Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
MOSSBACk COMPANY
 BUYS 45 CLAIMS
 ADJOINING PROPERTY

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 One of the most important mining deals that has occurred in Mohave County for some time was the closing at Kingman last week of sale by the National Five Gold Mines Company to the Arizona Mossback Mines Company of forty-five mining claims and three water rights, which were formerly the properties of Charles H. Burlock and his associates. The properties lie for the most part adjoining the present estate of the Arizona Mossback Mines Company, which is acknowledged to be one of the great mines of the West. One group sold bears the name of the Ma tional Five group and is an eXten- sion of the famous Mossback ledge to the south, and carries 5000 feet of that vein, outcropping at different inter- vals along it's course. It likewise carries the contact with the old Moss mine ledge, that has produced such wonderful ores in the past as to make it nationally famous. Another group of the number purchased is known as the Black Horse mines, and is an eX- tension of the Mossback Ledge to the north, and bears very similar mas sive outcropping of ledge matter car rying values such as distinguishes the Mossback mine proper. Many of the other properties carry the system of parallel veins that accompanies the enormous ledge and show ores of value. The group just acquired by the Arizona Mossback Mines com pany, also carried about 200 acres of almost level surface, with excellent soils, upon which it is proposed to develop a townsite. Three valuable water rights on Cottonwood creek go with the properties, which are based upon appropriations of water for mining, domestic, manufacturing and agricultural purposes. All the waters of Cottonwood creek, which is fed by a large drainage area, are to be uti- lized under the plans of the Arizona Mossback Mines company. A dam is to be built at Red Rock canyon and the flood waters impounded, from which reservoir there is drop of nearly 400 feet to the Mossback prop critics, giving power sufficient to op- crate electric generating plants, for use of the wide and varied activities contemplated. By the acquisition of the properties the Arizona Mossback Mines company adds toits already inn mensely valuable holdings, about 900 acres of mineral bearing lands, and acquires sufficient water to operate its properties and the big mill of 300 tons daily capacity, which is to be erected at the Arizona Mossback min es as rapidly as the work at the prop erty can be gotten under way. The price paid to the National Five Gold Mines company by the Arizona Moss back Mines company for this property is said to be $150,000. The National Five Gold Mines company does not intend to retire from the mining field, as it has secured other valuable min ing interests in Mohave county, and will proceed to develop them in the near future. The sale of these large interests is the eliminating efforts of twenty years prospecting and min ing work on the part of Charles H. Burlock, the president of the Nation al Five Gold Mines company. It was MT. Burlock who discovered the Moss back mines, which he sold to the pres ent Arizona Mossback Mines company in 1917 for a goodly figure. While prospecting the rugged mountains and canyons of the Silver Creek country twenty years ago he made discovery of these valuable lodges, and through the usual long series of hard luck that goes with the lot of the prospector he has held on with grim tenacity until at length he has come into the reali- zation of his early dreams and acquir- ed the competence that rewards the prospector and miner who finds good thing and holds on to it, through thick and thin. Mir. Burlock's health has not been of the best of late and he intends to go to the coast for the rest and treatment, and then he will re- turn to take up the work of developing the other properties owned by the Ma tional Five Gold Mines company.