Show SALE OF THE D OID OD MINES wonderful Wonder fu I 1 strike of gold in san francisco district arizona miner kingman arizona an agreement for the sale of the demp sy odea mines was entered into between the owners and john brockman of los ani geles a few days ago and mr brockman i js has gone to los angeles to purchase a large hoister bolster for installation on the property the price named in the instrument is said to be with payments covering two years of time A shaft feet in depth is to be sunk as fast as men can do the work and levels are to be run at certain specific distances the mine is to be thoroughly exploited by the purchasing party dempsey and addea came to kingman tuesday last to complete the details of the sale the mines known as the pilgrim group are situated about nine miles west of chloride in the blue ridge mountains they were discovered by william odea several years ago but were not located until two years ago since that time the owners have done an immense amount of work on them and opened up great ore bodies the ore in the deepest shaft is said to average 22 across an eight foot vein nowhere on the veins can a person go and fail to get values in gold the mines are of easy access and water in abundance can be had within a mile or two of the property J W gerritt has a group of mines near the pilgrim and this group is under bond to mr brockman the opening of this great group of mines by such a well known mining operator as mr brockman means big things for mohave county wonderful strike of gold A prospector by the name of woods has discovered one of the richest veins of ore ever found in the san francisco district the new find is in the Sheep trail trall section about a mile north of camp meyer the vein is seven feet in width and all through it can be seen free gold two feet of this vein matter is immensely rich assays essays from it running as high as while the larger part of the vein ran as high as to the ton tola the vein outcrops for a distance of several hundred feet but the fact that it is coated with lime and has the appearance of volcanic matter probably accounts for it lot having been located heretofore I 1 M george and J C hughes of kingman are interested with mr woods in the find mr george went out to take a look at the bonanza wednesday and returned thursday night with large samples of the vein he says that gold can be panned froin any part of the ledge and is very enthusiastic over the find mining men of experience peri ence have made offers for the mine but so far no price has been set on it several sacks of the highest grade ore have been picked up and work is proceeding on the rich vein the strike has caused great excitement throughout the union pass country and that section is now overrun with prospectors |