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Indian Secret Mining District

1909 Geological Survey Report

"The deposits are principally quartz veins, some of which are blanket veins or have a low dip. Associated with them locally are considerable manganese and iron oxide. The ore which seems to be oxidized at the bottom of the mines contains chiefly chloride of silver with local values in gold, and is unusually rich being reported to average about $200 in silver to the ton. a 19-ton carload of the ore shipped to the smelter in 1894 is reported to have contained 29,000 ounces of silver and 80 ounces of gold."

Mohave County Miner, July 1919

"Even today if the mines were in position to be leased chloriders would be able to take out thousands of dollars monthly from these properties. The section is mineralized over an area about one mile wide by 2 miles long, and is one of the most peculiar sections of the country. The veins, at least that part of them lying clost to the surface, are in an anticline, the best part of them lying 20 degrees from the horizontal. We have seen a breast of ore with silver so heavy that if you stuck a pick in it it would be almost impossible to pull it out. This ore ran from $200-$400 to the sack. The mines have been tied up in litigation for years, but as soon as the title is settles we expect some big outfit to grab it.

December 1, 1928

Letter to the Stockholders of the White Hills Silver Mines, Inc.

"An important and very encouraging condition is noticed in the assays from this level, the gold values are increasing in all samples. If this continues in the same proportion with farther depth the property will be classed as a gold mine instead of a silver mine."

Occident Shaft

Kingman, Arizona, November 24, 1900

"The 40-stamp mill at the White Hills is now in operation running twelve hours daily. Owning to the lack of water the company has only operated ten of the stamps but as soon as water sufficiently can be obtained the mill will be operated full time. The ore bodies in the bottom of the Occident shaft are immense when values are considered. Specimens of ore exhibited in White Hills show masses of silver through the ores."

Occident Shaft

Kingman, Arizona June 1, 1901

"The Occident shaft will be continued to the 1000 foot level, 200 feet deeper than at present, and drifts and crosscuts run to open up the ore body found at the 600 level. At 600, there was taken out 20,000 ounces of silver per month, which extraction was only discontinued when the shaft reached its present depth and the machinery was found inadequate to the demands and the work was suspended. The ore body was very rich sone of the ore running as high as 3000 ounces to the ton of silver. Besides the high grade ore there was a big body of moderate grade ore that was not taken out. This ore will be taken out under the new order of things and if a sufficient body of water is encountered at the lower level the 40-stamps of the big mill will be put to work."'

Horn Silver & Occident

"On the South side of the wash are the Horn Silver & the Occident &other claims that show up wonderfully rich ore. The cropings of the ledges are black iron-cap below which is the richest ore ever opened up in Arizona. Old timers say the resemblance to the mines of Pioche, Nevada is wonderful although much richer. The new district runs East into Gold Basin and covers four miles in width by a mile and a half in length inside this limit is a perfect network of ledges."