Mohave County miner., 1891-09-12
The MOHApE MINER.
SisiRG M n0HAyE COUNTY.

"ofhcu III Inc sampler uiie week.
McDufFee and Co. have carload of
lead ore ready for shipment from their
claims near Chloride.
Abe Lafevre had q small lot OF rich ore
from claim in Cedar worked at the
sampler few days ago.
Fred Brawn hauled in carload OF ore
from the Infallible mine the other day
and had il crushed at the sampler.
Colorado parties are expected here IN
few days 10 invest inssome Of the rich
mines in the vicinity OF Mineral Park
and Chloride.
Reese NJ. Jones, who has been at work
on some valuable lead mines near Ger
bat, sent In to the sampler large sized
shipmen, Of ore this week
John X. Mackenzie shipped nearly a
carload Of ore from the Cupel mine this
week This is part OF the ore taken out
before the shutdown. The ore was OF
good grade.
Boalt and Eames have sent in another
lot Of concentrates from their mill in
Todd Basin. II is their intention TO fit
the mill mp in good shape and hereafter
keep it pounding away on the rich ore OF
that vicinity.
Sherman and Thompson had carload
of ore from the Golconia worked at the
sampler this week that netted them
neat little sum OF money. The boys
have the mine in good shape and will
continue making shipments for some
months to come
There is now piled up at the sampler
nearly two hundred tons of ore awaiting
shipment 70 eastern smelters This
large amount OF ore was run through the
sampler last week and the first part Of
this, which shows that our miners are
giving good account Of themselves.
The G. o. d. mine sent in carload Of
ore this week by Brawn's big team to the |
sampler. The ore was as fine as any
ever taken from the mine Next week
a carload OF concentrates will be shipped
to the sampler At the mine everything
IL running smoothly and the mill turn
ing out several tons OF rich concentrates
daily
A a result 81 the burning OF tw, stacks
and the assay OF % Of the Socorro smell |
ter the kingman sampling works will |
not be able 30 ship ores to that place for
the next thirty days. Already over one
hundred tons OF ore is on the way to So |
corro from this county, representing
thousands Of dollars This vast amount
of mineral wealth Hill now have to be
turned into the smelters OF Colorado for
reduction.
A rich strike has been made in the
Berkely mine at Cellar. A perpendicular
sh ,it has been sunk tapping the vein at
u depth OF one hundred feet. From the
bottom OF this shaft drift has been ran
on the ledge distance OF fiity feet and
the last twenty feet is in ore running
about three hundred dollars per ton. The
ore streak rs eight inches in width. and
the whole surrounding leige-matter Is
Thoroughly impregnated with mineral.
KdtSer and Cross have just shipped
carload OF rich ore from the AItata mine
to the smelter at Argo. The ore carries
a high percentage of copper as we'll az
gold and silver. There are now
ten tons more on the dump ready for
shipment and in the slopes are large
bodies oi ore ready TO be Knocked down.
The property is in fine shape and will
produce vast amount OF ore in the next
few months.
A Colorado company have taken the
Fairfield mine, at Mineral Park, in hand.
and have put number of men to work
thereon. The vein is one OF the LARGEST
In that part Of the county and in years
past had considerable amount Of work
done IN 1t. The surface ore was high
grade but at the water level the ore be.
came very base and the grade went down
in the scale Of values. 4 tunnel was run
one thousand four hundred feet aud cut
the ledge two hundred and sixty feet
from the surface. Connection was made
with the shaft, but no further work was