Mohave County miner., 1891-12-26
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Copper :. .........,...... IL Is
A large number Of mines will he relo-
Gated mex, Friday
Del Beebe returned yesterday from y
trip To Weaver district.
A. N. McDuffee is still In town waiting
tor his ore to come in.
John Ellis has been appointed foreman
d the Nighthswk mine.
H. Graham has struck bunch OF high
grade ORR on the Primerosa.
NJ Eugene Desty s,arte for Minnesota
district on a prospecting trip last week.
Henry Strawbell has made strike Of
very rich ore in his claim in Cedar dis
trict.
Miners and mine owners are preparing
10 do considerable relocating on New
Years day.
Clsck Bros. have just completed assess
men, work on the Bismark claim In c.
o ID. canyon.
Jas. Bissett is up from his claim near
the Diamond Joe spending the holidays
with his many KinsInan friends.
Charlie Gordon, who formerly worked
at the Kinemsn Sampler, came in from
Weaver district to sp,ni the holidays
with his Kingman friends.
Owing to the cold weather and SHOWS
in the mountains. chloridiny has been
temporarily suspended on numoer OF
mines In Wallapai and MAYNARD dis ricis.
+. X. Mervine, who used to reside at
the Copper Camp. was in town the fore
p,rt Of the week and went ont to Chloride
Tuesday morning, where ne will engage
In mining
II is rumored that smelter will soon
b. erected at the Needles The proper
place for such an institution is IN King
man, the centre Of the greatest ore pro-
ducing district in the territory. ss ..
Mr.. Eames has put force OF men to
work on the GplcontA mine. in Todd
Basin, with By. Sherman az foreman
With the immense oodies OF milling ore
in sight in the mine it is expected that
fve men will keep the mill running.
Jack Thomas came up from the Berk-
ley mine to spend the holidays. He re
ports the mine looking well. They are
still drifting on the ledge at the lO0-foot
level and the two ore streaks are getting
wider all the time and increasing in rich
ness.
Wilkinson and Eaton are working on
their new find near Cummings mine at
Wallapsi Spring. Parties who have
seen their prospect say il is one Of the
best yet made in that section. They now
have q fine streak OF ore rich in horn
silver and black metal, and will make
shipment to the SAMPLER In lev days.
o. F. Kuencer has just had the assess
ment work done on the Rattan mine, in
San Francisco district. In dong the
work new shaft was started about two
hundred feet west OF the main shaft and
two-foot body Of ore avers4iny &4J in gold
per ton was opened up. An eleven-inch
streak lying along side Of the main ore
body gave an average Of $3.50 gold per
ton. This mine has fine hoisting plant
on it, and Mr.. Kuencer Ia having the en-
gine cleaned up and put in wo, king order.
The new strike should have the effect of
again starting up work on 1t, Ms il is one
Of the hest properties in that district.
Judge J. ". Murphy and Judge G. w
Beecher, who have been looking over the
mines Of Weaver and Minnesota districts,
for the past week, returned home Mon
day. From them We learn that the mill
Of Gleason aud sherman will be started
up on trial run in about week, when
the practibility Of their current wheel as
. motive power will be fully demonstra.
ted. The Eagle and Golden Eagle mines
sre immense ledyes OF free-milling gold
ore, the width being estimated at over
three hundred feet. Many other fine
prospects are being developed throughout
the district. and an soon ss the mills are
started up it will become chloriders
paradise. Over the mountain, skirting
on Sacramento valley, is the Minnesota
district, IN which il situated the Gold
Bug mine, one Of the richest gold dis
coveries ever made in this or any other