Mohave County miner., 1912-08-10
Music Mountain Mines.


 dell, the MINER editor paid visit to the mines of Music Mountain, the trip being made by way of Antarez in Mir. McCardell's automobile.
 The last time a representative of the MINER was at these mines was away back in the sos, some time after their discovery. It was an Indian that discovered the ore in the hills of the Grand Wash cliffs, and it was to J. H. Johnson, now a resident Of Kingman that he came with his find. Mr. Johnson, to be magnani- nous, informed a few of his friends and they in turn informed their friends, and when the mines were reached by the party it was found that about forty people were there to get their names on the original location notices. It is sad that there are thirty-two names on the original loca- tion of the Burke mining claim, the richest of the camp. Owing to the large number of locators and the con- fict of interests the mines were little worked by the original locators, they one by one dropping out until J. H. Johnson and David Southwick only re- mained. The work that was done on the mines was almost wholly by leas- CTS, these men taking out many thous. and dollars from the rich surface ores. Little sinking was done by them, the openings being adit drifts and open cuts.
 The veins lie along the great Hur- ricane Fault, which extends from the Sink of Date Creek, in western Mari copa county, to more than one hundred miles in Utah. Along this great fault many rich veins have been opened in the past thirty years, but they have been found only at intervals. At Music Mountain there is one of the greatest vein systems to be found in the county. The veins cross low lying valleys and appear again on the spurs of a mountain running out from the main range. In the low range at Music Mountain the veins gridiron the country, and it is almost impossible to find vein that does not carry fairly good values in gold and silver.
 Among the mines that have been developed since falling into hands other than the original locators are the Roosevelt, Star, Lucknow (former- ly the Ellen Jane), Florence (the old Burke) and the Mohawk, now owned by the Nevada Arizona Gold mines company. These mines have had a large amount of work done in the shape of shaft and adit drifts. On the Star an adit has been driven over 600 feet on the vein and depth of about 300 feet gained. At no point on the lode has the ore disappeared, although it has squeezed up to some extent. In the breast the ore body is three feet wide and appears to be gaining in width with every foot. This ore runs nearly lOOS gold to the tons, while some of the smaller streaks give re. suits we'll up in the hundreds. Below this point crosscut has entered the vein and drifting has been done each way, the north drift having been driven l80 feet. This opening is about 225 feet below the 600 foot adit. In thls lower drift there is a change tC the sulphide in the ore, and it is pos. sible tbat it will become copper bear. ing below the water, the copper show. ing strongly in some of the sulphide The veins crops throughout this part of the location, and it may be traced on the surface the full length of three claims. To the north of the adit there are two shafts from which ore running nearly one thousand dollars to the ton was taken, and farther north another drift has been run in 300 feet on the vein. At no point on the Star and Roosevelt can ore be taken that will not give results in gold.
 South of the Star is the old Eller Jane mine, now known as the Luck now. This claim has shaft that stands at depth of 220 feet. It was from this shaft that great deal of the milling ore of the camp was taken Some years ago cave in the bottom