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GeoloaY & MiD~tioD _0.· r"'"

ot ADl()rphous

,,; with copp· • . r,gold,sI1ver,lead and some molybdenuli ;

Ore: ~08itive & Probabh!, Ore Dump.-:~ailUl" ,I}

approxaately 40,000 tons that can be measured and from various shlpm-ent.s ,ot se-v·.ra.,l- hundred tons averages $8.00 gold, from' 5 to '" 10 oz.silver and 2~ copper.a run ot 300 tons through mi~~ aJeraged '11.50, per ton. several thousand tons on dump runs around $6.00' r... ., .. :', '.r:.,,' r

.fA. Dimensions and Value , of ~e¥~~f.i/\ .. '..: '.'. ~~Jr, ,'; ,:?<

The highly mineralized area as shown fro m small development 110 fe.t wide ' 600 feet long and tro~ ~unnel and shaft still shows more than 100 tt.deep. -There are many high grade stringers that show in this body.

5. Mine, Mill Equipment & Flow-Sheet HaVe compressor powered by Fordson,air lines,water linestjaC'k hammer. drill steel, all small tQols...l wa ter tanks", air rec~l vera and 0 ner equipment. Track ana ore cars,75 ton ore bin. 5u,000 gal. cement water tank. . .. "> > " ' ".J . ~

6. Road Conditions, Route A wel,l grade.d road trom paved highway 72 and A.T.& S.F.RRy. , 2-6/10 miles north of Vtcksburg,Arlz. and good roads to ail p61~ts oh the property.

7. Water Supply

8. Brief Hiatory

One dug well 150 tt.with 8 x 8 drift 80 ft,long one drilled .ell 260 tt,which I use tor domestic purposes this is equipped with F.B.Morse 8 horse engine also S20d pump on dug well two Inch pipe line to 500 gal.water tanl{,water pipsd to tour d1fferent cab1ns. cab1ns turnished very good tor mining c.amp. ,.,' " ,.

This mine was tirat opened about 50 years ago and tr1ed to operate a small stamp mill,but amalgamation was not satlstactory this 1s a complex ore,but flotation makes a very good recovery from the few hundred tons I milled.There are several small shafts and open cuta a 300 tt.tunnel,w1th upra1se to s\lrface~

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(Starr , GoJdl' n, Hlu(' Ulrfi: Wilsun Bros . , Ktmb .. l111 ThompROn)

Dc8crt mine (Golden Mound, Guld EagJ" . Wln\~ ~8lA.'r, Vtcksbu~ Ucv('l ­opml' nt Co. , Ue8<"rt Mg. el). ,

Navajo MirM" 1i Co., I..RHhcr . lIas\'(h: 1 Mg . Cu., T r oy , All State Mg. C u . I

6. Doni KIY mine (DonR Kay MK, Co.)

7, Glory Uol~ mini' (ArtJ.CWla Nor tht.· rn , Sa lo m t! StrU<I ': tilory 11,) k Bllllfln 711 Mine " Co. )

8, Granile Walth MnunlHlnlt phH' -era (DcBCr1 mln{' placl.·rH, Yt' l!uw Bird mlrw plal :l·r .. , Uuh'h III.'n -ry ; mVHtly 8mall opt:'rillunil

9. Green IIlII m iDi ' (Gary" Adams)

10. ltall mint' (Bunker)

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Au, Cu , AI'l. Jlb-, Zn-

Au. Cu , Ag, I'b, Mn- . Ft' -

Cu , Ag, All

Au, Ag , } · I ' . Cu - . Jlb-, Mn -

Au

Ba, Cu-

W. UR, F,' , (11 -

13, Shebli mlnt' (Shapp II Whltr, t-AI"t', l'ohrlt;1 Mint,,, ( " I . , M('(' RU!c 'y, ShI'h:, Mg , ("II,)

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14 . SqUil\to 1 nllnc ' (Elm" r!

