Mohave County miner., 1899-05-27

was the handsomest structure in
Needles. A favorable wind saved the
town from destruction.
Harry Mccartney, resident engineer
OF the Arizona Il Utah X. r. COMPANY.
is in Salt Lake City and to reporter
of the Herald explained that it was the
intention of his company to connect
with the Utah Pacific road at Moapa.
Nevada. The Utah Pacific is now be-
ing built toward Phoebe on the old
Union Pacific grade He says fifty
miles of the Arizona & Utah will be
completed before January LIST, 1900.
John Denair, division superintend
ent of the Santa Fe Pacific and w. s.
Hancock, local master mechanic of the
same road, went out to Stockton Hill
Thursday last accompanied by S. +.
, Dennis and j. S. Withers. They re-
! turned to kingman last night Stock
ton Hill is receiving great deal of at
tention from mining men at present
1t is really the richest camp in Arizona.
A recent issue of the Gaylord Herald
tells about the way o. ID. Clack took
in and "did"two professional footracers
at that place. Dick is something of a
sprinter himself and the way he gal
loped away from that professional
took the breath away from the specta-
tors and the ducats away from the
sure-thing fellows.
d. G. Lane and Stoddard Jess, of
Pomona, went out to Wallapai noun
tains last Monday and returned to
kingman Thursday. Mr. Lane is clean
ing out the old drifts and shafts of the
Dean mine preparatory to giving that
property a thorough sampling. Mr. |
Jess is well known California banker |
who has turned his attention to min |
ing.
Geo. Roster, who has been over in |
the Good Spring district, Nevada, is |
again in Kingman. He went over there
to look at some mining property, and
reports things lively at Marvel, which
is the center of supplies for Good
Springs, Searchlight, Ivanpah, Wander
bilt and other camps in that vicinity
Mr.. Van Slyke, who also owns valu-
able mining properties across the river
in the old Binghampton district, had
five tons of rich gold ore from Klein
felter. six miles west of the Needles,
worked at the Kingman sampler that
netted him a handsome sum.
Frank Coates, of Los Angeles, who
was with the 1st California Volunteers
in the battle of Manila, is in Kingman.
Mr.. Coates was in every engagement in
and around Manila until he was mus
tered out of the service last month.
He will probably take up his residence
in Mohave county.
+. Ogden brought up another four
horse load of ore from John Doyle's
mine, Aubrey district, yesterday, and
sold it to the Kingman Sampler. He
says quite number Of men are in the
mountains of the Aubrey and surround
ing districts making locations.
George L. Dineley and Miss Kate l..
Thing were married at the residence of
C. f. Austin last Saturday evening.
The contracting parties are well known
in Kingman, where they are very pop
ular. The best wishes of the MINER
are extended to the happy couple.
John Hughes and Fred Mitchell have
discovered a four-foot ledge of copper
ore three miles north of Chloride upon
which they are preparing to do consid-
erabIe work. The ore carries both gold
and silver.
Between three and four thousand
head of cattle we're shipped from
blackberry last week and several thou
sand more will be loaded for shipment
this week. The destination of the cat
tie is South Dakota.
Mr.. Lusk, the railroad contractor,
has gone to Los Angeles to recuperate,
as he has been ailing with la grippe for
some time past.