Mohave County miner., 1891-07-04

4 oAh GEahSiSSo WticsS no Whi hasp @n
operation performed On his eye.
w. +. Grounds and family came down
from blackberry Yesterday morning and
will remain until after the Fourth.
J. X. Halsey offers, with commendable
enterprise. purse oi five dollars for th.
best makeup in the horribles to-day.
Watt Thompson and Captl. Sam Pariie
came in from Coara Springs yesterday
and will remain in town several days.
Mrs. NJ. w. Scott and children, OF
Stockton Hill, were In Kingman several
days this week the guest OF the Hubbs
House.
Nearly two car loads OF Distaff ore il
piled up in the warehouse of The Taggart
Mercantile Company, awaiting shipment
TO Denver.
DR.. Prentland has returned to his home
in Prescott. The Doctor while here
made MANI friends and did great deal
Of work in mis- line.
John Long, one OF Mohave county's
old time miners, was down from Stock
ton Hill a few days this week, taking In
the sights Of Kingman.
The hot weather OF the past week has
been playing havoc with tho big ore
wagons, as four or FIVE Of them have
had to be sent into the shop for repairs
during the past few days.
The Board OF Equalization has been
in session since the first Of the month
and is doing good work in the matter OF
equalizing the tax roll of Mohaye county.
The Board is composed OF good business
men who will see that everything pos
sible is done for the best interests OF our
county.
A feast OF reason and flow OF soul
was INDUCED in by the MINER typos one
day this week. A basket OF sparkling
champagne and ice was presented by our
whole-souled fellow citizen, Col. Harley
Fay. May his shadow never grow less !;
may he be ever prosperous is the wish OF
the boys.
John Buckley and David Evans have
lease on the Samoa claim, OF Steve Smith,
on Sherum's Peak. John Madden and
Joe Young have also obtained lease on
part of the ground and will commence
work on the claim Immediately after the
Fourth OF July. The parties have
splendid showing to commence work
on.
NJ. w. Hinkle has at last struck the
ledge for which he has been driving a
tunnel for years past, and is rewarded by
strike OF ore running FIVE thousand
ounces silver per ton The ore is almost
solid metal and the streak good size.
The ground is easily worked. The strike
occasioned considerable excitement in
Mineral Park and surrounding country.
The old man well deserves good luck for
patient perseverance,.
Steve Smiths location ten miles north
Of sherum's Peak, is being opened up in
q business like way. Over hve hundred
feet OF drifts have been run during the
past year on pay ore. The ore streak is
from six to eighteen inches wide and will
run from seventy-five 10 one hundred
ounce silver, and from one and one-half To
four ounces gold per ton. Mr.. Smith
has worked steadily on the claim, for the
past two years and deserves great credit
for the intelligent manner in which he
has opened up this lode.
The weather in Kingman has taken
quite a change during the week. The
thermometer rose to $50 and every body
complained OF heat. But how was II in
the Colorado basin, 1000 feet lower. At
the Needles the heat is generally % or 80
degress greater than it Is here, and one
OF the strongest proofs Of the superiority
of the climate of Arizona ia found in the
fact that notwithstanding this intense
heat sunstrokes are unknown and strange
az 1t may appear the Needles is consid.
cred q healthy place. 1t is true that
about year ago several deaths occurred
which almost created panic, but upon
investigation il was folnd that these
were unacclimated persons who had been