Mohave County miner., 1906-05-12
Mineralized Mountains of Mohave County.
Great Stretches of Uplands Car rying all Known Minerals.

Mohave county has the largest area of mining lands in the territory Of Arl- zona. Every upland and far into the level plain of the valley is scanned and interlaced with veins of mineral bear ing rock. The principal area of the county is mountainous, there being at least nine well defined ranges of moun- tains running from north to south. The principal ranges are the Blue Ridge, paralleling the Colorado river trom the Big Bend on the north to the Sac ramento Wash on the south, ll5 miles in length and more than ten miles Tn width. every foot of which is mineral ized. In the central part of the coun- ty is the Cerbat range, extending northerly from Kingman to the Col orado river, distance of eighty three miles. This mineral field is also about ten miles in width and is wonderfully mineralized, having yielded more than any of the other ranges of the county in gold. silver, lead and copper. The Wallapai mountains are fifty miles In Ien0th and the mineral area twelve miles wide. The Grand Wash Cliffs extend from Blackberry to Utah and in places are more than 40 miles In width. The Peacock range runs from Blackberry to the head Of the Dig Sandy valley, about 30 miles. On the east side of the Big Sandy valley are the Aquarius mountains. This range is mineralized in the neighborhood or Burro Creek and into the Hillside country, but north of that place the mineralization is confined to isolated veins. so far as yet discovered. This is the only range in the county carry ing wolfram and bismuth ores. The Cottonwood range is separated on the north from the Aquarius by small creek and extends to the south break of the Grand Wash Cliffs. It is min- eralized in many places, the mines of Wright Creek being in that range. Along the Bill Williams Fork Is a small range, formerly known by the Indians as the Ha-will-a-mook. This range shows excellent mineralizatlon wherever the volcanic cap has been eroded. South of the break of the Blue Ridge mountains are the Cheme' huevis. This range has produced largely in placer and ledge gold and i' considered one of the best of the min eral sections of the county. Embraced in these mineraliZed ranges are fully 5000 square miles of land, more thar Cne-half of the area of the county. IT this area can be found every minera known to science: gold, silver, leaC and copper predominating in produc tion.
 Among the minerals found in tht mountains of this county are the fol lowing:
 Antimony, arsenic, aluminium, bis muth, chromium, copper, Hourine gold. iron, lead, lime, magnisium molybdenum, manganese, silver, sod i .m, tungsten, vanadium, zinc. Whil there are many other minerals to b found, these are the principal ores c value. Corundum is also found i small quantities as is also the amethyst A large production of marketable tul uuoise has been made by the mines a Mineral Park. Two companies hay been developing and producing tn past two years, while private indiviC uals have made many sales of goo stones. In the south part of the Gel bat range considerable vanadium or has been found, but it has not bee treated for its rare mineral, the owI CTS of the property prefering to SC their product to the shelter for tE gold and silver content.
 In Diamond Canyon, north of PeaC Springs, is a large deposit of garne suitable for abraisives. This materi is considered one of the best of all u abrasive materials now in use for u treatment and finishing of shoe leat CT. Being but twenty miles from u railroad it ought to become of consi erable importance as an industry
 the county. Near Peach Springs the
 are a number of big lime kilns nc shipping their product all over u coast. The lime is said to be the fine quality. Over an area of several tho sand square miles can be found beds