Mohave County miner., 1891-03-07
Mining Notes.

The Denver milling and mining COM
pany are taking out great deal Of ore
from the Mexican mine in Todd Basin
and the James mill will soon make rmn
on 1t.
Morgan and Collins have some hard
rock TO contend with in their tunnel on
the Champion mine, and although they
are working like beavers little progress is
made.
| Mcmahon and Clack have their whip
on the Primrose and have the water
hoisted out. Sinking win commence
about the first OF the coming week.
w. B. Campbell will soon commence
arastraing gold rock from his mine near
The Twins, Cerbat. Mr.. Campbell has
taken considerable money from this claim
by the arastra process and we hope he
will make good clean up this time.
Ide, Hamblin is in town with carload
Of ore from the New London mine. Mr..
Hamblin informs us that he has a nice
block Of ground In the mine ready for
stoping and that ne will be able TO get
out several carloads in very short time.
Jsmison and Sample are sinking a
Wine from the old tunnel level, OF the
Rip Vsn Winkle, to connect with the
level below now being run in. The ore
in the bottom Of the Wine is quite rich
and the streak is widening as depth is
attained.
A. James. Superintendent OF the Todd
Basin mill, was in town Tuesday night.
He informed US that considerable ore is
being taken from the shaft in the Suffolk
mine in Union Basin, upon which he re-
Gently let contract to James Twiggs and
Jack Kelley.
Since the storms Of the past two weeks
miners have been husily engaged in get
ting their claims in shape for the spring
and summer work Many shafts have
been filed with water and the slow pro-
cess Of hosting it out with a windlass Is
being gone through with.
Geo. NJ. Bowers, a few days ago, dis
covered and located gold ledge in the
foothills, between Todd Basin and Min
eral Park, which shows a good prospect
in the horn spoon. Mr.. Bowers took a
sample into town to have assayed, but
we have not learned the result.
! The FIRST car load Of Empire ore since
the storm came in yesterday. As soon
as the teams can haul it six or seven
more car loads will follow. An immense
amount Of ore has been placed on the
dump Of the mine during the past two
months, and it will now keep Beebe's
two big teams hauling continuously for
some months TO come,
Peter Caffrey has for some time past
been sinking a winze in the lower tunnel
Of the Alpha mine at Layne Springs. At
depth Of about ninety feet he has struck
six or seven feet Of solid ore, one foot OF
which is very rich in antimonial silver,
The Alpha is an immense vein. in fact
one Of the largest in the county and were
it opened up in the right manner would
undoubtedly prove one of the best bul.
lion producers on the Pacific coast.
All disputes among the owners Of the
Diamond Joe mine have been amicably
settled and J. C Ogden will again resume
the experimenting Of the property. The
mine has been opened up in good shape
and great deal Of ore is being exposed
ready for stopping. The ore is Of an aver
aye grade Of several hundred ounces sill
yer per ton, and the product Of the mine
has paid all expense SO far incurred and
left a profit Of several thousand dollars
for the owners.
In Gold and Lost Basins are located
some Of the best gold properties to be
found anywhere in the territory. The
veins are large and carry from $40 TO
800 to the ton in gold, the greater portion
Of which is free. Water and fuel are the
only drawbacks to successful mining and
milling in that section, but could some
good mining companies be induced to in
vest in the mines a way could soon be de-
vised for the cheap transportation Of the
ore to some good location for its reduction.
John Barry and 4. ]. Baldwin are put
ing up hosting plant on the Sunlight
mine, near Chloride, which they will
have in running order In about a week.
They have also received an Ingersoll
drill which they will use in sinking the
main shaft. This drill will be the first
one of the kind ever used in this county
and Messrs. Barry and Baldwin's enter
prise is to be commended. They also
have a fine property to work upon and
we await developments with the convic-
ton that the mine will prove a veritable
bon ANA TO the owners.
A rich silver lode has been discovered
a short distance below the old Planet
mines, below Aubrey landing on the Col
orado. The find 10 said to be the richest
made 10 that section in years. The old
mines near Planet in years past produced
a great deal Of rich copper, silver glance
ore. and In fact all the mines in that sec