Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-10-27
Placer Gold Discovered
 On Wright Creek
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It is estimated there is from thousand to two thousand acres of ground in the district with the possi- bility. that other ground in the vicin- ty will be found good after it is pros pected.
 Plans are being made for a survey of the ground and the making of tentative estimate for storage. res ervoir above to impound waters for hydraulic purposes. .,t
 A. L. Runyan who has dry wash ing machine left for the diggings to- day to look over the situation and will take his machine in if he can make ar arrangements for some ground. His machine has demonstrated that it will save the gold and if it will handle this dirt, he hopes to start washing out" gold dust at once.
 Wright Creek is an old river chan mel shown on early geological reports The location of the strike is about 60 miles easterly from Kingman and about 8 miles off the Santa Fe Old Trails Highway. .|f
 Bedrock in most instances is from 4 to 8 feet. Pay dirt runs from the grass roots down, in many places where it has been prospected. ?,
 What will probably be developed is a big hydraulic proposition. It will take capital to put the think over but capital will come if the district proves up what it appears it will from pros pecting so far done. -. .".&,I,
 Following is an account of tne strike as reported by the Prescott Journal Miner:
 "What promises to be one of the most remarkable discoveries in the history of the United States in placer gold mining has just come to light. Strange as it may seem this discov. cry bids fair to rival the big Comstock placer field on Feather river in Cali fornia, where millions of dollars were taken out, or possibly the sensational free gold strike on the Klondike 1T Alaska some 22 years ago. ,3sv9;-2 ;.Jst, :,
 Just across the border line of Yay- apai, in the southern part of Mohave county, lies the new field of pros pective riches, and where, according to present indications, will attract a stampede O. fortune hunters like that of the days of '49, when the lure of gold attracted thousands across the desert and the Indian-infested regions of the then wild west to the simmer ing sands of the Tuba river in the Golden state. .,' ,r1 ,..
 It was only five days ago that the news of the sensational strike reached the outside world. Sterling Hummer first brought the news to Prescott, Being a cattleman, he did not realize it's far-reaching importance. He had already located a few claims, and had banned dirt that gave him string of gold as long as his forefinger. Even in Kingman-the county seat of Mo have county-the reports wore regard ed with either pessimistic nonchalance or absolute distrust, and only a few persons took the trouble to investi- gate. But w. B. Harrison of Prescott, who has followed mining for many years, and who has made and spent a couple of fortunes in the game, real ized from the brief information that was conveyed by Hummer upon his visit to Prescott, that here was the opp portunity of a lifetime. Gathering together few of his friends of sport ing instincts, they left by automobile Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, for the new Golconda, accompanied by a Journal-Miner representative ,who was detailed to verify the truth of the remarkable and almost unbelievable reports. The party returned to Pres colt about midnight yesterday, and the news they brought far exceeded the claims that had been originally re- ported regarding the alleged discov- cry. For miles and miles along con. tiguous territory of an old river bed there is gold everywhere. Wherever they sampld the dirt-taken from the surfac and at the grass roots-colors were invariably found in the banning What rich value or nuggets will be found at bedrock can only be con- jectured, for it is at bedrock in all placer fields where the mass of free gold is deposited. Earl R. Gilbert who was one of the exploring party picked up nugget twice the size o1 a pin head, on the surface of the ground. In one area pannings al three different points yielded 50 cents per pan, which would be the equivalent of $142 a cubic yard. These state. ments are all facts and were witnessed by the Journal-Miner representative who was the first newspaperman on the ground. 5:-r #
 An Accidental Discovery
 For several years apst J. M. Little, a veteran prospector, has been devel- oping a gold-quartz mining ground in the Cottonwood mining district in the
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