Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1912-02-24


shipped to San Francisco and it Is al
legged that it milled nearly 6O,0O0S to
the ton. This mine is now under
option TO the Ruth Mining company,
in San Francisco district.
With the advent of the railroad
many of the old mines began oper-
ations and for years from 800 to 0I
tons of ore were shipped to the smelt-
ers through the local samplers every
month. The general average of the
ore was 244 ounces silver and / ounces
gold besides a small amount of copper
and lead. Silver finally deprecated
in value to such an extent that the
miners and leasers believed that it
could not be made TO pay and gradual
ly the mining of silver IN the county
was abandoned, until at the present
time there is not a silver mine in any
of the districts of the county under
operation, although some of the mines
are being operated for their lead and
zinc content, the gold and silver con-
tent being a by-product.
Among the many old mines that
we're heavy producers of the white
and yellow metals we may mention
the following productions:
Wallapai district:-Cupel, 5OO.O00S:
Sixty three, 5OOOOOs; Orc Plata tgold
and silver O,OOOS; c. o. D., l.OOO,-
COOS: Lone Star, l5oOOOS: Keystone.
300, COOS; Cerbat. (golDlOO.O OS; Metal
Inc Accident, 2OO,OOOS; Empire, 1OO,-
COOS; Minnesota Conuor, 1901 OlOS:
Prince George. 2OO.OOOS; Banner o.
COOS; Nighthawk, I50,O0OS; Tennessee.
| $50, ,000S: Golden Gem, 400. .00)2: Flores.
200. .OOOS: CHAMPION, 75,OOOs: New Lon.
don, 5O.OOOS: Independence, 0,000S:
Tuckahoe, 50,OOOS: Samoan. ID ,0O0S:
Lucky Boy, l5O.OOOS; Rural and Joseph
inc. POO, COOS; Prosperity, 75,000S: Col
conda. about SO0.OOOS in lead. ri c.
gold aud silver: Juno. lb ut = .0OO5;
Queen Bee, 5O,O0OS: All ther mines
close to 1000, ,OOOS. ProSpe ~ %, OOS:
Alpha, 5O,OOOS. Lift Chi 81, )Ds.
Owen District M c. en-. ,OOO,-
COOS; Kimble 50.O0OS
Cedar District:-Arnold roup. l25,-
COOS: San Francisco, 10000 Copper
World and Antler, 75,OOOS, copper.
aynard:-American Flag, 4OO,OOOS:
Antelope. 5O,OOOS; Jonatha and Eta,
5O.OOOS.
Music mountain:-Elle' Jane 5O,-
COOS; Burke, 3O,OOO$: Thompson ines,
5,OOOS.
Peacock district Hack kberry, GOO,-
O}OS; Crescent, 5O,OOOS.
Indian Secret:-White Ellis group,
I,6OO.OOOS.
Gold Basin district:-Eldorado 75,-
COOS; o. K. 3O,OOJS; Cycl0pic 75,OOOs
Bentley district:-Grand Gulch 2OO,-
OoOS copper; Hidden Spring, 3O,OOOS.
Weaver district:-Gold Bug 100, ,OOOS:
Weaver 6O,OOOS.
Chemehuevis distri t:-Old placers
and mines, about 75.OOOS.
Greenwood district:-This district
produced largely of tungsten ores but
at one time was a producer of gold,
the Burro and Greenwo d mi es being
situated in this range. own geo
graphically as the Aquarius range
water range)
San Francisco district:-This was
one of the first districts explored in
Mohave county even when it was part
of New Mexico. and it wa lere that
the first gold was found, the gulches
west of the old Moss and along the
north bank of Silver Creek yielding
some revenue TO the early gold miner.
The Moss, after its discovery by John
ny Moss, a government scout, yielded
many hundreds of thousands of dollars. !
A mill was erected at old Hardyville |
and the ores were hauled nine miles
to that place, where they were milled. |
After the first company had extracted |
the very richest of the ores the prop |
erty was virtually abandoned. Later
Capt. Dahlgren e ected a small mill |
on the Colorado river and milled |
several hundred tons of the ore. The |
average of his mill run was 32S, but |
owing to the high cost of haulage and
fuel it was found Improbable at the
time. About the same time the Le-
land and Mitchell mines were discover
ed and yielded some good ore. The |
attraction of the rich silver ores of the
other camps drew the miners from