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

KIett, Lafayette Maynard, William
McGeary and d. w. Lockwood.
} The first location made was named
the Wheeler lode and nineteen names
were on the original notice.
The boundaries of Maynard district,
which have never been disturbed,
were given as follows: Beginning at
point due north from the Lyons
ledge; thence due east seven miles;
thence due south twenty miles: thence
due west fourteen miles: thence due
north twenty miles; thence due east to
the place of beginning. This takes in
the section of country fifteen miles
south of the American Flag mine and
five miles north of that property, run
ming almost to Kingman on the west
and into the valley of the Big Sandy
on the east, making an immense eX-
tent of country, gridironed with veins
of the precious and other minerals.
The greatest extent of naturalization
has been along the eastern and north
ern slope of the range and in the years
gone by the mines of that section sup
ported a large number of people. Ow-
/ ing to its isolation and the dread of
the Indians it attracted only the BRAY
est of the hardy pioneers, but those
who went in there were beautifully
rewarded for their hardihood by the
wealth that poured from the mines
into their Golfers.
The Wallapai mountain range is
situated near the center of the county
and its peaks rise to a height of $500
| feet above the level of the sea.
Throughout the entire range there are
great veins of mineral bearing Gre.
In fact, the greatest veins of the coun-
ty are found in its vast stretches of
rockribbed slopes.
Among the early mines to make a
record was the American Flag. This
mine was discovered in 1874 by VIM.
Shoulders, who worked it for a short
time and then sold it to John Penber-
thy, William Richards, John CORN
and Joe Prisk for 25,00OS. These men
went to work Systematically and de-
veloped the property to a depth of
about $50 feet by a series of adit drifts,
/ the longest of the openings being 900
/ feet. 400,000S worth of ore was sold
from the mine, only the grades run
ming better than zoos to the ton being
shipped. The ore is an antimonial
| silver, carrying some gold. 1t also
carries percentage of zinc, but not
enough to earn penalty at the smell
ter. The lower drift cut a body of
ore, where it intersected the vein,
that gave an average value of l,OO0S
to the ton. From q tons of mixed ore
from this level, shipped to Swansea,
Wales, a net return of IL, 500S was re-
ceived. The main vein in the location
runs from one foot to four feet in
width of solid ore. Along the main
workings, on the lowest level, there
{
run from so to 125 ounces silver and
about IS gold to the ton. This ore is
blocked out and can be readily eX-
tracted. In the lower drift more than
100 tons of ore from cave of the big
vein fills the opening. This ore aver
ages about 45S to the ton in gold and
silver and has only to be trammed to
the dump. The mine is well situated
! for economical working, being in
well watered section and just below
the heavy fringe of timber. y good
road can be built to the mine from
the main wagon road into the district
at a small expense. AT the present
time a trail leads away from the way
on road on the summit of the divide
to the mine, distance of two miles.
/ This mine is now owned by John Pen
berthy, H. H. Watkins, Mrs. Ellen
Prisk and w. H. Taggart Mercantile
company.
About midway between the Enter
prise group and the American Flag
mine, on the eastern slope of the
mountain and near the head of Wheel
err wash, are the properties owned by
the Great Eastern Mining Company.
The principal claim of the group is
the Great Eastern, formerly known as
the Wheeler mine, from it having
been discovered and exploited by
United States Geologist, Lieut.. Geo.
NJ. Wheeler, in the early '70s. Along
northwest and southeast contact, be-
tween porphyry and granite, are a SER
les of large veins which are highly
mineralized for several thousand feet.