Arizona republican., 1908-04-19

quently and there is just as much ex- citement as one can expect in a sparsely settled country. until the man with the developing capital takes a hand. Down in the Quartzsite sec- l ton. fifteen or twenty miles south of Vicksburg. and connected with 1t by a stage line. is another center of mining activity. Quartzsite is an older camp than Rouse by considerable and in a mining way. older than the Parker of the present day. But Quartzsite has been sleeping since its little boom of two or three years ago. It was then long way from railroad. and one or two unsuccessful ventures rather dead ened interest. Recently however there has been much greater activity. There are five or six companies developing promising properties in a vigorous way and new strikes are of frequent oc- currence It is understood that little movement is under way to gain more publicity for that immediate section. Quartzsite is in need of more facilities It is a thriving and promising little mining camp, but it needs a telegraph line, more frequent stage service and a lot of things not necessary to enumer- ate here. 10 secure these it needs more people in the district. both pros pectors and operators. It already has gold enough but it wants people who are equipped for digging 1t out and with them will come all other lines of business including branch railroad line.
 THE VENTURA.
 One of these developing companies Is the Ventura. which is operating near Maraquita Pass. five or six miles from Quartzsite and a little to the north west. Harry Creighton and family have been out there for several weeks and expect to stay sometime yet He is working four men. but up to this time they have been locating new ground and doing location work on new claims adjoining one known as the Reliable claim. Development work on the Ventura has been done at different intervals by former owners during several years past and the property Is quite well known in that section. The definite plan now is to prepare the property for equipment with a re- duction plant The property is being exploited by eastern capital which has acquired the major portion of the stock of the company that was organ- ized here Among other holdings they have acquired those of Henry LeRoy. former president of the company. A successor has not been named yet, MT. Creighton having the active manage ment of operations here. representing the stockholders. The company is spending all its money in Phoenix as are others in the same district.
 OTHER BIG ONES.
 The operations of the Ventura have livened things up in the Maraquita Pass country and a number of new claims have been staked by others. Los Angeles men have recently become interested in the Bill Smith property adjoining the Ventura and three men are now employed in development. South of QuartZsite is the North Star which created so much excitment a year ago and which is looked ,pon by coming big mines of Arlz. The King of Arizona, Yuma county's famous gold producer is not far from the North Star: there are scores of other promis- ing mines of which space forbids men, ton at this time. It is hoped that this mining section of Arizona can shortly come into its own and gain the favor in the public eye that it's merit so richly deserves.