Rich Copper Find Reported Near Mohawk Station
Prospectors bring in specimens studded with visible gold
A tantalizing local gold-and-copper discovery story from the Arizona desert, complete with skeptical framing and a nod to disappointed Klondike gold-seekers looking for a new field.
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Mesa Free Press · November 12, 1897 · Page 1
1 min readYUMA, Ariz.
Frank Redondo and a man by the name of Garcia came in Tuesday last with about forty pounds of copper stained quartz which had particles of pure gold as big as a gnat's eye hanging out like little door knobs all over it. The boys claim they have a ledge five feet wide of the same stuff located twenty-five miles due south of Mohawk station. The ore was examined by Engineer Norton who pronounced it equal to the best ever taken from the King of Arizona. A number of Yuma men went out to the district immediately upon the report of the discovery [...] new find pans as expected.
Yuma county will furnish an excellent field for the expenditure of the energy of disappointed Klondyke enthusiasts. The tanks in that district now contain plenty of water and prospecting can be carried on with comparative safety.
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