Mohave County miner., 1906-03-24
Mohave County, the Treasure Vault Of Arizona

cipally in free gold. Shafts to depth
of 400 feet have been sunk on the 35
Parallel, Pioneer and Treadwell. An
adit drift was run in on one of the
veins which opened up great bodies of
free milling ore. Six or eight months
ago it was estimated that there was in
sight in the mines of this group a net
sum of 500,000S after deducting mining
and milling expenses. The veins are
all large and regular. The SNOWFALL
mine, of the group, produced ore that
gave returns of forty ounces gold to
the ton. While this vein is the small
est of the group it has yielded a great
deal of this immensely rich ore. The
company has had a water famine to
contend with and at present are pre-
pairing to install a pumping plant on
Spears Lake, eight miles distant,
from which water will be pumped to
the town of Vivian and supply the nee
essary requirements of the ten stamp
mill recently erected on the property.
The mill is in commission at present,
the mines furnishing almost enough
water for the cyanide plant.
To the west of the German-Ameri-
can properties are the mines of the
Swiss-American mining company.
These mines are known as the Uncle
Sam and Ben Doran. When the Ben
Doran was discovered it created a SEN
sation in this county seldom equaled.
The ore found in the outcrop was
mass of gold, in all sorts of fantastic
shapes. The vein was opened in a
number of places and good ore encoun-
tered. The main shaft on the Uncle
Sam was sunk to a depth of 200 feet.
A mill is soon to be put on the prop
erty and the large bodies of ore ex-
tracted and milled..
The Vivian mine, owned by the Wv
ian mining company, is to the west of
the town of Vivian. 1t was located
several years ago by half-breed Mo
have Indian and afterward passed into
the hands of Judge E. NJ. Ross and
Col. Thomas Ewing, of Los Angeles.
In the outcrop the vein showed won
derful values, the rock being literally
shot full of gold. Since its acquisi-
tion by the present owners the mine
has been worked by good force of
miners. a ten stamp mill has just
been erected on the mine and was put
in commission on the 18th of this
month. Its operation so far has been
very satisfactory, a good saving of
values being made. The operation Of
the mill is automatic, the ore passing
from the mine to the cyanide tanks by
mechanical conveyors. The plant is
one of the most complete on the coast.
At Vivian is also situated the Leland
group of mines, owned by the Mohave
Gold mining company. This company
own a large number of claims, but the
Leland and Mitchell are the most
prominent of the lot. A tunnel was
projected to run on the vein distance
of nearly 1000 feet, from one side of
high backbone to the other, but the
connection lacks about 125 feet. The
company has done an immense amount
of work on the mines, but nothing has
been done to exploit the mines below
the broken ground at the level of the
tunnel. a forty stamp mill was built
eleven miles from the mines and two
miles from Spears Lake. Water was
pumped to this mill and several thou
sands of tons of ore milled. An auxil-
larry company built a narrow guage
railroad from the east bank of the Col
orado river by way of the mill to the
mines, distance of seventeen miles.
This road is now in operation. The
company is about to resume operations
on the property and it is possible that
the mill will be removed from its pres
ent location to the mines. There is no
question that the mines owned by this
company are all right and that with
proper management they would be
made pay handsomely.
The town of Vivian is situated at the
terminal of the Mohave & Midtown
railroad. Its population is made up
of miners, operators and tradesmen.
1t is in the heart of the San Francisco
mining district and will no doubt some
day become a thriving little city.
To the south of Vivian are the mines
in and around Boundary Cone. While
that section has been somewhat ne
elected there are some meritoriOus
mining claims there. Lack of water