Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-07-29
A MINING CAMP
 IN THE MAKING
By William P. DeWolf.

Have you ever seen mlnlng camp
 in the making? Watched the pros
 pector search for ore like a golfer
 peering around in the rough for lost
 ball? Seen the miner erect rude
 monuments" of stone to mark the
 boundaries of claim, and with a
 hand more accustomed to the feel of
 a pick than pencil laboriously write
 out his location notice which announc-
 es to all and sundry that he "claims
 by right of. discovery 1500 feet along
 the course of the Vein, lode or de-
 posit together with it's dips, spurs and
 angles?" Trailed along while he
 "prospected" an outcrop, and witness
 ed the gleam of exultation in his eye
 when "colors" strealned comet-like
 across the bottom of his diminutive
 "gold pan?"
 Have you shared in the pride of the
 pioneer" over the arrival in the
 camp of the first plant of mining ma
 chinery? Been among those present
 when the first building came lumber
 ing in astride four wheels and squat
 ted down amid the sage, a veritable
 ship of the desert at anchor in her
 home port? Seen the camp site gradually fill with similar nondescript tramps Of desert voyagings? Looked as wise as an owl at piece of quartz, and stated casually, very casually, just how much ton of it would as- say in gold?
 All of these things, and more, are being done in the new camp of Kath- crime located in Union Pass about 35 miles from Kingman. Katherine is a mining camp in the making and pre- sents unmistakable promise of being the scene of the next big "gold excite ment." The forerunners of the "rush" that is predicted for early in the fall are already developing properties there under mineralogical conditions which favor financial success. A num- Der of them are internationally prom inent in mining affairs. This fact in itself speaks we'll for the new camp and favors its receiving the invest ment recognition that is due its un- usual mineral showing. The strength and magnitude of this showing has encouraged some of the operators to refer to the Katherine district as the American Rand" The right to this title time and development alone can demonstrate.
 The veins of the district are a quartz replacement of calcite in the granite. They are true Assures hav- ing northeast-southwest course, and are intersected at an oblique angle by numerous cross-veins. The latter ap- pear 70 be fully as worthy of mining effort as the the main Assures. The area of ore distribution at Katherine, as at present recognized, is about 8 | by 5 miles. It seems probable, how ever, that the area will be apprecia- ply expanded within a short time. | Even HOW work is under way which | may bring about such result. . About fifteen properties are now be- ng developed. The list includes the Katherine mine, the Katherine Exten- sion, the Miller and Murphy group, he Treasure Vault, the Katherine Mo hawk, the Gold Chain, the Sunbeam, he Adams, the Revenue, the Road tide, the Arabian and the Sheeptrail It is stated that develop nent work will soon be underway at he ada-Katherine property, the ris, the Shaw, the River Range, the Big Four and the Curtin Mahoney Recent assays across footage of the surface 'ein material on the Nevada Rather ne property gave returns of IA ounces ,old and GAS ounces silver a ton. Re- 'ort also has it that work is to be esumed at the Frisco mine and at the federal property. Plants of machin- ry are in operation at the Katherine nine, the Katherine Extension, and he Gold Chain properties. Machin- ry is being installed at the Adams and is. soon to be installed, is said, at the Sunbeam property.
 At properties where development vork is underway well below surface,