Mohave County miner., 1903-08-08
GREAT RUSH
To GOLD FIELDS
BIG G0LD.BEARlNG DYKES
SOUTH OF KINCMAN
Much Excitement in Town and
People Flocking In

just now on at ktngman. Inc scene
of the great rush of gold seekers Is
from three to ten miles south OF the
town and to this field people are flock
ing by the hundreds and the whole
country is staked off. The gold is
found in strstified reefs Of spar
rocks. The original discovery OF gold
in these reefs is ascribed to r. A. Cur
ley, mining expert Of Denver, who
has associated with him A. f. Judson,
Dennis and S. j. Sullivan, also of Den.
yer, and other mining men. Charles
Davis made the original location OF
the dykes and these people purchased
his interests for large sum in cash,
reserving large interest in the COM
pany to be organized to work the de-
posits. Free gold is found in these
reefs and assays run from ten dollars
to 500S to the ton in gold. When il
became known that gold was found in
the big reefs Kingmsn people rushed
into the field, followed by hundreds Of
people from the outside. Every form
of conveyance was impressed into
service to take the gold seekers to the
field and many went out afoot. Peo
Pile are arriving from different parts
of the country and going out daily to
the new fields, while from the camps
Of the county prospectors and miners
are coming in in all sorts of convey
ances and going out to the scene of
action. All the big reefs of granite
for square Of ten miles have been To-
Gated and now the prospectors are
pushing on into the higher mountain
range.
The new mining field is located few
miles south and west of Kingman in
the broken foothills of the south end
of the Cerbat and west side of the
WallapAi mountain ranges. The whole
country has at one period been COW
cred by great volcanic flow, but in
places the volcanic matter has been
eroded away leaving sections of the
primary formation exposed. 1t is in
these igneous rocks that the gold Is
found, both in quartz veins and 10 the
massive spar dykes cutting the
country through. Lying against the
lavss OF the higher hills are veins Of
quartz and in these some splendid gold
ore has been found. The claims locat-
ed by the Denver gentlemen are being
worked by a force of men and it is
estimated by some that 20,0W,00Os 10
ore is lying exposed on the surface OF
the great reefs. A big milling plant is
projected for the mines to be installed
at once. The people back of the pro-
ject are men OF means and are enthu-
siastic over their big find.
In the same neighborhood is the
great Bi.Metsl mine, recently pur-
chased by E. r. Holden & Company, OF
New York, and upon which men are
now at work. This great vein carries
values in the porphyry as well as in
the quartz, the whole being OF a high
grade character. An immense plant is
to be installed on this mine and work
on magnificent scale is to be started
mp by the first Of September. All the
mines are accessible by wagon and so
close to che base of supplies that they
can be operated very cheaply.
Charles Metcslfe and Robert Rosco,
who have located Boulder Spring, are
showing some splendid specimens of
gold from a claim few miles south of
that place. The gold is in an iron hem
little and perfectly free. They have a
big streak Of the ore and are preparing
to go to work on it at once. The hem
little runs through the granite walls
and the whole mass carries values. II
will take some time to ascertain the
extent OF the strike. Other prospec.
tors are exhibiting good gold speci-
meus and as each new strike is report
ed the excitement grows. Denver peo.
pie say that Kingman is sure TO be the
mining center of Arizona and that the
new gold fields are richer than Cripple
Creek.
John Granfield, one of the pioneers
OF the Cerbat country, came in to
Kingman few days ago suffering Sc.
verely from neuralgia and other all.