Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-29
QUARTSITE DISTRICT
Latest News from that Lively Yuma
 County Camp.

(Noi NolAC lS Ont Oi the Ntil mining fields of Yuma county but it's location is so far from direct lines of communication that news from there comes only from the occasional core spondent Following is an interesting letter from there published in the last issues from the Los Angeles Mining Review.
 A surveying party has run line for the new railroad which is to cross the Colorado river at or near Parker While the main line will be about thir- ty miles from Qartzsite, a branch line has been run to reach us. Easy access to the outside world is what is needed to bring this dicrict to the front. It has the ore-lead, copper. gold, silver, rich placers. nothing lacking but needed capital for develop ment purposes. Prescott capitalists have an agent here locating placers. It is surmized that this action is be ing taken on inside information re- garding the road. They are not bond ing or purchasing any properties, only locating in 160-acre plats, and are not very particular, either, as in number ! of cases the agent has covered lode locations belonging to others. | Their agent stated in my presence a few days ago that he had located from Ehreuburg to Quartzsite, and from Quartzsite to Bogser's Camp. This is a stretch of country about forty miles in length. The location work should give employment to a great many men, letting loose considerable cash in camp.
 c. W. Norton hes hauled 9 shipment { of ore to the railroad The ore is from John Browns claims al the Lead" camp. on which Mr Norton has 3 working bond.
 Col Darling. president of the Val enzueua comrauy. has returned from a trip 10 Los Angeles. During his absence AIr. Elmer Kane has been in charge. Development is showing good ore. The great need is water. so a well is 10 be started soon. John J Wyatt. manager of the Des- ert Queen company. has laid off all the force. The company .s doing all work by contract. claiming that iu Iessers expenses.
 The Arizona Prosperity company is steadily putting down its new shaft. and has installed a whin. The shaft is now a5ou, forty feet down. Mir Stannore P. smith. president. is lo- cated in Quartsite permanently. in charge Of the store and outside in terests.
 Last fall considerable machinery was placed on the King Verde proper ty. but no work is being done at pres ent
 The Arizona Placer Extraction com pauy is now in the field. having just been incorporated by NJ. H. Bohreer. president of the Desert Queen compa- ny. This makes the seventh company organized in this district all of which are practically under one manage ment, with an aggregate capital of over s10,O0e ,00O.
 : O A. Pease is having a tunnel run on his claims al Monument Park. south of Middle Camp. also tunnel in his Granite Mountain claims about three miles west of town. Judge A. c. Grossman has one claim in his group CPick-up) on which he banks. Unpicked samples have horned over $500 per ton This is practically surface sampling. no deep work hay ing been done Mir Grossman has a partner in the group with him. ] The Gaudaloupe company is working ten men steadily, developing and get ting ore right along. Without solicita- ton by the management the miners working for this company are purch- asing its stock.
 J. A. Rivers. superintendent of the Success company, is in Los Angeles on a business trip. Work is being pushed. Report has it that after thorough canvess of conditions the company will build a smelter at Yuma.
 Stout & Anderson, the successful placer miners, are getting ready to go north. For several years they have spent their winters here, either in the Rincon or Choya placers. always going . out with good cleanup.
 Nearly all the placer mines have done fairly well this winter. The hard est propositions are at the Choya and Plomosa diggings, where powder has to be used to get through the gravel to bedrock.
 Quartsite is growing wells are being developed. houses are growing up, and a number of "adobes" will be built ss soon as weather settles.
 A telephone line is being erected 10 Ehrenburg. A great convenience is the presence of an assay office. Long freight teams are constantly on
 the road with supplies from Congress
 Junction. or Mohawk Summit while
 considerable freight comes to Ehren-