Mohave County miner., 1906-05-19

Mr. and Mrs. Kay also owns number of other promising properties in the same section.
 The Woodchopper's Relief has been opened to depth of several hundred feet by shaft and tunnel. The prop erty is owned by J. w. Haas. From the surface of the claim rich ore was taken, but we are not familiar with the vein in the lower workings of the property, although it is said good ore bodies exist there.
 The Katie mine is owned by c. k. Sherman. It was worked by tributers in the early days of the property and is still producer of very rich silver ore. Many tons of ore running 1,5OOS to the ton was worked in the Mineral Park mill in the early eighties and since that time shipments have been made to the shelter of the same class of ore.
 The Fairfield mine has been opened to a depth of 260 feet by tunnel and shaft. It was to tap this vein that Capt. w. H. Hardy, many years ago, drove a tunnel nearly 1900 feet to drain the mine and later connected the shaft with it. No work has been done on the mine since connection was made, although the property is under stood to be a good one. The ore was low in grade at the intersection of the vein by the tunnel, but this does not indicate that the mine will be found to be low grade all through. It cer- tainly is worthy of more systematic development.
 The Queen Bee mine is owned by the same people working the Keystone and the property has been producer of exceptionally rich ore. The rock in the mine is extremely hard and this fact initiates against it. From the surface to the present level the ore body has been continuous but the own CT feels that he has much better prop erty in the Keystone and it is on that property they are devoting their en- ergies.
 There are many other properties in the basin worthy of mention to great CT extent than can be given in this article. Among them are the Home Pastime, Ithica, Garden Spring, and Blue Boy. These mines have all pro- duced good ores and are still capable of making a large production. Owing to the encountering of water at su- perficial depth no effort has been made to work below the water level, al- though the best ore bodies have been found in the properties operated be- low the water line.
 The entire basin is one mass of veins and vein matter. The ores carry values in gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc Of course, many of the veins are low grade in values, but with proper handling of the ores it is believed the camp would become one of the most pr osperous in the county. Work could be carried on there all the year round and being close to railroad communi- cation the mines could be worked eco- nomically. Plenty of water can be had in the mines for milling purposes and only fuel will have to be brought in. Now is the time for capital to make investments, as later on some one will provide a way to handle the ores cheaply and then owners will hold their mines at a high figure. The Keystone mine, as well as the Queen Bee and other properties, have great bodies of ore that will have to be cleaned of the gangue before ship ments can be made with profit, and should that be done mine owner, would be able to keep a big plant ir operation for this purpose. Experi' ments with the ores of the camp ought to be made and it certainly is to bt , expected that way will be found.