Mohave County miner., 1892-07-23
Money is Plenty and
the Camp Booming.
Many New Buildings Be-
ing Erected.
WHITE Hills, July 20, 1892.


many OF the boys find it necessary to buy
larger hats.
All rumors to the effect that the Prince
Albert has closed down are false, a. the
owners will put An increased force to
work tomorrow. The temporary sus
pension Of work was for purely business
reasons, and the break in the ledge
which caused the widest rurnors at the
time has now been passed and the vein
is resnmin. its former condition.
Messrs. Jas. Michaeis and George
Little have purchased an interest in a
valuable claim owned by Jno. Schem-
melpfennig and have commenced work
on pay ore.
Prospecting continues with nnabated
zeal and groups OF men can be seen At
~ hours magniiying glasses in h nd,
DISCUSSING the latest "find" and eagerly
inquiriny Of the hero of the hour the d.
rec,ion OF his discovery.
A party Of four with tirst-class pros
pecting ontfit arrived to-day from Enreka,
Nevada, and have commenced to Inves-
tigae the surrounding hills.
New tents and houses are being erected
daily and the owner Of desirable lot il
. very important parsonage, and sales
take place daily.
Messrs. Howell and Cummings return.
cd TO Kingman yesterday but will return
shortly.
j. N. Cohenour and party came in
from Pine Springs, Coconeno county,
several days ago.
Cd Shsrum (whose funeral we would
all gladly atten0) is making life burden
for Judge Schaefer by attempting to levy
blacknail, aid meeting tire Indian who
first discovered the mines 10 do likewise.
This ungra,eful old villain, who has been
= pensioner on the Judge for years and il
daily buying goods Al the store at his ex-
pense, harnesses his benefator almost To
death After receiving the price agreed
upon for his discovery. he to-day made =
further demand for s40J and the Judge's
horses. This was fatty refused, but the
Judge thinking TO purchase little peace,
and win his good will offered him pres
ent Of tl00 in gold, which was refused Al
the instigation OF old Sherum who insisted
on the full amount asked. This 90 en-
ragged the Judge that he threatened to
demolish the whole Wallapsi tribe with
a pick handle il they didn't leave him
alone. Thus was big pow.wow ad
iourned.
Money is more plentiful than at any
tine since the discovery Of the mines.
and fourteen poker games stallion"
and otherwise we're in active operation
last night.
Harvey Hubbs, the next Sheriff Of Mo-
have county il in camp shaking hands
with his many friends. The boys all
swear by Harvey.
Bra~n's b,g team came in this evening
loaded with lumber and goods.
Qnife a number % the boys laid off for
a couple OF days to celebrate the first pay
day, but most Of them so back to work
in the morning.
The Norma mine Is making . great
shoSioy. The ore is keeping up its high
grade as depth 10 gained. A carload
shipment will he made from the mine
this coming week.
Wednesday night the boys were treated
20 bullhead supper at the vet goods
emporium Of Tobe Wilkinson. Nearly
everyone in camp was there and gen.
sral good time was had.
The west extension Of the Occident
claim, owned by Patterson 4 Co., isI
having the shaft run down AZ fast az
possible. The shat, is nov down nearly
forty feet in good ore.
sWater is now selling at one dollar and
iiiy cents per barrel and ~iIl soon be
further reduced. An attempt will soon
De made to get water by sinking wells
near town. and it 10 hoped that ths at
tempt will he successful.
A number OF new strikes have been made
around the country, but As We have not
yet seen them and - the locators have
not vet gone to work We will defer COM
ment until cor next communication.
BIRDIE.