Mohave County miner., 1906-05-26
Mineralized Mountains of Mohave County.
Great Stretches of Uplands Car rying all Known Minerals.
Mineral Park Basin.


 greatest mineralized sections of Wall apai mining district. The first mines were located in 1871 and since that time the camp has been producer of rich gold, silver, lead and copper ores. The first big producer was the Key stone, which shipped its ores to Swan sea, Wales, for treatment, the ores going by way of Colorado river and Gulf of California to San Francisco, thence in ballast to Wales. And yet the ores paid immense profits. The surface ores of the Keystone mines were richer than from any of the oth- CT properties of the camp, carrying big values in gold, as well as silver. Water was encountered at supertic- ial depth, which made the working of the mine below the l50 level by the original owners almost impossible. Ali ter changing hands it was worked by the Mineral Park mining company and the ores milled in the little mill near the mouth of Mineral Park wash. After passing through series of vi- cissitudes it finally passed into the hands of James Uncapher and was by him sold to the present operating com pany under the uperintendency of Jacob Detar. This company has been at work on the mine the past year and has extracted several carloads of won derfully rich ore. The rich ore body below the 100 level has never been touched and the company is now at work opening it up. The shaft has reached a depth of nearly 100 feet and the vein at the bottom is unbroken. This big vein can be handled by con- centration, but the smaller and richer vein produces ores so rich that they can be shipped to the shelter without asserting. With proper method of handling the ores of the mine on the ground the property would become one of the richest in the county.
 The Rural and Buckeye mines, on the south slope of Sherum's Peak, have produced some of the richest sil- yer ores ever taken from a mine in the world. Solid chunks of silver and the most beautiful of wire silver has been taken from the property, while the general run of the ore was very high in silver and gold. The veins have been opened to quite depth by tun- nel and shaft, but no crosscutting of importance has been done, although it is believed by miners who know the ground that there are several contig- uous veins carrying similar ores. The Rural is owned by E. F. Thompson of Kingman, and the Buckeye by c. E. Lovett and others. of Denver. Thou sands of dollars were taken from the properties during the past years and they are still capable of making a large output.
 The old Lone Star mine is another of the big producers of the camp, having produced ore of great value from the day of its discovery in 1871 to the present time. In the days oi its early history its output was the largest of any mine in the county and its ores were very high grade. w. F Grounds, now a cattleman of Hack. berry. was the owner of the property and he it was that skinned the cream of the ores in this vein. It is now owned by Fred Harter and Capt. I Conkey, of Mineral Park.
 The Metallic Accident is another o the mines that has been a producer O. unusually rich silver ores. From the surface of this mine T. J. Christie shipped ore that ran as high as SS pel pound. At depth of about 50 fee the vein became broken and no chlor idle ore was afterward found, although at a lower depth a big vein of low grade ore was cut. This vein carrie copper, silver and gold. This vein i believed to be one of the big things 0 the county, although it has not beer developed to an extent where prope judgment can be passed on it.
 The King mine is another coppe bearing property and shows good bod ies of ore. It is owned by John Ka and wife. The mine is in the south west part of the basin and in one c