Arizona republican., 1909-03-21
B0USE HAS GOLD AS WELL AS COPPER
Rich Discoveries in the Plomosa Range in a Formation Differing Greatly From the SaIome Strike.

Bouse, March 1S.-(SpeciaI Corre- spondence of The Republican)-In ad- dition to the new gold strike near i Vicksburg. and about fifteen miles east of Bouse, is the newest discOv- cry of rich gold ore. located ten miles south of Bouse, in the Plomosa range, in what is called Gold mountain. This newest of the new strikes is only about ten miles from the gold strike at Vicksburg, or, as some call t, the Salomes strike.
 The gold mountain strike promises to eclipse anything yet found in the Colorado country or any other dis trict of Arizona. It is not a pocket strike, but a find of real gold forma- tion and a real ledge of gold bearing rock. Gold mountain has been known for many years as being rich in minerals of various kinds, but the old prospectors did not know what they had and it was left to Nevada people to find out what they had. The old dumps are filled with free gold and, not only that, but the great phonolite and rhyolite and andesite and dasite dikes were passed over as being worthless. In this respect the new field resembles the rich gold fields of Nevada and Colorado For many years prospectors walked over the great rhyolite and phonolite dikes in and around Goldfield and RhyOlite and Rawhide, Nevada, little thinking that the greatest gold discoveries of the age would be found in these dikes.
 Rich Specimens Brought In.
 Today several rich specimens were brought into BOuse from the new Gold mountain find, and the old timers could not believe their eyes, so rich were the samples. In less than an hour several started in to make locations There is nothing which will draw mining men so quickly as a new gold strike, and when the specimens were exhibited from the Gold mountain country, the mining men who happened to be in town made a rush for the field of action. And when they arrived they were not disappointed, because what they went for they found. The first thing to be sought after were the old workings, and when they looked into the prospect holes. the glittering gold was in evidence, and at once they started in to make locations. While the country is an old one and many locations had already been made and work done, yet there was room for more. and many more at that The new find is located over a large field and there will be room for hundreds of good locations, and every one who goes in for a long time will have chance to get hold of good claims. The reason for this is the fact that the prospectors now in this territory do not understand the phonolire and dasite formations and do not under stand where to make the best loca- tions.
 Different from the Vicksburg Strike.
 In some respects the new strike differs from the new strike at Ficks burg. The two great strikes are sim liar in so far as they are both rich and will result in great mines being found and established, and they diff fer in the general formation of the country. While they are close to- gether yet the formation of the cOun- try is not at all similar. In the Granite Wash mountain district, where the rich values were found, the gold has been found in the con tact between the schist and quartz or else in the bull quartz lodges, while in the Gold mountain district the gold is found in the great rhyo- lite, phonolite and dasite lodges The Gold mountain district is the only known place in the Colorado country where these great dikes are found, and it will result in the finding of rich gold mines.
 Nevada Men the Finders.
 The Gold mountain is a great mountain lying south and east of Bouse, on the south side of the Bouse valley, and can be seen for miles from the A. & c. railroad. It is only about six miles from the rail- road at the nearest point, but the nearest station is Bouse. The old name of the mountain was Lead Camp" and is so known to the old timers who mined the mountain for lead and silver and what gold they could find, but they were on the