The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-15
YUMA COUNTY.

Her Rich Mires==The Ia FOtCEa
 and King of Arizona-Great
 Mineral Wealth Yet Un-
 deveIOped-CaStle
 Dome Lead
 Mines.
 The County Lies Directly in the
 Tain 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- gsrding some of the mineral resources of Yuma county, and a description of two of the richest gold mines; also something of the Castle Dome lead mines:
 KING OF ARIZONA.
 The gold d-besring property. known for time as inc Gleason, has been transferred to the King Arizona Mining and Milling ColpaHSS t n.y. Terri ST poratiun organized under the laws or tne LerIa- III torv of Arizona with q capitalization or o'VVoVeV shares of par value of sl each Thls company pan owns four full claims the homeSIake, thc hiSe Of Arizona, the Last Hope, and the Mucho Rueno This district lies about thirty nEe miles due east of thd Castle Dome hahu, ing, on the Colorado River: It Is north ol the Gila River and about 10 miles rom Noha"i K Summit on the Southern Paclnc haliroau' This Is the nearest station on the railway There are several other locations besides those conveyed to the King of Arizona.
 The Hornestalte location covers the chiei ! workings up to this date. There Is on this claim n strong vsin of gold-bearlng QuartZ Ihle lode or vein has three us I, in o, ! from i to 3ts inches wide which averages apou' ! B 800 per ton in value. Next below this thert ! is middle layer or body or quartz apouL = inchL eS thick. which will average aoout SsOtC SINO CT ton in value. The remainder of tho 1 vein so far as it is exposed by the shaft aver | ages about S24 per ton. Test holes nave peer drilled feet deep into the foot wall, and all art l in ore The shaft by which the exposure o the nat ature of the vein has been made IS 2O 1 feet deep and follows the dip Of the hanglns wall distance of 10 feet eaSterly and SO rec westerly These show q continuity of vein ! having the same characters and values develop ed by the shaft. The hill rises rapidly both eas and west of the shaft so that the height Of back | on the lode above the drifts Is greater than q the shaft At 0 point about 30 feet west or th' | shaft and on a level with the collar of the shaI | the vein has been croSScut from wall 70 wall | showing it IS feet wide at that point The or in the croSScut is of about the same grade Q that in the shaft. The croppingS Of the VHll may be followed for some TOO feet Of the Home stake shaft to a second opening, known as IT King of Arizona Shaft" This shaft Is about 2 feet deep and by means of drill holes the veil is shown to be II feet in width and has an aver age value of BIO per ton. At point zoo feet eas of the HomcStalIe shaft a tunnel has been mad which crosScutS the vein l60 feet below the sur face At this point the hanging wall vein k l inches wide and has an average value of $50 pc ton. The tunnel then passes through 50 feet O vein matter running about B per ton, thenc ! through feet of ore carrying &2S per ton to tn foot wall The total distance from hanging wal to foot wall along this tunnel is 70 feet A drlf has been run along the foot wall to the Homo stake shaft at distance of 200 feet. and tn average value of the orc exposed iS Ell per tor