Gilpin observer., 1915-11-18
LETTER FROM YOUNG KIRK
WHO is IN GOLD ROAD

!
is in receipt of the following letter
from his son, wko is working in the
! Gold Road-Oatman district, Arizona.
Young Kirk is an enthusiastic boost.
er for the Arizona camp, which is
just now receiving widespread public.
ity He urges his parent to come to
Arizona and locate some of the lodes
that are yet open to filing Mir. Kirk
Sr., has been awaiting settlement on
shipment Of ore and expects to be
able to leave for Arizona the latter
part Of this week:
Gold Read, Ariz., Nov. 10, 1915.
Dear Daddy:
Yours of the 7th just at hand. l
did not think it worth while to write
You as l thought you would have left
there within three or four days af-
ter receiving my wire
well, l do not know very much
to tell you. This place is booming
pretty well row and ought to be
better within another two or three
months, as the mines will have cut
their ledges by that time.
There is lots of locating of claims
going on and l presume about every
thing close in is taken by now, but
there is large territory here that
is mineralized and from all reports
has good ore on it. Without a doubt,
this part Of the country is the best
there is to be found. Good quartz
that runs or pans anywhere IT is
picked UP and the best surface show
ing / have ever seen or heard tell
Of, and there are lots of men here
who were all over Colorado in its
best days.
Ever .hirg tlat has been dug on
at all hes shown the best and most
well defined fissure veins have ev-
er seen, and have seen free gold
thet hos come cut of some Of them
r'glt or the surface. But, of course,
if 2 msu wants anything now he has
to spres out, say, several miles from
town. There are just as good pros
poets north, west and southeast Of
Gold Road as there are right here.
This is a pretty large mineral belt
and there IS lots Of ground open yet
that is just as coed as that which
has been taken ard I think we can
find lots Of good claims if we get
out a little ways.
I have bought 1900 shares of stock
in what l believe to be one of the
richest propositicrs in this section
and am confident of the stock con-
tinuing to increase in value. This
is the largest and best looking vein
l have ever seen. It is 10 feet wide
on the surface and have broken off
chunks myself that had the pure
quill' in it right on the out-crop, and
there have been others the same
way. and there is stil more around
here if a person will just go out from
seven to twelve miles, where the
excited grafters and two-bit buns
haven't been yet
This mineral belt is at least %
or 30 miles long that I know of, and
others say It is from 40 to 50 miles
long. Anyway. it is tie best belt
that l know of or ever heard of and
by spring this will be the greatest
district in the world and it wouldn't
surprise me Bit TO see 10000 people
here by january or February. and
now is the time to get few claims,
if ever, for they are finding great
ledges farther cut all the time.
think If you come down we can do
pretty good here.
winter is coming On little now
hut it doesn't get cold like it does
in Russell. The winters are not long
and we will have pretty nice weather
until Christmas. Then the thermo-
meter will register 90 or so degrees
above zero. l haven't seen any zero
weather here, but we men who work
in these hot mines feel just as cold
when it is 30 above as you do in
Russell when it is 80 below, as our
blood is so thin.
We'll ! guess | will close. hoping
YOU get this before you leave.
"Your loving son,