Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1906-04-28
Mohave County, the Treasure Vault of Arizona

/ Is covered with a commodious shaft
house and everything is made safe anC
snug. From the stope on the 100 Level
ore is being broken down and assorted
on the dumps, it being the intention
/ to make carload shipment to the
smelter to ascertain the values and
the method of working. Later mill
is to be put in to handle the ores and
put them in marketable shape. There
are thousands of tons of ore in the
present openings that can be handled
| by concentration and will net thou
sands of dollars. Wood and water for
all purposes are to be had near the
camp, wood costing but two dollars per
cord delivered.
The mine is under the management
of j. ID. Spargo, one of the best mining
men on the Pacific coast, while Major
w. A. Mensch handles the financial
end of the concern.
At Wallapai Springs, fifteen miles
east of Kingman, is situated the Jona-
than and Eta mines, owned by J. w.
Gerritt. These claims produced large
tonnage of rich silver ore above the
water level and are still capable of
making an output of the same class.
The shaft on the property has reached
a depth of l25 feet and still shows good
ore.
The old Dean mine, up under the
North Peak, was worked in early days
by John Howell and is opened to a
depth of 225 feet by cross drift. 1t
has big bodies of low grade ore and
under proper handling ought to be-
come big producer.
To the southeast of the Enterprise
mines, are the old mines of the Grant
& McGeary section. These mines
were worked thirty years ago, but
owing to the lOwness of the grade lit
tie shipping ore was sent out. The
veins are large and carry values in
silver and lead, some of them being of
immense size. Nearly all the claims
are under location at the present time,
but the owners are awaiting the ad-
vent of a milling plant in the district
to put the ores in shape for the mar
ket. Some of the ore can readily be
assorted to the proper grade for ship
ment but it will leave little for the
miner over freight and treatment
charges. The haul to railroad will be
about y miles, but mostly down hill.
a concentrating mill would be able to
handle these ores and make them val
liable. The nearness to wood and wa
ter would make the handling of the
ores inexpensive. Nowhere can ore
be mined and milled as cheaply as in
Maynard district and We would advise
the capitalist looking for lead or zinc
ores to make an examination of that
section. Now is the time to get in
while the district is dormant, as the
properties can be picked up cheaply.
The experienced man can make a for
tune from the handling of these ores.
south of the Maynard district is the
Wauba Yuma district, the first section
of Wallapai mountain to be named by
the hardy prospector. In this district
are the Florence and Pride of the
Pines claims, two monster veins of ore
said to carry good values in gold and
silver. The mines are now under To-
cation by w. J. Connor, of Yucca, and
c. d. Pickering of Cedar. Little work
has been done on the properties, but
the surface shows an immense outcrop
of mineral bearing ore. 1t is expected
that sometime this fall force of men
will be put to work on the mines and
open them in systematic manner.
To the west of the above named
claims are the old Antler and Copper
World mines, at one time worked by
the Phelps-Dodge people. Owing to
the depreciation of copper work was
suspended on the mines about twelve
years ago and nothing has been done
on them since. The mines produced
a large tonnage of rich copper ore, but
near the water line the ore ran into
iron and no effort was made to pass
through the barren zone. 1t is ex-
pected that some day the mines will
be again worked by the big copper
producers and that that section will
have a copper smelling plant to handle
the product of the mines.
The Cedar mining district adjoins
the Wauba Yuma on the south. In
this district are situated some of the
best mines of the county. The north
ernmost mine of the district is the