The Arizona sentinel., 1908-04-08
Mining News From Quartzsite.
BY C. D. CHAMBERLAIN.

working and number of individual
owners have taken advantage of the
dullness to do development work OF
their own claims.
Within radius of twenty miles fren
Quartzsite are Mariqueta Pass. Middle
Camp, La Chollas, Cunningham Pass
New Water, PlOmOsa and Lead Camp
Fifteen miles northwest is the Valen
suella Copper Company claims. Thi:
company has been pushing develop
ment steadily for over year, intend
ing to sink to water level before start
ing other development. The shaft is
down about 700 feet.
In the same vicinity are the claims
of the Mammoth Gold Mining Compa
ny: also the group owned by los. Bow.
yer, manager of the Valensueila Com
pany.
In Mariqneta Pass John Brown is
going ahead on tunnel located on his
Blue Bird group, These claims are
noted for their rich showings in gold
w. G. Keiser owns group north Of
the Brown property, the ore assaying
from sl4 to SO gold per ton.
Mr.. Keiser is also interested in
claims with 5. w. Pease and E. H
Wyman.
The old Lacy property is being de-
veloped by the owner, MIR. Creighton,
who is personally supervising the work
Apodaca & King. Scott & Gay, John
Cummings and others own groups at
Middle Camp, all with IA large amount
of development work. In this section
are the noted OrientS the Sunshines
owned by James Il. Hatmaker OF Paris,
France, and the Arizona Prosperity
group.
At Gonzales Well, four miles west OF
Middle Camp, Robert Matheson is
working on claims owned by him.
Copper ore from claims near the well
has been shipped by Miguel Apodaca,
the owner.
Aside from annual assessments nc
work has been done at the La ChOllas
section. j. A. Agard is taking ore
from his Expansion property. A. G.
Grossman and Al Dangerfield own It
number of claims, among others the
Pickup group. A mile away is the
Copper Bottom group, owned by the
Desert Queen Company, where force
of men are at work. Mrs. Kate Harris
owns two prospects in this section.
The Colonial Mining Company is
ready to go ahead with work on its
cinmabar property near Weaver Pass.
A force of u are on the payroll now.
In the last year a great amount of
prospecting has been done in the Trigo
mountains, % miles southwest.
Moore and Butler own two groups
the Trigo Queen and Monitor.
Henry C. Mueller and associates are
owners of the nunUuIaU siV~t, ~s 49,
claims.
At New Water. southeast of here J.
NJ. Woods and Fred Stafford are at
work. Mr.. Stafford is sinking a well.
Charley Bacon, an old-timer, who
served his country as a volunteer dur
inc the Rebellion, has his home at New
Water, dividing his time between his
little garden and getting out placer
gold. Once month be rides to town
on his burro (Old JIM for necessary
supplies and a visit to friends.
J.H. O'I&rien is developing his Emily
claim and one adjoining by tunnel.
These claims are in Plomosa section,
where Henry Schneider and Fritz
Stolz hold good prospects.
G.. T.. Eichelberger has force on the
Success Company's group. This is the
old Goodenough group located by MIR.
Eichelberger on which he expended
$50, 900 of his own funds before q COM
pany was incorporated or any attempt
made to interest outside capital.
Jack Jcffries of Los Angeles has men
sinking shaft on the Anona Mining
Company claims.
No work is being done at the Belle
CT Arizona property or on the Guada-
lupe group owned by w. e. Scott.
1t is quiet at the lead camp, where
Brown & Cowell have holdings. A. E.
Adams has returned to Quartzsite from
his claims near this point.
The Atkinson Concentrating and Re-
fining Company have built camp
about four miles west OF Quartzsite,
where they have placed dry washing
machinery and purpose working Il
large area of placer ground owned by
this company.
In the last eighteen months the New
York and pIomosa Mining Company
have placed large amount of machin-
cry, and are putting in pipe line Sc
water can be pumped to mill they
contemplate erecting at Plomosa, six
miles. east of Quartzsite. A portion OF
the material for the new mill is on The
ground,
CTIDOENrU CNMMICCION