Arizona republican., 1920-05-21

the metropolis of northwestern Ari- zona in the near future.
 Parker Mines and Resources
 The mineral resources and possibilf- ties of the Parker district are enor- nous, although at present they are only in their infancy. but sufficiently developed in many instances to give all necessary proof of their permanency and stability. In fact, the whole coun- try stretching from QuartZsite on the south to the Bill Williams on the north, from Wenden on the east to the Riverside mountains and Vidal on the west, is one vast mineral zone pro- ducng gold, silver, copper, lead, man. ganese, molybdnum, barytes and other metals and minerals of commercial value. In the southern part of the, Indian reservation rich placers have long been known to exist.
 Owing to the present financial stringency in mining circles through out the United States, but a small number of mines in the Parker district are being worked, yet the fact that they are capable of operating at all under such adverse circumstances is the best evidence of their productive value.
 At the property of the c. A. Botzum Holding company. situated in the Ty- rane basin. 20 miles east of Parker. operations are being pushed, under the superintendency of IL. S. Osborne. Quite a large force of men has been employed for some time and now all preliminary work is completed and the company is in a position to begin work on large scale. Ground is now | being broken for a double compart- ment shaft on it's Silven Queen prop erty. and three tunnels have been started. The vein on this claim is an immense one and looms up like mountain of silver ore, its exact ex- tent not yet having been determined | This vein is on a large Assure and l breaking through this Assure are seven | different chimneys of ore, all of which 1 is reasonable indication that il l comes up from great depth. The chimney on which the shaft is being sunk is about 1900 feet long and 100 | feet wide. The ore will go from % to 12o0 ounces of silver to the ton.
 Many Mine Locations
 One of these tunnels has already been driven 10 depth, all in ore of ex- cellent quality. It is proposed to drive this tunnel to a distance of at least | 300 feet which would give it a per l pendicular depth of 370 feet. The com pany is well equipped for the prosecu- 1 ton of work, using core and machine drills, and rapid progress is being made. The highest grade ore will be shipped for the present or at least until such time as the company de- eides to put up a mill. which probably will be before next fall. Water has to be hauled at present from an ad- 1 jacent well, but a Gould triplex pump l has been secured. Water will be pumped from the Bill Williams river as | soon as q pipe line can be connected up. The distance is about 214 miles and the raise TOO feet.
 Immediately north of Botzum com ] pany's ground is the Gold Vampire mine, Q gold-copper property. The ] vein in this mine will average about 1 40 feet in width and 2O00 feet in length, with values of about $15 in gold and $40 in copper to the ton. Plans are being drawn for a mill to be erected on the property during the coming summer. The ore bodies in this mine are we'll exposed. making it an easy matter to extract the ore for milling.
 Just north of the Gold-vampire is the Mineral Hill property. consisting of 8 group of 12 patented claims which has been worked since the early
 sixties. The mine is opened up by both shafts and tunnels and shows a large body of excellent copper ore. The Yuma Chief property lies to the
 northeast. It has large gold-copper deposits and Is fairly well developed. It
 is the intention of the owners to start work within the next few days get
 ting out shipping ore.
 The next property is the old Planet mine. which is now being sampled by
 the Humboldt Shelter company with