The Winslow mail., 1922-11-10
ACTIVITIES IN
WRIGHT CREEK
PLACER DISTRICT
Oohave County NTiner)

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| Probably the most sensational de-
velopment in this weeks activities in
| Wright creek, the vests new placer
tleld was the discovery of color in
in paying quantities two miles and a
half north of the original discovery.
/ lying in bed of wash gravel This
discovery made by Doc Purman mad
III. G. Murphy of kingman. The fact
that this new discovery lies near the
markings of what isin all appear
ances an old river bed has brought
forth good many theories as to
what carries the gold. The most log
icai theory according to several min
ling engineers and geologisfs is that
the gold has been deposited in that
district surrounding Wright creek
by an old river The source Of tho
river bed and the possible location
sof the ledge or bed of gravel which
are evident throughout the district
is the object of the prospector in the
territory north and south of the dis
Icovery.
So far the best paintings in the
|acres discovered by the Lave Broth
ers and Dad Little and the claims
joining the discovery. These are the
Rich Gulch claims located by w. H.
Harrison and associates and the Mil
nes claims and to the southwest of
discovery the Wright Creek placcrs
located by Charlie linus and associ-
|ates.
The writer has made several trips
to the field and was present during
the Prescott rush last week when
every one from the high school fac
'ulty to the town officials were flying
through the brush around Wright
ICreek with gold pans in one hand
and pick in the other. The opin
ion of the majority that have visited
the field is that it contains the great
est possibilities of any. placer field
in the west This theory will be
clinched if the report of the two
deals now in the making are auth
lentic These two deals will start ac-
ltual production on hydraulic scale
within this month. Among the Pres
colt rush were many who were en-
thusiastic over the possibilities OF
the field. There were others who
came out expecting to find nuggets
(by their declaratiom as big as
"hen's eggs at the grass roots.
However these were few and the ma
iority of those in the field located
claims Actual production and this
Il has been promised by some of those
holding the better claims would I'M
mediately turn the district into
second Klondike. Cross sections of
! the gravel in the various claims will
be completed within the next ten
days as we'll as a survey by geolog-
lists of the district as a whole. This
will give all interested basis 10
measure their activity by.
1--WE are firm in the belief that We
| hold the key to one of the greatest
placer fields in the west was the
statement of William Lave. mining
engineer and one of the discovers OF
placer gold that has caused such
leeneational rush upon Wright Creek
at the Beale Hotel last night. MT.
Lave was in town with Mart tDad,
Little. his partner in the 16o acres
which has carried the best color III
the district. Dad Little and Lave
were in Kingman to file two more
claims joining the original discovery
that they located some time PACK
"rThe whole district down Wright
Creek for three miles north ana
south for several miles carries color
that will pay by hydraulic mining.
was Dad Little's statement mo o'S-
trict has been a proven helo III ~
much as carrying gold is concernen
for wears. It's rich here on the IN"
acres the boys and ] have located
and we believe we have some OF the
color that washed through the ledge
that probably carried Ed Sheftiins
rich find before the discovery oi
Tombstone. Before the discovery on
Tombstone Ed Schifflin found on the
head of Wright Greek some or inc
very richest gold float A large piece
of the rock carried values as nigh
as $4,000 or $4,000. while smaller
nieces were more than half goid.
After the mines of Tombstone were
sold in the eighties, Mr.. Schalht"
came to Mohave county and accom-
panied bv Anson II. Smith made
search for the gold, but the trip was
in vain. Returning from Alaska some
Years later Mr. Schiffiin prospected
that region again without result. he
had unbounded faith that some day
wonderful vein of gold wouid DO
found in the upper Wright Creek re-
gion. but death cut short his sct,V-
| it;es and the source of the wonder
fuI ore is still unknown.
It is probably from this source
that the gold now found in the alluv-
INN of the hilIsides occur"