Arizona republican., 1909-03-22
Tells of the Glory Hole and the Amazing Richness
 of the Ores | Contains
General Description of the Western Arizona Mining Region Its Physical Features and Its Geology With Particula rRnference the Formations In Which the New Strike Is Located--Water Is Abundant..C Country Filling Up With Mining Men.

The Granite Wash range, in which the great new gold bonanza struck last week. has norhsOuth d rectiOn and length of about sixteen miles, It connects the west end of the Harcuvar range with the west end of the Harqua Hala range and has long been known to be less mineralized throughout The great Har qua Hala bonanza, which has five millions to credit discovered sixteen years and created at the time, relatively, much of furOre this But there at that time of getting into the cOun- try. There railroad within 150 miles. It's alto gether different with railroad within five miles of this strike. The Harqua Hala bonanza lies in the very southern extremity of the Granite Wash range, while the bonanza lies at the northern extremity. In straight line they twelve to fifteen miles apart
 The Great Parker Country.
 A great many promising prospects that have re- ceved but slight development exist between the two bo- It should be understood by strangers that this northern Yuma county country is one of the most eX- ensively mnerazed fields in Arizona It carries very rich deposits of copper which receiving energetic development and all the copper mines well in gold, of them quite high, the Little Butte at Bouse, which $30 per ton gold. am in the habit of call ing that region 1.-The Great Parker Country which in cdes most of northern Yuma county 1t has long been known to be widely mneIazed with gold, though the values not everywhere up to working values under the adverse conditions that have heretofore obtained
 Speaking now, not according to county lines, but rather of geological sections, the region has produced such great gold bOnanZas the old Nulture with millions to its credit the Congress with eight mil lions to its credit the Octave with several millions, the Harqua Hala with five millions to its credit the old dry placers of the Dome Rock range with millions and half to their credit and the great King of Arizona and
 
 with past records of several millions to their credit And this is only the beginning of the story.
 Already since the railroad has given to the country prOspecors have Hooked Tn from Colorado and Nevada and several new camps have been discovered which will to the front. It s reasonably tain that Arizona is going to make big figure in the future a gold producer. The development going on in this great Parker country is enormous but it's widely scattered The region is bigger than the whole of Massachusetts and thirty forty developing mines don't make much noise in such region There is hardly doubt that the gold camp south of BOuSe is going to be valuable I consider this great Parker country one of the best fields for prospectors in the United States
 The General Geology
 The geological formation throughout is mostly sim pIe in general expression but in detail ts often very complex. The region consists of great plain slOping down to the Gulf of California at very gentle incline and thicklv studded all with short mountain ranges These ranges vary good deal in their Pathological char acer but there is still considerable similarity. It is wonderfully beautiful country It looks like great vel low sea thckv studded with islands, ShrOuded m blue haze It is one of the most beautiful countries lmagna be and there is plenty of surface water Ill all sections of it. This is owing to the geological character of the ranges which frequently make syncnal valleys that hold water like trough beneath the surface The region Is aversed by well worn roads and water IS Obtana be frequent intervals that there IS no longer any danger in prospecting Many of the ranges contain a granite with the sedmentary series well exposed on their Hanks and penetrated by dkes and velns There has been very little if any explosive volcanic acton, but m some places the extruded eupves are very eXten- slve This Is particularly true n the tagle la range Whlch III point of beauty exceeds them a thOuSh mst 0 the eruptves there dactes which nave had no l Huence on mneraiZatiOn having been eAlruueu lonS