Mohave County miner., 1891-09-05
3iEiAc IN MoAAyE c0UHry.

Oh ore In the sampler awaiting treatment.
The ore il from the San Antonio mine,
near Mineral Park, and is worth about
$500 per ton.
TIE contract on the Homestake mine
is almost completed. and drifting will be
commenced shortly. The mine is look
ing well and gives great promise OF being
a good properly.
A. Yer Mehr, manager OF the Taggari
Mercantile company, went out Cerbat
yesterday. He says that the mining IN
teresfs in and around Cerbat are looking
up, and that two mills will soon be turn
ing out large quantities of concentrates
and bullion
John McGregor has been doing the
hills IN The neishborhood OF Cedar the
past several weeks and has succeeded in
making several good locations He
brought in number Of samples which
he bad assayed, the return being very
satisfactory.
Conkey & Tyler have lease on the
Lone Star mine near Mineral Park and
are taking ont some very rich ore. The
mine has not been worked for some years
bat should the boys strike one Of the
old time bnnches Of ore they will make
Mineral Park a lively camp once more
Charles Frolig is working an immense
ledge near the Connor mine and is get
ting out rich gold rock The ledge. as
whole, will average 500 in gold and fifteen
or twenty ounces silver per ton, while
number Of small streaks running
through the ledge will run up in the hun.
dreds.
We learn that big strike has been
made in the Distaf mine al Chloride.
A streak OF pure black metal has been
encountered that will RON up in the
thousands. The Denver Milling and
Mining company who have the property
under bond have found in il one OF the
bonanzas rarely found in A lifetime.
Mr.. Garrett. who has had lease on
part of the Davis mine, on Sherum Peak,
has had pack train busily at work
packing down biz shipment Of ore to
the wagon road. The ore is said 10 be
very rich, and ss 1T was taken out in the
work Of development, large block OF
ground now remains ready for stoping.
Ed Gilbert WAS in from his camp on
the Santa Maria this week after supplies.
He has number of good gold prospects
In that section Of Mohave county which
he intends to develop as mach as possible
this fall. The vein on which he il ,at
present working runs five ounces golI,
twenty ounces in silver and thirty per
cent lead. .# aa
Mr.. Williams was up from his new
strike on the Olympia lode this week and
reports everything running smoothly at
tho mine. A tunnel is now in on the
ledge and the ore streak found on the
surface shows up in the face about six
inches in width. The ore so far taken
has Deen thoroughly sampled and runs
nearly six hundred ounces per ton.
A. NJ. McDuffee, Harry Hanna, Erin
Sherman end Joe Waggoner are working
on the Rainbow mine, on the southwest
slope Of Sherum Peak. About sixty feet
from the old ledge they have uncovered
ak inches OF solid lead ore running high
in silver. In the old workings a consid-
erable body Of ore has been found and
development will be pushed on both
lodges as fast as possible.
James A. Bissett was in town this
week after a supply of provisions and
tools. He informed us the claim upon
which he has been at work is showing up
well and that as soon as he returned TO
camp himself and partner, J. G. Ogden,
would sink the shaft to depth Of one
hundred feet. They have nearly a car.
load Of ore on the dump which they will
shin to the sampler in short time.
Del Beebe went out to Weaver distric.
last Sunday. He says that the Edith
mine has immense quantities OF ore in
sight and that new road is being built
70 the Colorado river, distance OF eight
miles. A fifteen stamp mill will be put
mr., on the hank of the river as anon aa