Mohave County miner., 1891-07-11
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possible.
Frank H.miiton was down from Wal.
lapai mountain the other day after min
ing supplies.
Two carloads OF Golconda Gre were
shipped from kingman this week TO Col
orado for Reduction.
Ide Hamhlin il in from the New Lon
don mine looking after team 10 hlui IN
large quantity OF lead ore which he has
sacked on The dump of that mine.
J. G. Ogden came in from the Diamond
Joe country Wednesday night. MIR.
Ogden is now working on the old Marli-
nez mine and h,s COOL showing.
The new strike in Henkles tunnel at
the Park il plnninl ont we'll and there u
likelihood OF the old man taking out =
nice little fortune in the next few months
The mines in and around Chloride are
fast coming to the front. In no section
OF the county to-siay ~ there 80 much
activity in mining matters shown rs in
that section.
The G. o d. mill Is aimost ready to
commence crushing rock. The water j.
still being pumped ont of the mine and
everything pl in condition for a snccess-
ful mining and milling proposition.
Pete Caffrey il still at work on the
Alpha mine, and is taking ont large
quantities oi good ore. The Abb ~ the
great mother lode Of that section and will
one day be one of the great bonanza
mines Of the Plcfir coast.
Should few energetic men obtain
lease on the Rnrdl mine at Miner Park :.
we think they would make considerable
money. The ore when found Is vrrv rich
and the chances are that 4 good holy of
high grade ore can he elsily uncovered
III. w Hitchcock h IS taken a lease on
the Pinkeye mine at Chloid" Thi-
Claim was located by the eIrlv sattlarS Of
that section and is now Owned bv Frank
Kemp, one of the owners oi the old Sill
YER Hill mine in which several white
men were killed in 1865.
II il Acknowledged by old CiIforniH
placer miners that the bsi ol the CarlI-
RADIO river from the mouth OF Diamond
Creek To- the mouth OF Black Canyon is
the richasf i'm gold of any ia the world
Some 4 ~ plan will he formulated by
which this vast area of gold placer ground
will be worked and the gold pass iato the
channels OF trade instead OF that Of the
river.
The main shaft on the Tiger ledge OF
the (a9el mine is being pushed down as
rapidly a. possible. The ore is of the
same general value as il usually taken
from the mine, running from $3.50 10 $401
per ton in silver and IA small per cent IT,
lead The ore streak is now solid ard
well defined ,.ni ~ u COOL size. In few
weeks drifts will he run off from the
shaft and Slopes opened np..
An expert has been in Todd and Union
Basins for the past week exauling some
mining properties for iheEmpire miIeom.
pany. Tie water in the pIymasler mine,
upon which they have erected hoisting
plant. was pumped ont and the mine
thoroughly examined. The company
have also got their eye on the Biz Bethel
mine, one Of the largest and best in that
vicinity.
The hoist on the Ark mine, near Min
eral Park, is now in running order and
will be started mp ia few days Frank
Wilson has gone ont to the mine 10 put
up boarding house and IA soon as it IL
finished number OF men will be put on
the mine AMI work started up in COOL
shape. The water is now heing hoisted
ont and everything put in readiness for Il
large amount Of development work
The new strike of Mrssrs Grant and
Merrill of Hackberry, in the vicinity Of
th. Diamond Joe, although small il very
rich. The ore streak is abont four inches
In width aud will ran about five hunired
ounces per ton. Byron Collins, Who has
just come up from that country, showed
Us some beautiful specimens OF copper
glance ore from this claim and also some
copper crystals iron the Diamond Joe.