Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
RAILROAD TO GOLD ROADS BEING
 PLANNED.
(From Fridays Daily.)


 of Mohave county, Arizona, will have a railroad within the next year, if the plans of a number of those most inter- ested in the gold-producing properties and those of the Denver capitalists, whom they have interested, are success fully carried out. In saying a railroad, well-built standard gauge line, with proper equipment to handle business, is meant, and it is necessary so to explain, for the reason that there IS already a so-called railroad entering the region, the Mohave Milltown rail road, as it is called.
 The mineowners now have succeeded in interesting Denver capitalists and a company is to be organized to build first class road from Mellen, the Santa of the Colorado river, running north into the heart of the district, and pro- bably terminating within about a mile and half of the Gold Roads mine, the nearest point to that property likely to be accessible on account of the grades. The route as now announced is to be up the river bank past the Thirty-ive mile to Boundary Cone, thence to the German-Ameriean the Victor and Vir- gin, Blue Ridge and Gold Roads mines. The total length will be about thirty miles. It is understood that arrange ments have been made with the Santa Fe to take bonds of the company and furnish material, such as rails and equipment. The road would, of course, be but feeder to President Ripley's big system, but a very valuable one, as is readily seen from the activity that is now going on in the mines. The chief mine owners will take stock in the company.
 The Gold Roads mine. which is put ting out about $60.000 in bullion every month, and is paying dividends that place it close to the foremost rank in the mining world, is reported to be about to install further improvements. One hundred and twenty tons a day are handled by the present plant. s. R. Porter, a well known Los Angeles mining man, is superintendent of the property, Former Superintendent Spargo now being in charge of the West Gold Roads property.
 There are fifteen hOists active in the district. The Gold Roads Company has a 120-ton mill, the Blue Ridge one of forty tons capacity, and the Ger man-American will have one of 40 tons and cyanide plant running by September l. The Blue Ridge is ex- peeted to put in cyanide plant this fall. The German-American has three hOisting plants at work; the Gold Roads, two; Pasadena Consolidated, two; Blue Ridge, one Gold Star, one; Santa Ynez, one; Victor and Virgin, two; Miller and Holmes, one, besides others on smaller properties.
 The equipment that is being install ed by the German-American alone amounts to about S75,O0O in value. The chief owners of this property are Aus gust Marque, George Zobelein. the Maier estate, Carl Shader, and T. A. Johnson, all of Los Angeles. The pro- perty consists of fourteen claims, of which six have not been developed. A new ore shoot is being opened on the Pioneer claim, which is said to show for q distance of 250 feet on the top. A number of shafts have been sunk to slight depths, and the center one is now down fifty feet. Ore is found | on four sides and at the bottom. As says as high as $1OO are reported, hut | the actual returns from mill tests are given as averaging Sl2.Os a ton. This ledge was uncovered recently during l the building of a wagon road. It is about feet wide.
 On the Treadwel claim of the same | company the ledge shows up eighty | feet in length and ten feet with aver age mill tests of $s per ton. A shaft is down 22O feet.
 On the Twenty-third Parallel elaim it is said that there is a ledge 500 feet in length. four and half feet wide, with mill runs averaging $14 A shaft is down 23O feet.