15. T hn'" M u So 1-." I , " r " III in ,· Inl'lI ..... ,·\I . \\ ,,, .. 1, lIuthmn, I .. , Aplln.., ,, n, FlnTt·,·t, «. .'\l'I l'I"" , FI("lllinRI

16, Trut· Blul' rntrw I:r,lup IGo1l11'n ()rbit" Hflllif . l;rlY, Trut' IHut' MI( , S~' ndI I'K tl ' , \ '("nhIKto Min("N Co I

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I rn·gular. qua rt t.- fI 5!1u r c velna, with I'potty ('opper. Ko ld. a IlVf' T, Juri, and 7. '"': miner.lh.alton, C'uttl ng Melol.o te' 8edlmentl cui by intrusl\'(' dlkeJ' .

Wide 70n(' of quart, and u1ctte veins and I'ItTilijtH S, anc1 amorphou.8 quarb, C'arrylllK "potty, h~h - tlTad(' I n ld val lK'1 and oxidized c oppe rBnd mino r Irad ~molybdt-m.Jm mlner­a ll utlon wlt h Iron OXide •. followtlll achl8 -t08lty 'I f m('tamorpoolu-d M esol-o le Aedt ~

nH' nt !!. Som" rhy()lttl' . nd phonolite f'lftru ­" ivel'! an,l "pllw Il.nd belle dlkell.

Sporty ('(.ppt..·r, S II\'(' I' • and r old mlllf:'rtdtZl ­Hon. mostly ox lftll.ed , with quartz I~ In an IrreglJlar deposit In I flilure 1-OOt' tn metamorphosed Mt' lor.ok sedlmeDts cut by tntNlllvc dlkf'a .

Numf'rolIS, Irt'Pgul ar. c-onton.ed . and ri l,, ­('ontinuQU,8 qua rt 1 V<"w. and lar-~ m8,88("It of quartl. S"mt· v(' lns -.Ith htg h-", ral1l ' )( 1)111 pockeLH, and gangut' nf JII lcier-ltp . Iron o xldt, "II • III'wl 80" 1" mS ntj:'Ulf' 8, ' oll idfo e . Somt' 10('11 (' ha)('opy r1u' anc1 ,alpM Count ry rtK'k hI metamn rphr,..t"d Mll"at)101C' aedlmentl, Mln­n-al l7 aUvn I" In • .,.1df- fl l'urur c v r .hf' ar lunt'.

tit)hj -bt:- 3 r ln~ Kra\',: I" ln ma", 8mAil iCUkht!" , dt· rh·\ · ... l fn~m nu m, r OllH, ~m. 1I I(vl d~UJlrh

I"Mt'JII In th!:' \1"8 0")1,01 (' !,I""hlsl.

Spllrlll' , ap" rarlk .d . ... · lit,- gn_1a'l and m" ,uwl'l Ln nlrro Yo' d l,,("untinuoullqu.rt 7 win .. In M p:ov1.01C' granitic Intrus tv.·. N. r ro ..... , dI8c-oDUnuuu~ dlalJasp d f.ke8 . Cop~r .. "ddel'Jl a.nd stA1n1ng.

1'1II.ty t. rtu~ ~lth Iron- .. ulneu. d ,.' t"t\, pn­~ and mlntlr l't.JPPf'r It.alnlnK. In a narrow ,·('tn _loOK' flult In Prccambrlan l('hl .. L Somt: ON ' ntn 7 1. i 'l Ba SlI .. .

DiucmuUltl'd blt·b8 IOfI prx:kt: ta o f schr"lltA' ..... Uhquartl.. I'! hlr·rlt.t-. bent«!. Iron nxl<k· and copper 8tainl0jC tn .. mall narr n,.' .trlQKCr N In a illc tth'd JlIII II.·'J"lO lc marhl., ,'u t by fa ult In" . A".oc talord d labaK dlkr~ ,

Sp8r ~ ", ~p. ' rlu!k. :to ,.·t· ! It ... • Iraln", pUfiM. ., nc.! l· r ... " t ~! .. In nAr" ,\'/" '1"A rt.· "' ''' nle'ht in l:t ramll~1 "r.nltl . In!n. .. h..- ur~'rly lnJe! P rt. ­! l'Imhr l:tn l'oo . hl'll»nrl !'r.!t·,lZ tl !r- marhlt- . Slim,. Irtlnll'IIII " .. lIkmltl· , " p"al" ri ll' lind t ra. I·" " r flthPrm l", ' r"' :"~ nt"'b -oI (;' .... lItItunglll,.n pla(' .r mSf t. ' rl. l

Spun)' l.'opprr aulf lo.' '-IIr'Mt l!H' ('ondary ('oppf'r mlrw'nhutlnn in Irrt'Ku lar qWlr(7 - .lo,' rltr VI' I""" in. ~tr"r.1il ntl r(h1IIo .. fIIt - I' trlkltllt rt8 8U t"f' TCUll' ('unln~ I'n' (' a mhrtan ",('n ll'lt Inlr udt'd hy IIIIIrH., . 3nrlt' ~ lh' , .nd rhY', lIl1' {lIkl ... .

