Mohave County miner., 1886-11-28

mansnt prosperity Of this camp is fully as.
sursd. That be means business in all that
Jbs does 10 apparent even 10 q casual OBJ
server. Much oflths work heretofore done
has been merely preparatory, and has con.
sisted mainly in running drifts and tunnels
IN both mines.
On tho Oro Plata mfns the main tunnsl
IL being driven night aud day, in good pay
ore, and some stopping 10 being done. The
present force on this mine consists Of
twenty mon, and the number will be largely
Increased In week or two. Shipments of
ore are mads regularly 10 the Kingman
sampling works. two large eieht.muIs teams
being kept on the read all the time.
On the Mariposa mine q tunnel has besn
run ITO fest to oross-cut the lsdRs, and
drain ths mine. This tunnel was completed
few days since, and men are nov drifting
both ways on the ledge, and more will be
crowded on ss soon ~ room ID made for
them to work to advantage. Considerable
ore ID being taken from the shaft above the
tunnel, which Is being sunk 10 connection,
and Is also shipped to Kineman. Outside
OF the mines Mr.. wattIss is pashine thines
~ rapidly A. on the inside. A boarding
house 1890 feet ID being erected on the
Mar'posa ground for the use of the men sna /.
ployed In the mines. A blacksmith shop.
ore houses, Office. etc., are also going up a.
fast a. carpenters can build them; over
l7'oO feet Of lumber having been consumed
daring the past week. When tbess psoss-
sary b1i ldings are completed one or two
small resi- sidences for the use Of the supsrin.
tendsnt and others will be erected. Before
any Of the lumber could bs bsuled TO the
mine II was necessary 10 build over a mile
of n ew road through q pretty rough can.
on. This road is not yet completed, bat
10 pa sable even now for teams not too
heavily loaded. Two men are now employ.
ed In grading It OF 20 that the ore teams
can load op at the mines instead of at ths
month Of tho canyon, as at present.
On the Prosperity mine nothing ID being
one at present, but the ownen, Messrs.
W night and Layns. expect to start up in q
few weeks, and will probably employ quite
. force Of men.
Many tber mines higher up In the basin
are bsing prohtably worked by lsssses and
obi or iders, but lack Of time prevented our
% ying them q visit. Altogether, the out.
look for the mines Of Todd Basin at the
present. time is exceedingly encouraging, and
We are plsased TO know that those who have
had faith enough In them to TO invest their
capital are meeting with substantial 70.
turns.
In future article We shall give An 81.
ended description of the Orc Plata, Mari.
Posa and Prosperity mines which are the
three principal ones in the basin.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Two pack trains are at work packing out
ore from the Mariposa and Orc Plata mines
to the road.
BY next spring there should be al least
600 miners al work in the waIlapai di. :
trict alone.
While all the other mining counties OF
the Territory are falling of In their pro
duction, Mohave county is steadily increas-
ing her out put.
The rapid advance in the price OF silver
makes our miners, one and all, feel good.
Messrs. Graufeld snd kennedy are work
ing on lead claim near Cerbat. and are
getting out some good galena.
L. l.. Ayers has discontinued work on
the Union mine at present.
Messrs. Kuencer and Collins are prepsr.
ing TO put up hoisting works and a mill on
the Rattan mine, in the San Francisco dis
trict, adjoining the Moss. They have
purchased the machinery, or rather what Ia
left Of II. Of the old Pioneer mill, which was
put up by Captain Hardy and was the nrst
mill erected In this district. They are now
Engaged in taking the machinery apart, and
70 much of II az can be, will be utilized BY
them.
Superintendent Spsrr, of the Garden
Springs Mining Company, is having some
work done on the Congress mine, adjoining
he Mineral Park mill.
Messrs. Dana and Howell. who have 70.
'ently purchased tho g. o. d. mine for
szs 900, are having a road built from the |
mine to the mouth of the canyon. When |
his is completed a Ia rgs quantity Of lum- |
,er will be hauled to the mine and used In |
hs construction of q boarding house, slssp- |
nR quarters, blacksmith shop, assay once |
md many other much needed Aceommoda- |
ions.
Messrs. Csmpbell, Husssy h Mccall, the
essees Of the Minnesota mine, are still |
akinR out high grade ore. The east
atteral drift has been completed and II 10
heir intention TO sink one hundred feet,
provided they can handle the water.
Owing to the Immense hsigbt Of the dry
now being ereuted on the Sun.
light mine. some people are moan enough
o say Mr.. Barry Intends running opposition
o Liberty EnlighteniRR the World"
Mr.. W. V. Austin, accountant Of the
arizona Northern Mining Co., informs MS
hat owing 10 the Immense quantities Of
re on the dumps, work on the Sunlight
nine will b suspended until tho compile
ion Of the oonosntrstor, when Supsrin.
sndsnt Barry intends TO mako the output
srger than ever before.