Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-11
 IN KATHERINE
 GOLD DISTRICT
By William P. De Wolf.

Developments of importance Tn Katherine gold district include the or ganization of a syndicate by Morris B. Dudley to take over and develop extensive mine holdings there; the de- termination-by sampling-of ore having a value of from $3S.90 to $193 gold a ton at the Sunbeam, (W. J. Loring) property; the start of min
 ing work at the Katherine Rand and Adams Extension properties; the
 crosscutting of better than bO feet of
 ore in No. 2 crosscut in the million
 dollar Gold Chain mine; the cutting
 of a station at depth of 100 feet in the winze below the 400foot level in
 the bonanza Katherine mine; the dis covery of the west continuation of
 the Gold Chain vein in the Adams workings; the presence of quartz
 stringers in the crosscut on the 25O- foot level in the Katherine Exten-
 sion workings; the financing of the
 Big Four and Old Timer groups, and the discoveryNof rich ore in both cross cuts on the tunnel level at the New ada-Katherine property.
 The Dudley combine enters the Katherine district with the financial
 backing of men who have mined mil
 lions in the camps of the west, and who are prepared to take over and de- velop extensive holdings there on the recommendation of their engineers. Prior to the arrival of the engineers the Dudley combine has started de- velopment work at the Treasure Vault property, which, it is stated, may be the nucleus of a consolidation of mining interests that will mean as much to the Katherine district as did the Goldfield Consolidated merger to the camp of Goldfield. Morris B. Dudley, head of the combine, has for the past four years been identified in large way with the mining industry of Mohave county in general. From now on, however, he will devote his time, money and energy exclusively to mine development at Katherine.
 The recent completion of samp- ling of the Sunbeam property by F. C.. Merritt, field engineer for w. J. Loring, president of the American Mining Congress, is to be immediately followed by development of two we'll mineralized lodges at depth. These lodges have a width of 75 feet and are located about 400 feet apart. It is planned to sink double compart- ment shaft midway between them and to crosscut to and through the veins at intervals of 100 feet in the shaft. The Sunbeam group was taken over from Probasco and Burt several months ago by MT. Loring, who is one of the largest operators of gold and silver properties on the Pacific coast. n
 w. A. Smith, one of the pioneers of the Katherine district, has started development work at the Katherine Rand property, located adjacent to the Katherine mine. The project was financed in San Francisco through the | agency of F. M. Walsh, a we'll known mine writer and operator of that city. The program for the development of | the we'll mineralized vein system in cludes the purchase of mining ma chinery and the sinking of double compartment shaft. The Old Timer group, situated nearby the Katherine Rand property, is being financed in San Francisco, according to word re- cefved here. The owner, J. J. Split rock) Miller is said to be meeting with success along that line. Surface values are reported to be six dollars gold ton across six feet of vein ma terial.
 At the Adams property the north crosscut on the 100-foot level is just entering the area of pay quartz after passing through about 15 feet of low grade. The crosscut has at this time q length of 28 feet and the ore in the heading is banning about $2O gold ton. The objective is the hanging wall of the vein, where it is expected to pick up high grade ore similar to | that found in the shaft at depth of 30 feet. Nearby the Adams property, development work has been started on the Adams Extension group with the expectation of opening the extension of the big Adams vein. Los Angeles capital, represented by Leslie Monks, is back of the enterprise. The Adams Extension is considered to be one of the best located and most val uable prospects in the camp.
 After crosscutting better than 50 feet of ore in No. crosscut north on the 1O0-foot level in the Gold Chain mine without disclosing the hanging wall of the vein, the management is now sampling the deposit for the pur- pose of determining it's average gold value per ton. Superintendent Nourse reports the results to date as satisfactory, with the prospects favorable for considerably greater width of vein at this point