Spu ra,,· . 'iV".Jr:, t! l , ~I no",': lt.· In ~ ... kr t li' anll p • .od" o"': lIr I "nlA, t ',f m l r lll ·"OU.'II lind (' al ('ar ­/ 'lUI" JII(-h,i lft 1 :1.1 riArhll:,...,1 I! mf'31I1nt' OVf'i r­I VInJ( w:rtn l tr Sumr- r ,l'U:'I ri lahHljf ' anll rhy u­I lu' ,h l...·" :and ~'J tnf' IlInr,'" qua n 7 vt'ln~ ,

Smlllllil: rculUi a nt i pnd l\ II ' ~('ht~lilt.· In dhh' on ~ t lnu/1U1i qUArtl It'n s-,·.!t In Mt'SH7.) h (·.k.r~ l'rrul'1 IK"h l .... t ami lit quartr - f l:uu r ('s Vl' In8 In La ram Hio· I(ranlli l' IDl nJ"lvt' _ Strong fra (" ­turl"" 'I')IJ lliMJt~ la~d diabase dtk~ •.

I'f)o(' l..f"l yil:oht .. 't h& Il ..... r 11')1.1 ",rna ll it'nlM' g 01 ""''I)II 'r c. rbur.tllt-a!, 11 .... , d~·8 .. IJUifKk::§. aS8'1-

j' r.all·<! '4lth q uart l """ m~ In It nl)r-th ... ·~Ii' . Iltrlktna, hn-'('l' latt-d I',n.· In Intrr-t",·.klt'li II rnt- H L<lrw , roh8I , ', arKI ! l at. · .. , :lnd qua rt 1 itA·,. 'Jf pnob.bl ,· ~1 " " "1I1h A",I.' , 11 11.1. " , . Inl N ­.. Iv .. " and Intnuuvf' I aramltif> rran h ll.· r oc l"" f'\o'.rLy ~yh,anlt .. f't'I" l rtt"!

TYPE or O PERATION AND I'RU DUC TlON

Shen and open (' ul o}Wra ttnn8 from early 1900. tu 1941. pm­duclna .om e 190 tonll of I'f'('

IIIv~raltnc about 0. 60'. Au / T, ;I" Cu, Ind 4 OI. ~ "g/ T.

Prollpected and worked from early 1900' s through 195h fro m amall shaftl. open (:utll. Ind tWlJ)('1, Produt'llon would tx' au me 700 or more ton ll I)f un.' averaging about 0 . 3 01, Au T , 2'1 Cu and 50%.. Ag/ T.

Shaft opot-ntions. Produced lom(' 100 tone or 0, 1!Iq- Cu , 0," 07 .. AgJT and 0. 03 01 , Au/ T In 1956.

Surtat.·t ' pocket o f high- grad" Kold on' In 1909 .t.arwd flhtlrt­lty,,11 hll .... m but Aubsrquc nl t"X­plo ra'i o n fall ed to develOV ,mwh a,k" tl ona! nrt'. Total prvriu('tlon .... ,\:)\lIfl pro bably lx' no mo'N' than Mbou1 45u ouncell ur guld with "onlt' ", 1I V(' r 8nd coppt· r .

Jlla("t"ra wo rked mainly prlnr t.u 1900 ft rMl InLermltttmtly "Incl.' lhat tim.' , A rOUlJh e.Urnatr o f totlll ,)roducUoo ..... ould bt- Borne :100 nuncea of go ld with "nnw all oyed . lIver.

Pitl a nd a haft . 80mI' 7 ton. of IIC""'t>lttr o r r> . hipped In mld -19508 to i,Juartu tte (o r mW lng.

