Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-06-10
RUMoR OF BIG STRIKE IN KATHERINE MINE
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(C0nClnueQ rum rage ed that it may prove as large and more potential than at any other place on the property. On the 100 level drifts had been carried into the coun- try west of the shaft, but it was thought best not to do extensive ex- ploration at that depth owing to it's proximity to the surface beneath the big mass of debris, wherefore another drift was started off on the 200. While some ore was picked up in this drift it was not until the crosscut was driven into the vein that the extent and richness of that end of the prop- erty, became certain. It is now prob able that operations will be carried on from this point the same as that in the east end of the property, cross- cutting the vein at intervals of 5o. feet and exploiting the ore body as far west as it may extend. While this ore body is richer than that opened Tn any other part of the mine it is pointed out that the ore body on the same level to the east is one of the most remarkable ore masses ever opened in the state, especially in a gold property. Here the body shows width of from 33 feet to 6s feet, practically all of it being pay rock. On the 400 the values are wonderful and the ore continues without break for more than 1000 feet in length. So far as opened the ultra-conseryatiye estimate of the ore in sight is above &,ooo, 900, while each day adds to this l valuation.
 + When the mines of Goidfield were being opened and showed ore bodies far less in size and no greater in value the whole world knew of it, and the rush there was unprecedented. We believe that when the country becom- es possessed of the knowledge of the values in the Katherine and othe, mines in that field and their potenti. alities there will be rush to the new fields that will startle the world. No effort on the part of the management, of the Katherine has been made to ex. ploit their property with the public everything being done to keep the matter quiet because there was nc stock to go on the public market anG no reason for exciting the people with stories of the magnitude, richness ant extent of the massive ore bodies. The management has been quietly at work developing the property the past fou, years and have brought in mine that will be heard from for many years to come as one of the greatest golt mines the world has ever known. Ii has all the we'll established earmarks of a great mine, the development hay
 ing been carried to the 400 level with
 out losing one particle of the potentia features shown in the 1, 2, and 3rt levels, and in fact have reinforced tho showing on the deepest level of the . property, both in richness and breadth of ore.
 The mine is we'll situated, being but
 a little over a mile from the Colorado river, reachable over a good automo
 bile road and at a point where tht plain breaks down toward the river giving wonderful site for mill ane great expanse of wide washes for tail
 ings pits without extra handling o1 the tails from the mill. A bill mil
 is under consideration and when it is in commission we expect to see bull. lion pouring out of it in such quantity that mining men from all parts of the world will have to sit up and take notice. + ....4 <