Mohave County miner., 1915-01-02
Richest Mineral Belt on Earth.

between the southern parts of Cali fornia and Nevada, and in the region lying on either side of it you have be- fore you the richest mineral belt in the world. Not only does this belt contain mines which for years have been great producers, but it also contains more virgin ground than any other part of the United States---a mecca for both prospector and capitalist.
 Beginning at one end of this zone there is Virginia City, camp which in the seventies made millionaires of Mackay, Fair, O'Brien and Flood, and which even today, through the installa- tion of modern methods, is large pro- ducer. Continuing south, there is Can delairia, Hawthorne and many other steady producing camps.
 From Tonopah to Searchlight on one side of the state line and Death Valley to Needles on the other, the map shows an endless chain of camps. A new dis covery is made, men rush in from other camps, a townsite is laid out and named and the prospector's and miners frontier has been advanced a step farther. In this way the length and the breadth of this vast mineral zone is explored.
 Across the line from Pioneer, Rhyo- lite and Bullfrog lies Death Valley, a weird section, rich in mineral wealth, but hard country to prospect. West of it are the Panamint, Argus, Darwin and Cerro Gordo districts, which have been giving up their treasures for over sixty years. To the south is the fam ous Searles borax deposits and still far ther south the great Randsburg dis trict with it's wonderful Yellow Aster, a mine unique in the annals eff mining.
 This mineral zone, the bulk of which lies in California, extends on the north to Oregon and to the south through Chloride, Kingman, and Gold Roads in Arizona. Along the California-Nevada line it extends for 400 miles, embracing the great Mohave and Colorado desert regions. Throughout this vast region the mineral wealth is unbounded.
 Many years ago D. o. Mills and H. M. Yerington built what was then known as the Carson and Colorado rail road from the Mound House. A station on the Virginia and Truckee railroad to Keeler. This road was built solely for the Cerro Gordo Mining district and to accomodate the Inyo Development Company which was formed by these men to make soda ash from the waters of Owens lake which contain IA per cent soda. For years this little narrow railroad has been kept busy hauling out ore and soda ash.
 Within the past two or three years new life has been infused into this part of Inyo County. The s. P. R. R. has built new line into Owens Valley. A new soda works has been started. Men are taking up government desert lands. The old mining camp of Cerro Gordo is destined to be greater camp than ever before. Zinc has been found in great abundance. The Union group of mines is producing immense wealth at this time. The ''Little Mae' mine has a fine ore body in sight. The Rube Spears property is steady producer The Estell Mining Co.,, with tunnel over mile long, has just encountered the veins of the dis trict at depth of 2,250 feet, with plenty of high grade ore. In fact the lodges better defined and richer at this depth than at the surface.
 The Diamond-Spring Gold Mining Company are driving ahead with new development work in the Ygnacio mine. This was one of the richest in early days, and only the high grade ores were extracted, leaving intact thousands of tons of medium grade ore.
 The company intends to erect plant to reduce all the ore to bullion at the mine. The coming summer will see great activity in this old camp and the activity will no doubt continue many years as the mines have never been worked to deep depth, and the fact hot f,1n fon hn