Surface .... o"'tng.. Produced aevt"nl C"ar IOlid. of hlndpkkell lI.rll.' nrt' In 193fj.

Open ('ut. edit. p ll8, anfl tun ~ m ' l wo rklng . Soml' lOO jlr mUI·t· tunlt or 0.5 to O. 7'1 W03I1Tt'­duC<'d tll.m',· mld-19S0" .

ShAllt>\to ~hn ft " . Melita. tUnnt' IA And " pt"!) f'uhl . l' n>{ilrdl fl ll ill mld - anc1 late- IOf,O'" ....... " at)l.Al1 :1 .2:n IJlIlI",," o( tung" " ' n (,nn­('('nl r"wa aV('TlRlnK about 711 Wt):" '

Tunnt't lind ehatl opnnllunlS, I'roApt,(·lt' tJ and wurkrd IntRr ~

mlltt ' n t ly fnJm "arly 1900 ' f!

thr~h 194 2 , prexiudnK f!nmj ' 100 t uns of UN' ftvt'rag l"$t AI~)I,.I I -I t{ ('u. U , 21)1 . Au " r "011 0.4," . A. r .

ShI\ l l lI \I, I·ut .. flnet Illt" , Wu t"kc'll 81)fl ralf lr'ftl ly In "Mrl yarwt mhl~ lIt ' 1~!lU'" IInet prndU("'fl IIOml' 1 2~ unj1l1 II f W():J'

Wodwdfrorn "ha ftA •• tllts. pUs . lunm' l" and OJX'n ('\It" from J951 l oprt!tlt'nt lim,", proctuC' lng MOmt· 1200 tons IIf o r t' yl~ld',. about 600 unltll o r WI )J

Shaft . ruM('I, and upt' n rul wo rk Ina" dPvelupf"d from 1')1 7 anet mainly (ro m 1931 thTlJUl(h l!l:l9 I l'lt" 1 produ(,tlo n \to l.l'Uld I"" " o nw 200 ttln" of on' .vt· r"Jo!:I I~ abulf 0.7 0 1. Aul T, 0 Ii "1 . At( r and I tt ('u.

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ADM filt· dntA

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l.hlf~ .. roft. 19 11. p . 9M . 102 J uhns on. 1~ 7:.! , V, 74 - 1fi ADM ot t' datil

nih' . 19 59 . I> . 10-11

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MINE,"O~S, REPORT ., ..... : ~ ... j ." c _< ~ A" .•

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« Date Febur _--';'_I--_.~ __ ""

I. Mine Desert Mine. 2. Location V1 cksburg , Ari zona.

. 3. ' Muun. District & County Ell s . '

• Mining District,Yuma Cou~tYt Arlzona. • L

;. ~: Former name Desert ,Min

">. 5.' Own~~. D. Lesher 6. Addreas (Owner) Vlcksburg,~~\zOh.a·~

8. Addres. (Operator) / ;' . 7. {)perator Not opera ting

9. President. Owning Co. / ,

9A. President, Operating co/ v" I. O. Cen. Mgr. / 14. Principal Minerals ':; ol d . q il.v er , ~o pp

.' . II. Mine Supt. / 1 S. Production Sate /

. 12. Mill Supt. / t 6. Mill: Type & Cap.! . ..

, 11. Men Employed I 17. Power: Amt. & Type

18. OperatioM: Preeent / . :

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20. Number Claim., Title, etc.

Three patented claIms and two held by location.

Title graranteed and no indebtedness of any kind on the property •

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:~1~1r.':;"[)NCriptiQn:' Topography & Geography "I ,.rit-loii Ilou~tng' qrarters 1800' .. '-r .highest point on property 2516 ft. The vein system " ....... ~ strike- north and south- with ~ di.p to the N.E ••

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l2/ Mine Workinp: Amt. & Condition I have shipp.d several cars that . ~'~ '~.·l Z .OO .. to $22'.00 'per to~' a·,r-:· t" ift Jti '" ad ~~1s 'e"eral truck ' 1~ad8 t . '.i '.: .. "

r ... " run trom $15.00 to $60 •• 00. -p.t\". ·toD,h,e _car and truck aheets on hand tor examtnat.lor1~:".... . '~~ . '~ . ..­

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