The copper era., 1903-08-20
GREAT RUSH TO
 GOLD FIELDS.
Big Gold Bearing Dykes South of
 KIngmdn.

klngmdn.
 In its writc-up of the great gold dis
 coveries near Kingman, the Miner, of
 that place say-: The gold is found in
 stratiiied reefs Of spar rocks. The
 original discovery Of gold in these
 reefs is ascribcd to R. A. Gurley, d
 mining expert of Denver. Charles
 Davis made the original locations Of
 the dykes and these people purchased
 his interests for q large sum in cash,
 re-erving a large interest in the com
 pany to bc organized to work the de-
 po-it~. Free gold i7 found in these
 reefs and assays run from SlO to $500 to
 the ton in gold.
 The new mining field i- located a few
 miles south and west of Kiugman in the broken foothills of the south end Of the Ccrbat and west tide of the Wallapai mountain ranges. The whole country has at one period been covered by Il great volcanic flow. but in places the volcanic matter has been croded away leaving sections of the primary formation exposed. IL i9 in thc-,. igue- ous rocks that the gold i7 found, both in quartz veins and in the massive spar dykes cutting the country through. Lying against the lava, Of the higher hill are vein, of quartz and in these some splendid gold ore i has been found. The claims located ! by the Denver gentlemen are being . worked by q force of men and it is es- l tlmated hy some that $2O, GOO. GOO in ore . k lying exposed on the surface of the . great reefs. \ big milling plant is projected for the mine. to be installed al once. The people back of the pro- jcct are men of means and are cnthus- iastic over their big find.
 In the same neighborhood is the great Bi-Mctal mine, recently pur- chased by F.. R. Holden S Company, of New York. and upon which men are not at work. This great vein car rics value, in the porphyry as well as in the quartz, the whole being of q high grade character. An immense I'tAit lN ip 'I liSAtilfu bll All lS mine l and work on a magnificent scale is to be started up by lhe first Of Scptcm- Der. All the mines are accessible by wagon and su close to ,ue base ot sop- plies that they can be operated very chcaply.
 The following ie from the Phoenix Republican, and written by it's special 
 Mohuvc county'~ most recent gold discovery includes q large strip of country from Covot" Holes to the Mcguire mines and about four miles west ol Kiugmau The remarkable richness of the ore and the immcneity Of the deposit at this writing seems to bc unprecedented. The find wal, was made by Cripple Creek expert. who placed himself immediately in touch with his friends, and a Denver company located about sixty claims before the local pro-pector- were aware of what wa~ going on. About thousand claims have been located to this date. and the town i, full of Den Yer mining mcr, and more are arriv- ing daily.
 After the Denver people had care fully pro~p,ctrd their ground they threw up uiuctccd of their claims and are now doing thrir development work on forty-ouc claims. Think of a min ing claim of S3o acres without t clay seam or wall rock, all high grade ore and the gold one thousand fine, The bullion will br worth S30.67 an ounce \ thousand stamp mill k talked Of. and they expect to work ore for 60 ccu:- per ton WI. HARDY.
 Accompanying Captain Hardy's let ter to the Republican WA, a personal note and a sample ot the ore from the new find. Al first glance it looks like d very poor quality of granite. such as is found in all the mountains Of this . section. though careful inspection shows lois of magnetic iron and spcCks of free gold. Captain Hardy, who is . well acquainted with this section, suG- gcsts that many of the low black . granite hills in this part of Arizona may be similarly impregnated with the yellow metal. He calls special attention to q low. black mountain about thirty-fve miles west of Phoe- nix.
 From a more extended account of the . strike the Chloride Arrow says: