Mohave County miner., 1906-03-24

mines OF utTlls vi NAASh NOAANAN
work has been done during the year.
These mines are in the same general
formation as the German-Amerlcan
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
the crosscut at the bottom of tie
lOD foot shaft showing seventeen feel
OF ledge. Ore ranging from 4,O0OS 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 III
to cut the vein under the big outcrop
and some good ore was found. 100 tons
from this opening was worked at lit
tie mill at Hardyville that showed re-
suits of BIS to the ton. Owing TO the
long haul through heavy sand wash
and the high price of fuel the propos-
itlon 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 mine has been sunk to a depth
O, about 200 feet. The vein Is quite
large. two feet of it being pay ore.
Several hundred tons of this ore was
milled at Hardyville, but being sui
pnide a high extraction was not OBJ
tanned. The mine is an excellent
property and should be readily put on
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 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 a depth of about 200 feet.
Col. Thomas Ewing has been working
the property with 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
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 ha:
been done.
The Mossback mine, owned by c. H
Burlock. is about two miles north o
Silver Creek. The vein is an immense
body of medium grade milling ore. 4
shaft has been sunk to a depth OF 3OI
feet and the vein crossed forty feet
This is one of the largest veins in tina
section and shows much rich ore, bu
the vein as a whole gives an average
of about l2S gold per ton. 1t is cas-!
of access and will supply enough watel
for small milling plant.
Onr readers must not infer that tn,
mines mentioned are the only proper
ties of merit in the southern part o
San Francisco district. There arr
hundreds of claims there that a small
amount of work might prove bonanzaS
The whole country is gridirOned will
veins all of which carry gold in great