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

workings, a drift having been run in
from the surface to strike the ore
body at a depth of about seventy feet.
Since the mine passed into the hands
of F. 5. Dennis and J. J. Jerome it
has been sunk below the water level,
but the ore body has not been pros
pected to any extent. On the dump
there are about 500 tons of ore running
about fifty ounces silver in value that
gives a splendid concentrating pro-
duct. The ore body runs from two
feet to seven feet in width of solid ore,
the vein being much wider. The
claim is situated on the main travelled
wagon road from Yucca to Cedar and
is distant from the railroad % miles.
To the south of the property is forest
of pine timber suitable for all mining
uses and easy of access.
Down the canyon from the Berkely.
a distance of three miles, are the big
molybdenum mines, owned by L. J.
Lassell, Smith & Sawyer, w. J. Con-
nor and E. s. Osborne. These claims
carry copper and molybdenum in large
quantities. The veins are large and
have been developed to a small extent.
The largest vein of the group is fully
fifteen feet in width and carries about
seven feet of ore. There is plenty of
water at this place for all milling pur-
poses.
North of the molybdenum mines are
the mines of Crow Canyon. The claims
are large and carry values in lead.
gold and silver.
At the head of Eagle Wash is stu
ated the Hope lode, owned by W. H.
Rogers. of Kingman. This mine pro-
duced thousands of dollars in ore dur
ing the early days of the county. The
ore was heavy lead bearing quartz
the ton in silver. Recently Mr.. Rog-
ers obtained some good results from
the Outcrop of the big dyke running
with the smaller and richer vein. Ow-
ing to its inaccessibility the mine has
been allowed to lie idle, but as soon as
the other mines in that section become
active the mine is sure TO be sought
after
Directly east of the Berkely mine
and distant about six miles, is the
Diamond Joe and other mines on the
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producers, the ore running high in
silver and copper. Ore had to be
hauled by wagon seventy miles or
packed to the Berkely and shipped
into Yucca. The owners made nice
cleanup years ago when it was first
discovered.
In and around tfie Berkely are many
other mines that have produced good
ore and still have good prospects of
becoming again paying propositions.
Matt and William Carr own some of
these mines, while Edna Steen is the
owner of others. These mines are all
close to the wagon road and can be
easily reached.
The Cedar section has been worked
for years and among the first of the
mines of that section were the Arnold
and contiguous properties. The Ar
mold lode has had history of litiga-
ton and Encouragement. Three wa
gon roads. costing in the aggregate
90, O00S were built to the property and
scarcely a dollar spent in the develop
ment of the mine. IL has been opened
by shaft and drift, but the depth is
superficial. The vein is a good one
and in the early seventies the mine
was producer of rich mineral, the
ore being packed to Mineral Park on
burros and worked by the chlorination
process. In and around it are veins
similar in character and for miles the
country is gridironed with veins of
mineral. The surface ores of these
mines kept the camp one of the live
Hest in the county for years, but the
break in silver gave it a hard blow
making it almost impossible to inter-
est capital in the properties. The
mines are rich and should be operated
on a large scale. Matt and William
Carr have mines in that district that
are meritorious, as have also H. H.
Watkins, J. p. Ryan, J. A. Carrow,
Edna Steen and others.
Five miles south of Cedar is the San
Francisco mine, owned by the Yucca
Cyanide Nj. & NJ. Co., and under the
management of c. D. Pickering. This
property has been opened to depth
of 500 feet and shows one of the most