shaft, aver ages about s24 per ton. Test holes have been drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all arc In ore. The shaft by which the exposure of the nature of the vein has been made iS 200 feet deep and follows the dip of the hanging wall distance of 70 feet caSteriy and 30 feet 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 at the shaft. At point about 30 feet west of the shaft and on level with the collar of the shaft the vein has been croSScut from wall to wall, showing it IS feet wide at that point. The ore in the croSScut Is Of about the same grade aS tnAI III lnS SIiStlt I ne CTOpplnSS OI the NSlO may be followed for some 700 feet of the Home stake shaft to second opening known ss The Hing Of Arizona Shaft" This shaft is about 50 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 tl0 per ton. At point 300 feet cast of the Homestake shaft q tunnel has been made which crosscuts the vein 16O feet below the sur face. At this point the hanging wall vein Is IS inches wide and has an average value of $50 per ton. The tunnel then passes through 30 feet of vein matter running about 8 per ton, thence through feet of ore carrying &2S per ton to the foot wall. The total distance from hanging wall to foot wall along this tunnel Is 90 feet. 4 drift has been run along the foot wall to the Home stake shaft at distance of 800 feet. and the average value of the ore exposed is e4 per ton.