Mohave County miner., 1912-02-24

A large amount of supplies are being !
sent out daily TO the Last Chance prop !
erty, near Wallapai Springs, where
the o. & c. Development company is
operating.
The state of Colorado has organized
a prospector'S outftting company and
the entire state is to be scientifically
prospected for any minerals that it |
may contain. Along these lines
Mohave county might with profit
organize and stake intelligent pros
pectors that all the ranges could be
thoroughly prospected and when a
good mine is found it could have the
/ benefit of intelligent direction in open
! Ing it uD. BY selecting the best of
these prospects they could be develop
ed to a certain extent and sold to
capitalists who might be able to work
them to a profit. This would pave the
way to many profitable investments
and the supporters of the scheme
would in the end receive big profits on
their investment.
In letter Hon. A. E. DAVIS, now
residing at Pasadena, states that in
1864 he and others located four quartz
claims south of Silver Creek. One OF
the claims was named 'Olive Oatman,"
after the girl captive of the Mohaves,
and which he now believes to have
been the Tom Reed mines. Mr.. Davis
was one of the California volunteers,
sent to Fort Mohave to establish that
camp in the early days of the rebellion.
He and others of the co npany pros
pected The hills as far south as Boun-
Diary Cone and north to a point above
Woods spring. He says that in max
ing the location a stone monument was
erected and the notice placed in a tin
can. At or about the same time the
Moss mine was discovered. as was also
the Leland and Mitchell. The latter
mining claims are Gow under operation
by S. R. Porter.
E. NJ. Lamont is in Kingman await
ing the arrival of English capitalist,
who are TO make an examination of the
BiMetal mines, three miles south of
Kingman. These mines are Tie largest
low grade bodies of gold ore on the
Pacific coast, the main ore body hav-
ing q width of fully 400 feet, and of
unknown length. The genel al average
of the entire mass is over three dollars
per ton, while there are small streaks
that run very high. 1t is estimat d
that by amalgamation aud cyanidatiOn
fully % per cent of the values can be
recovered, the entire cost of mining
aud milling being not above one dollar
per ton. The theory of this deposit
, has been sent out by the geological
survey as that of percolations from a
great volcano spring. the mine being
the filling of a lake or great depression
by surface lnfiltration, the acid rocks
surrounding it throwing down the
metal content of the percolating waters.
With a great plant on this mine ii
ought to be one of the largest bullion
producers on the coast.
O Judge w. G. Blakely is IN receipt
of letter from Jack Simpson, who
, has been doing the assessment work
p on his group of mining claims in the
@ Chemehuevis mountains, and which
conveys the information that he has
already on the dumps of the mines
y zoos worth of ore, the result of the
}, last two months work of one man
d The ore was taken from the Morning
II ana Evening Star mines, Mr.. Simpson
e doing the annual work for the ore he
a might take out in doing the work
:. The mines are high up in the noun
g tains, but IN an accessible part. Mr.
e Blakely and associates have a little
$ mill on the property and Simpson 4
d Co. have been operating it intermit
/. family, securing fairly good results
n the ore averaging about zoos gold anC
: the saving being above sos per ton or
Re the plates. II is the intention to re
grind the failing and make a further
d extraction by cyanide method. The
= veins are continuous, two locations
d having been made on each of the out
O crops. Along the veins at various
> points good ore has been uncovered
d Judge Blakely is forming a company
n to work the properties and should be
" successful in securing capital. The
d nearest railroad point to the mines i
a Franconia.