Arizona republican., 1916-05-07
Tte Mines of MohaVe
(BV Ray D. Harris)


 KINGlAN, Ariz.. May 1.-Contrary to logical expectations in all desert inning camps the approach of summer is net in the least adversely affecting activity in the districts of 'MohaVe , county. Coincident with the rise in | the temperature, the fever heat point | is gradually being reached in the ad vancement of tine mining industry in 1 the entire section, with the result that |, the outlook is steadily improving. Al | though such a statement may seem !, overdra,yn, il is. nevertheless. fact !. that words are inadequate to properly describe the proposition of the revival in mining in the many camps of Mo- have County. To use a common eX- pression, it must seen to be appre- ciated' The successes being scored in the established centers of habitation are swelling the army of prospectors in the undeveloped or neglected sctions of the county and new discoveries are becoming daily occurrences. IL is safe to say that the time is net far distant when Mohave County, figuratively speaking. will he one gigantic mining camp.
 The camp of Oatman in the San Francisco district. developments in wrch during the last year and half are largely responsible for the present 1 increasing interest and activity | throughout the county. is established I firmly and solidly, on the mining map. The permanencv of it's veins and | the pcrsistencS of their values to great | depth have been demonstrated beyond the slightest doubt by numerous op- | eratng companies The missionary"
 work having beer accomplished. atten- ton is now being given to proving the
 extent of the pay zone. As companies | operating at widely separated points are meeting with the most encoura ging
 results the limits of the zone remain yet 60 he determined even 10 super | ficial degree; indeed. il will be surpris- 1 ing if they are definitely proven for years to come New companies are
 daily becoming identified with the field with the result that operations are not
 only increasing but the area of miner alization is being extended with marked rapiditv
 In point of public interest Chloride
 and Ihe other camps of the Wallapai district. embracing the Cerbat range of
 mountains which run north from the town Of kingman a distance of about 90 miles, is a close rival of the Oatman field and attracting equally as great
 attention from mining operators. cap italists and small investors. The Oat-
 man and Wallapai regions differ ir
 that the former is essentially a gold
 producer and the latter is. for the most
 part base metal country. As in the Oatman field. activity is increasing in
 an almost inconceivdble manner on
 both slopes of the Cerhat range and the uniform success that is attending eX-
 ploTation augurs well for the Nalla
 pal district IL must not be under
 stood that the Oatman or San Fran
 cisco and the Wallapai districts are :, alone receiving attention from mining
 operators and capitalists. Investiga-
 tion by them is resulting in healthy
 growth in the interest in the Cedar , Valley, Maynard, Peacock, Weaver
 Gold Basin and, in fact all of the dis , tricts of the county. In each and al |, of them there is greater activity thnr
 there has been at any time in tn,
 previous history of the Southwest ant P Isp!endid results are b4lng obtained
 therefore. the prediction is warrante, , | that Mohsve County. as whole. i,
 entering an era of mining activity an, prosperity of an enduring character
 The multiplicity of mining compan
 fn. he. d n the giving Of many details of devel
 oDments ir limited newspaper space n In the Oatman field the now famou n United Eastern mine continues tn r Fig" center of interest. in conseQuenc s of the steady improvement in tn % physical condition of the property e There seems to be no limits to it
 storohouses of wealth. despite the fac st that operations have reached a dept if of 55s feet, The efforts of the man ,e agemeEt are being largely confined {
 that level and the results being ob l. tained show marked improvement s in the value of the ore being dis f closed For some time past the mort a drift being extended in the ore bod, 10 all of which constitutes an irnmens Il. derosit Of highly profitable commer tvi cili material has been yielding hig To grade values for greater area tha m found on the upper levels For mor !, than loo feet. the face of the drif Id which has a total length of approx l. mately 250 feet, has been yielding as m says averaging better than $100 po .d ton Sinking operations in the ne
 main working shaft, down now abol of 100 feet an ddesigned to go to u ,n S00-foot point. and the grading of u us site for q mill, are going steadi l., Eahead.