Mohave County miner., 1906-03-31

and Virgin, the Roosevelt and other
mines of merit, on which considerable
work has been done during the year.
These mines are in the same general
formation as the German-American
and other big veins of the Blue Ridge
range. Larger machinery is to be put
in to work the mines right away and
then we may expect big results.
In the Silver Creek section, SIX
miles to the north of Vivian, and about
the same distance west of Gold Road,
are the mines first discovered In the
range. These mines are the old Moss,
Hardy. and others. The Moss was the
original discovery of the county and
the exhibition of its ores in San Fran
cisco in the early sixties caused many
men to brave the danger OF the desert
and hostile Indians to get to 1t. Two
tons of ore taken from the outcrop OF
the vein is said to have Melted the
lucky owner the sum of ll4,OOOS In San
Francisco. The vein is an immense
one. the crosscut at the bottom of the
90 foot shaft showing seventeen feet
OF ledge. Ore ranging from 4,OOOS to
g.OOOS was taken from the shaft. AT
this point the vein either faulted or
became broken up, the values falling
TO a low stage. A drift was driven in
ha
and some good ore was found. 100 tons
IRON this opening was worked at a lit
tie mill at Hardyville that showed re-
suits of 32S to the ton. Owing to the
long haul through heavy sand wash
and the high price of fuel the prOpos-
ition could not be made to pay at that
time. 1t is now owned by the Gold
Giant mining company and systemat-
ic effort is being made to take up the
big vein at depth.
Near the old Moss is the Rattan and
Ruth mines, owned by the Rattan
mining company. The shaft on the
Rattan nine has been sunk to depth
large. two feet of it being pay ore.
Several hundred tons of this ore was
milled at Hardyville, but being a sui
pnide high extraction was not OBJ
tanned. The mine is an excellent
property and should be readily put on
a pay basis.
The old Hardy mine was worked to
some extent by adit drifts in the early
DAYS. but no systematic mining was
carried on. Sometime ago the prop
erty was taken over by Col. Thomas
Ewing and a shaft was sunk to a depth
of 200 feet and the vein crosscut at the
bottom. A fine body of ore was en-
countered in this drift and the work
of exploitation is being carried on sys-
tematically. The mine is one of the
good things of the camp. There is
plenty of water at this place suitable
for domestic and milling purposes.
The Homestake group owned by r.
J. Holmes, is another of the big things
of the Silver Creek section. This
mine has been opened by shaft and
tunnel to depth of about 200 feet.
Col Thomas Ewing has been working
the property with a large force of
men for some months, The veins in
the group are very large and carry
pay values throughout.
The Navy group is being worked by
a company. 1t was formerly owned by
Robert Zuver and r. J. Holmes. The
mines are said to be excellent gold
bearing properties.
The Black Mountain mining com
pany has a number of promising prop
critics, to the north of Silver Creek,
upon which considerable work has
been done.
The MosSback mine, owned by c. H.
Burlock, is about two miles north of
Silver Creek. The vein is an immense
body of medium grade milling ore. A
shaft has been sunk to a depth of 300
feet and the vein crossed forty feet.
This is one of the largest veins in that
section and shows much rich ore, but
the vein as whole gives an average
of about l2S gold per ton. 1t is easy
of access and will supply enough water
for a small milling plant.
Onr readers must not infer that the
mines mentioned are the only proper
ties of merit in the southern part of
San Francisco district. There are
hundreds of claims there that small
amount of work might prove bonanzas.
The whole country Is rridirnned with