Mohave County miner., 1897-02-27

ou0CI6 LII pucuuOuAd' 1AO 10 oIOPPlhs III Kingman.
 Judge Redman and Judge Murphy are preparing to go out on a prospecting trip south of town today.
 Uncle Bob Kayser, of the Big Sandy, left for Los Angeles last night, where he will visit for a short time.
 R. J. Hartman returned this morning from Phenix, where he has been on a political and business mission.
 Miss Frankie Potts is home again after an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Geo. s. Briggs, in Needles, California.
 Hawley & Bean are getting splendid ore in the old Lorena mine. Every day adds to the big bodies of ore in sight.
 The streets of Kingman are iu de- plorable condition. If we have a street commissioner it is certainly his duty to put them in a more passable shape.
 Lew Blakely to-day shipped lumber for his house at Cedar. As soon as it is completed he will remove to that place, there to look after extensive mining in- terests.
 A man by the name of Kelly died at the hospital the latter part of last week. Kelly at one time had considerable prop. erty but was penniless at the time oI death.
 The KIngman House, under the man. agement of Mrs. J. K Mackenzie, is be. coming quite popular. Everything about the establishment is neat and clean. the rooms large and well ventilated.
 E. G. McDermith, superintendent ol the White Hills Mining Company, was in Kingman several days this week. Miss Marcia Tarr accompanied MT. Nc. Dermith on his return to White Hills and will visit with MT. McDermith' E family.
 Dr. R. B. Knight is building an office in White Hills and will soon move to that place with his family. He has been engaged as physician by the Excelsior Mining Company. We are sorry to lose the doctor and his estimable wife from among the residents of Kingman.
 A test case of the law compelling in- surance com panies to pay d license is tc be made in Kingman. Complaints have been filed and the matter will come uE before Judge Redman and will then gc on up to the supreme court The insur' ance ompanies will contest the matter to the end.
 The delinquent tax list of 1896 is much larger than for many years past. This is probably due to the fact that a great many cattle were shipped and sold in the spring and the stockmen ran short on cash in the fall with which to pay their taxes. The amounts are all small but make up quite an aggregate.
 We are glad to note the improvement for the better in the condition of J. T Langford, who has been so ill with ty. phoid fever. Mir. Langford's mother has been with him since the beginning o bis illness and everything that loving care can devise is being done to bring him back to health.
 Agent Goodiug reports tn tt so far this month the receipts for freight at the At lantic and Pacific freight office have ex ceeded all previous records by 10,000$ This shows the size of the business done by the railroad company in Kingman No other town on che line of this road Tn Arizona can equal the freight receipts and shipments of KiDgman.
 Now is the time to get to work on the Stockton Hill tunnel. Nowhere on the Pacific coast can greater bodies of ore be cut by a tunnel than at that point in the Cer5at range of mountains. The tunnel, as surveyed. will cut the lodges at g depth of 1900 feet. All of the mines are now under water and cannot now be worked without putting in costly ma. chinery.
 James Rosborough returned last night from the southern part of Mohave county where he had been with Dan Murphy ol Needles and MT. Davis, representing the