Mohave County miner., 1899-12-23

was III hlnSnan thursday last.
7. l.. Ayres, the wealthy mine owner
of Cerbat, was in Kingman this week.
The sherif's office has been doing a
good work on Kingman streets. The
unsightly ditch on Front street is be-
ing filed up and hobo labor is in this
way utilized.
Judge W. w. Dunbar will leave this
afternoon for Tehachapi mountain, Cal
ifcrnia, where he will look after prop
| erty interests and will do some pre-
liminary survey work.
Robert Rosco and Andy Suffer came
in from the Gerald group of mines a
few days ago. They report having cut
an immense vein in the group and un-
covered a nice stringer of rich gold ore.
We learn that a splendid body of
copper ore was recently cut on one of
the Gray group of mines on Stockton
Hill near the line of the Omega. I'm
doubtedly the copper bearing zone of
that region is more extensive than
mine owners have realized.
NJ. ID. Rockford. the we'll known min
ing man, is in kingman. We under
stand that 1t is the intention of Mr..
Rockford to open up his recently ac-
nj I-nI rtp hot 20 N
depth of 800 or 600 feet This is the
correct way to show up the ore pro-
ducing qualities of a mine.
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Last Monday Phelan received car.
load of splendid Christmas beeves
from Phenix and Thursday evening he
received about two tons of turkey and
other good things for his market. The
turkeys were the best ever brought to
the county. Every one was as fresh
as daisy. Few will be left on hand
by tomorrow.
The boiler for the Oro Plata mine
was hauled out Wednesday and will be
put in place at once. The mine is now
under one management and work
henceforth will be pushed with all pos
sible energy. Mr.. Vandergrift, of
Pittsburg. the new owner, was here this
week and with Lambert Smith, his
superintendent, made all necessary ar
rangements for active work. The mine
| is a good one and the new owners mean
! business.
Another great copper property is
now being opened up TO the east of
| Ridenour's famous Grand Canyon
mine, near Pine Springs. The new dis
covery is opening up better and shows
more favorable indications of being a
greater producer than the old vein.
! The Grand Canyon mine is showing up
wonderfully we'll with depth, in fact is
bigger and better than the exaggerated
fancy could picture it from surface in
dications.
T. J. Grant came in from Chloride
wednesday last to settle up some i'm
portant business affairs. He is quite
as enthusiastic over our northern strip
as Judge Dunbar and believes that the
copper mines of that region have no
superior. He was also captivated by
the picturesque little town of St.
George, four miles over the line in
Utah We are uncertain whether it
was the town or handsome girls that
| formed the enchantment of Mr.. Grant.
Ed linus, of the Sandy, and NJ. Scan
lon, of White Hills, came in Monday
last to attend regular meeting of the
Board of Supervisors. The board re-
mained in session several days, per-
fecting settlement with the treasurer
and trying TO come to an amicable un-
derstanding with the Santa Fe Pacific
railroad company on tax matters. The
company offered little over S,0O0s in
full settlement of the tax for 1899, but
required receipt for about lS,O0Os as
sessed against them. The board was
willing to take the tender on account,
but the company refused to allow it to
go that way. If the railroad would
pay on an assessment of 5,O0Os per mile
the levy this year would be little over
20 mills on the dollar.