Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
One or The Richest Mining Sections Of The West, Presenting Great Opportunities To Capitalist
 And Prospector Alike.
tBy r. R. Dyas. Stan Bepressutativs)

uink boftp "nu boutnt ua'NNhk 'a' county, every one of which carries ore bearing rock. Everywhere the pros pector, or yet the capitalist, may gC through these nine ranges he will bs confronted with the wonderful mineral possibilities of that region. Gold, sil yer, lead, copper and zine are to be found in paying quantities on every hand, theso vast treasure vaults await ing only the magic touch of capital and energy to transform them into some of the greatest mines of toe west In the Gold and Lost Basins, Cerbat Union Basin, Todd Basin, Mineral Park, Weaver, White Hills, Chloride Gold Road, wsilspai, River Rsnge Stockton Hill, San Francisco and other districts of Mohave county, for sli of which kingmon is the trade centre may be found all the precious metals in paying quantities, as well as anti mony, arsenic, aluminium, bisnuth chromium, duorine, iron, lead, lime magnesium, molybdcnum, manganese sodium, tungsten, vanadium. zine and corunduu in small quantities, as well as amethyst and turquoise.
 Al present the CeCrsekep and Gold Road properties, where active work i' under way, are attracting the greatest attention, although virtually the entire county presents possibilities and oppor. tunitics attractive to the investor. Gold Flat, near Kingmsn, is also attracting some attention at present., although this district 's possibilities have not yet been fully demonstrated. It is hard 10 determine which section presents the greater opportunities, and columns could easily be written concerning the mineral possibilities of Mohave county and the districts surrounding Kingman, but tnat fortunes lay waiting in the rocky fastnesses of its mountain ranges for the progressive capitalists is a truth that has already been demon. strated by the fact that the properties embraced in these districts have al. ready added millions of dollars to the worlds wealth in the past quarter of a century. As kiugman is the logical centre of this section, it is confidently expected by tho shrewd business men of tha, place that the city will, witain the next few years, more than treble its present population.
 The Cold Road Mine.
 The famous Gold Road mine of Mo have county is located in the San Francisco district. The entire range in which it is located, for A distance of 100 miles, north and south, is gold bear. ing, while below this range, for \ dis. tanee of 50 miles, is another highly min. eralized range. Tne Gold Road mine was discovered by a Mexican prospect or grubstaked by Henry Lovin, one of the pioneers and prosperous business men of Kingman. Assays from the out. crop of what is now known as the Gold Road lode gave returns of forty ounces in gold to the ton. A rush to the district followed this discovery and tho entire country soon was staked l.ovin and his partner later bonded their claim to Los Angeles capitalists for $50,O00, who sold it for t275,00O these owners, in turn, disposing of one fourth of the stock to q French concern for over half a million dollars. Since then work has been carried on at the property in n systematic manner. On the 800 level samples taken across eigh, Feet or ore gave returns of $l2l to the ton, while an average from twenty five feet on the same level yielded $36 n ton. A modern mill on the property turns out about sl00,OO0 monthly in bullion at present. This is but a fair sample of what capital can do with the mining properties of Mohave county.
 Other Mines In That District.
 In the same district are located the West Gold Road, Tom Reed, Harrison, Blue Ridge, Rhinegold, Vivian. Pioneer, Treadwell, the SwiAs. American, Leland, Victor, Virgin, Roosevelt and other mines of merit, tae one thing needed to make them all producers of the Gold Road type being capital with which to open the vast ore bodies that undoubt- edly prevail in that section.
 About six miles west of Gold Road is located the Silver Creek section, in which are the old Moss, Hardy, Rattan, Ruth, Homestake group, Navy, Black Mountain, Mossbaek mines and groups, and others, which are highly mineral. ired and could doubtless be developed into the shipping olass with fair