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GOLD LEAF GOLD MINE
GOLD LEAF GOLD MINE. Located twenty miles west of Prescott, Arizona, the mine was discovered in 1896 by a man named Riley who had been financially supported for two years by two men in Dubuque named Walker and Rhomberg. Riley sank a shaft into a crevice 6,000 feet long and four feet wide. The ore brought up from the digging was valued at from $33 to $161 per ton. (1)
Joseph K. KAUFMANN traveled to Arizona to represent the interest of the Dubuque stockholders and supervise the mining operation. A mill was established to crush the ore and Dominick Rhomberg arrived to determine future activities. (2)
In 1917 when the mine was operated by the Wesley Rush family, a mining engineer wrote a report detailing his belief that $100,000 worth of ore had already been mined. (3) The mine is not currently operating.
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Source:
1 "Struck It Rich," Dubuque Herald, December 17, 1896, p. 7
2. Ibid.
3. "The Logan-Gold Leaf Claims Project, Online: http://www.myazland.com/images/LoganGoldLeafRev1.pdf
