Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-30
GOLD FLAT
PROMISES
FORTUNES
BOOMERS OF NEW CAMP SHOW
CONFIDENCE
RICH MINERAL REGION WITH
HIGH GOLD VALUE
New Mill Is Being Erected and the
Camp Hopes to Rival King
man-What the Ores
Show

Gold Flat. like many another lusty
Young mining camp, is growing with
true boom character, if reports brought
in from that region are correct COL
James Morgan, the veteran miner, VINO
is still one of the youngest at 80, re-
turned from his new holdings in the
camp last week. He was accompanied
by DR.. f. r. Leonard and f. II. Bu-
chanan of Kingman, Ariz, VINO nave
hal much to do with the development
of the Gold Flat district and TO estao
fishing it as a camp with a permanent
future. Mr. Buchanan has mined from
Alaska to Old Mexico and is content to
hitch his wagon with the others TO
the star of Gold Flat.
Gold Flat is seven miles south OF
Kjngman and fifteen miles from Gold
Roads one of the best producing gold
mines in the country. 1t is in region
surrounded by producing mines. Ihat
the camp was not developed before is
due to the fact that the thirty-tWo
hedges found had blind leads and it
took experienced workmanship 10 dls-
close them. Once disclosed they are
as easily followed from the Flat into
the hills as a wagon road halt CEN
tury old They are parallel and DIS
tinct and of regularity. The rhyolite
formation lies between andesite ana
granite, well formed and a certain I'M
portant part of the great gold belt that
is found in Nevada, Arizona, New Mex
leo and Old Mexico There is reason
10 Justify the belief of those now CEN
tering at Gold Flat that they will find
a lavish depository of the yellow metal.
Situated as it is on the Santa Fe'
seven miles nearer to Gold Roads than
Kingman, leads to the prediction that
it will not be long until 1t rivals King
men and becomes the distributing point
for the Gold Roads region. Buildings
are going up; more are planned. IL
has abundant water is on the main
line of transcontinental line, has
abundant evidence of high grade ore in
large quantities and is accessible to
the great electrical development OF the
region, thus insuring cheap motive
power This electrical power is devel-
oped at the new plant of the Gold
Roads company and is intended to re-
duce the milling cost of that mine
about $6 ton.
Building New Mill
Col. Morgan is at the head of the
Col. Morgan Consolidated Mining COM
pany. which controls several claims,
but principally the old Fay mine at the
west end. of the Gold Flat camp, This
mine has a 200-foot tunnel and the
machinery for a ten-stamp mill is now
being unloaded at Gold Flat. This.
Col Morgan hopes, will be Installed
and in operation within sixty days and
will be treating the high grade ore that
is in the Fay and adjoining properties.
Mr.. Buchanan and DIR. Leonard are
interested with Col Morgan and also
have other large interests with c. B.
Chittenden, another of the pioneers in
the new field. They are putting all
their eggs in one basket in Gold Flat
with confidence that every one will be
secure. They have exploited the fiat
and it's rises into the foothills and feel
that the area in which they are repre-
sented is all that could be asked.
They have had assays running as
high as $4,000. But they are not prone
TO depend much on specimen assays.
They rather depend on the character
of the ore which admits of free milling,
and the abundance of ii at profitable
working
Col. Morgans room at the Hotel
johnson looks like a mineral museum
with the specimens they have brought.
These specimens show plenty of free
gold to the naked eye and Mornings
made for a number of inquisitors were
rather amazing
What Assays Show
Assays, taking a large number and
a vide range of samples. have given a
general estimate of from six to eight
ounces of gold to the ton. OF course
there have been assays above the thou
sand, but those are not cited as the
real values.
There is now one mill operating at
the camp-on the Holy Moses claim
and it's cleanups are reported to show
excellent profits. In fact the demon
stration of that mill has been enough
to justify Col Morgan and others in
arranging for the development of other
workings.
Not only is Gold Flat a region of
opportunity, but the hills in which these
rich veins come and go are scarcely
scratched by the prospector and offer
a tempting region to new enterprise.
The camp offers to its contingent just
as many opportunities as Rawhide or
Hart or any of the other new camps
that are creating furores, and many
mineral judges predict that Gold Flat
will be to Arizona what Tonopah, Gold
field and RaWhide are to Nevada
That is the story of Gold Flat as it
is brought back by the men who are
making it. They are all experienced
mining men. Col Morgan has been
active in the great west for over half
a century and today seems just as fresh
and vigorous in enterprise, just as keen
and safe in judgment and just as ro-
bust physically as many men half a
century younger.
"You cannot lie when telling of the
good things of the Gold Flat mines, ="
said the colonel.