The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-11
IMPORTANT GOLD
STRIKES IN THE
KOFA DISTRICT
speelal to Daily Mining RECORD.

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YUMA. Ariz.. July S.=Within ten
days four important gold strikes
havetbeen made In the Kofa district,
near the King of Arizona property,
and deal is now on whereby one of
these finds is to be bonded, it is said
by Los Angeles parties for $1,000
600. This property is about two
miles northwest OF the North Star,
and has been located by Soderman
and Amavisca.
One mile west of the North Star
Mathis brothers and Norton are
working the North Star contact,
where 1t again comes TO the surface.
They are already ~ feet down and
are drifting across the ledge from
that level Everything they have
taken out Is ore. East of the North
Star the contact crosses a wash.
Here the vein goes under the valley
for about one mile east and reap
pears, showing for about one mile,
when 1t disappears and seems lost
altogether. This property has been
located by r. e. Black and G.. M.
Henshaw, who have five claims. So
far they have done only assessment
work. but the ore right from the
surface assays from $5.25 to $3.50.
About the center of their property
where 1t crosses the high divide be-
tween the two canyons. the vein
shows 900 feet thick.
Northwest of the strike by Mathis
brothers and Norton, another dis
covery has been made by Wineshank
and De Laoso, which they claim is
200 feet across, some specimens of
which carry free gold.
Two miles east of the King of
Arizona another discovery recently
made was by Black and Henshaw in
the form of a dyke of quartz $50
feet thick and from IS to 90 feet
high Its length is between 500 and
700 feet and it assays 1925 on the
surface. At depth of 10 feet from
the first shaft the ore runs $24.SS
it is said. 1t was only seven miles
from this point that j. Fred Not
busch discovered a ledge one mile
in length showing free gold and
carrying value of 1925 on the sur
face. People who have seen both
rocks say it is the same contact.
The King of Arizona. which is the
camp of Col. Epes Randolph and Eu-
gene st. Ives, is grinding its regu-
lar 200 tons every "a hours, and
there is no end to the ore in sight.
The North Star people are sack
ing the rich ore in the new shaft re-
Gently. The whole bed is in ore
which runs $3.50 pound.
The copper districts in northern
Yuma county last. week witnessed
much activity. A 10 horse power
gasoline hoist has been ordered for
the Molina property, formerly known
as the Torres mine. A road will be
built from the McDonald-En camp
is installed ore will be shipped con-
tinuously. This is high-grade cop
per and gold proposition.
In the Boone camp they have
struck 20 inches of sulphide copper
in the drift running from the bot
tom of the shaft, and 90 men are at
work on the property.
More gold ore has been encoun
tered on the old claims worked by
Bill Bear and Newton Morris in the
Pinnetache pass years ago. AT that
time they shipped several tons of
high grade free gold ore. George
Ward, John Varble and James Mer
riman are now in possession.
The Bonanza and Golden Eagle
Moining company has purchased the
Copper Bottom company's mules and
freighting outfit and will use them
in freighting from Salome and Har-
qua Hala. Some good ore has been
brought in from the Shamrock group
owned by the McEntee brothers.
Victor Satterdahl of the Brayton
Commercial company at Vicksburg
is preparing to ship ore from his
claims in the Granite Wash noun
tains, few miles west of Salome.
1t runs high in lead and carries good
copper and silver values.
The old Castle Dome mine, 40.
miles north of Yuma on the Arizona
side of the river, is being worked at
present by the Castle Dome Explora-
ton company. They are in ore
which carries from 55 to so per
cent lead and 80 ounces of silver.
Work is being done on Porter Moi
fett's camp, IS miles northeast of
ella City. Now they have a vein
which runs 80 per cent copper.
Chicago people are making a pre-
liminary examination of the old
McCracken mine, west of Signal
These properties have produced mill
lions of dollars and still have large
ore bodies unexplored. In this dis
trict work is progressing on the Nom
pariel and other claims. 1t is re-
ported that Epes Randolph has TAX
en- a bond on group of 25 claims
in the Calabi district from Ed. Roch-
ester and Ignacio Calvillo. Outcrop-
pings of copper on these claims in
dictate large ore bodies. The ore
is full of small particles of native
copper and looks good. Some of 1T
not only runs 1 s per cent copper but
carries 200 ounces silver. 1t is a
big concentrating proposition.
In the Kelvin district the Calumet
mine is now into the sulphides and
large bodies of AS per cent copper
are being exposed A consolidation
has been perfected whereby the in
terest and holdings of both the Big
Lead and Calumet Mining companies
have Joined and the new company
is 10 he known as the Kelvin-Calu-
moi Mining company The narrow
guage railroad from Kelvin to Ray
is nearing completion and this will
give the Ray transportation for its
ore, an advantage it has long de
sired. The property was opened
wears ago in anticipation of this ia
cilitv. A 200 ton concentration, now
being installed at Kelvin. will be in
operation in 60 days. 1t is owned
by the Ray company.