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Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

B. G. McDermith departed this morning to White Hills to look after affairs for the White Hills mining com pany. The company has bought out practically all the houses and possess. ory rights in the town and when work is again started up no outside business will be allowed to be carried on, so it is stated. s
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

John Barry returned from Minneap, oils few days ago and departed to Utah, where he will take chance on getting something good in the big drawing which Uncle Sam has arrang ed for at the opening of the Uintah reservation. MT. Barry stated that he had purchased the Cerbat mine from the Arizona Northern mining com pany, while at Minneapolis, and that it was his intention to put number of men to work on it in the near future. The Cerbat is one of the good proper. ties of the Cerbat section and is sure to be winner if it is opened up in proper shape.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05
Excursion Rates to California.

Date of ssle-Every Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday during months of May, June, July, August and Septem. Der, 1905. Tickets continuous passage east of Barstow, both directions, final limit November B. Kingman to San Francisco, round trip, 42S; Kingm D to Los Angeles, s nta MoDics, Long Beach, San Pedro, via Los Angeles, 22s; Kineman to San Diego, Coronado Beach, 23s; Kingman to Avalon, c ia lin. Island, 24.25S. For further infor. nation call on Agent Gooding.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

It is rumored that a mill of 15O tons daily capacity is to be placed on the Uuion Pass mines. These mines have immense ore bodies and the values al @ said to be high in gold. A shaft has been sunk on the vein to a depth of over 100 feet and crosscuts driven through the vein. On the surface rich ore was found.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Lovin & Withers have just opened up one of the largest lines of mems furnis hing goods ever brought to Mo. have county. The counters and shelves of the big store are crowded to overflowing and everybody should take a look at the display and make their purchases while goods are new and fresh.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

This week F. H. Nettleton made an examination of the Tyro group of mines with the object of taking the m over for account of an eastern syndi cate. The recent cutting of the vein at depth of about 125 feet gives the mines added value and indicates per manency of the big ore bodies at that depth, as we'll as a large increase in gold values.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Arizona now heads the list as a cop. per producer. Last month tte smell. CTS of the territory produced 2l,3JO,OOO pounds of copper, Montana 20,OOO,uOO pounds and Michigan 18,00O,OUO ponnd. It is expected that before the year is out the production will have increased in the territory to such an extent that none of the other produc. ing states will be able to reach us.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Several leasers are at work on the Mum mines, in the Mosic mountain section. These mines were large pro. docers iu the early days after the ad. vent of the railroad and should con tinue to produce rich ore for years to come.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

John Jamison, who has been doing assessment work on mining claim in Mineral Park, arrived in Kingmsn ye-- terday and this morning departed to Layne Springs, where he has valuable mining interests.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Considerable ore is being taken from the Keystone mine, where rich ore wa- struck about ten days ago. This ore will average about l,00vS to the ton iD gold and silver.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

We receive fresh vegetables daily from the Rosen burg ranch. on the Col orado river. None better were ever brought to the Kingman market.
 LovIN & WITHERS.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

J. s. Withers last week visited the Pilgrim camp and looked over the Dempsy-O'Dea property. Fifteen men are at work on the mine and the shaft has reached depth of 275 feet, and it is being driven down at the rate of four feet per day. The shaft is still in good ore and some handsome speci. mems come out, especially near the walls. At the Azalia mine seven men are at work. The mine is im mproving some good ore having recently been struck
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Al the Katherine mine the new ma. chinery has been placed and as soon as the big buckets arrive sinking will be commenced. The mine never looked
 better and it ia expected that deep work will open up one of the largest and richest bodies of ore in the county.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

w. F. Grounds came in from the Music mountain section Thursday last and is attending to business. He is the owner of valuable mining property in that section and intends to begin active development work in few d Ys.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

George w. Mark and F. G. Uhlich, shareholders of the Cerbat Mountain mining company, after an examination of the Vanderbilt mine, arrived in Kingman Thursday last and departed to Los Angeles. Mr. Uhlich will take the northern route home while Mr. Mark will return via the Santa Fe. The gentlemen were we'll pleased with the showing made in the property and believe they have one of the best mines Tn the district.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Report has it that rich ore was re. gently struck in the crosscut of tba Techaticup mine, at Eldoradc Canyon. The shaft is two partment and was sunk perpendicularly, passing through the vein at a depth of no feet. Below this level the crosscut was run and the vein shove ore having value of BIOS
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Between Searchlight and Eldorado Canyon is one of the best mineralized section of southern Nevada. The veins are large aud carry copper and gold in paying quantities. Should railroad enter that section we may expect great things of i-.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

O. D. M. Gaddis and Richard Lloyd visited the Tradegy group of mines, in the Union Pass section, this week. MT. Lloyd made an examination of the mines for the Commonwealth mining company. The property is showing up nicely and mining men predict for it a great future.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05
Mines of the County

The Treasure Hill property has been uuwatered and the work of crosscut ting the vein commenced. The pump has been working smoothly and if no accident occurs the veins will be cut inside of the next two mouths.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

The mines at Goldfield are being turned over to leasers, with but few exceptions. Many of the outside mines of that camp are said to be pockery and unfit for exploitation by organized companies, but that they may return tidy sums to the owners by tribu:ers.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05
J. w. Gerritt has gone to Todd Basin to look after his mining interests.

Seventeen men are now at work on the Minnesota Conuor mine, at Chlo ride.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Mrs. J. D. Ten pleman and her two children arrived in Kingman last plight from her home in Hanford, Csliforoip. She will go out to her brothers ranch, sixteen miles north of town today, where che will visit for few days.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05
For Sale.

One eecond hand six-horse power Fairbanks, Morse & Go. gasoline hoist in first ciass condition. Also one sec ond hand two stamp mill.
 TARR & MrCOMB jInc.)
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Tomorrow afternoon the regul, r baseball club will play game of ball with a picked nine of old time bell tossers on the local diamond. The game will be we'll worth going to see md everyb body should be on hand to root for the old boys who will brave the heat to show the young lads how the national game should be played.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

G. H. Hooper, who bas bond on the Midnight and Pinkham mines at Chlo. ride, arrived in KiDgman last night and departed this morning to the mines on the Chloride train.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Sheriff Brown went up the road last night on official business. He will be gone several days.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

E. B. Frederick returned last night from Bisbee and Canannea, where he went some months ago. He reports these camps very lively.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Lovin & Withers have just received a carload of Greedy, Colorado, potatoes, tbe finest spud on the market.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

R. Wneelock and father came in from Los Angeles last Saturday even- inp
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05


 The Chloride Gold Mining company has leased to a nun Der of gentlemen the Samoa number one and two for a term of seven years. These gentlemen have put up ten thousand dollars for the purpose of exploiting the claims. A few days ago J. H. Hoffman, secre. tary of the Chloride Gold Mining com pany, was in Denver purchasing hesv.
 fer m chinery for the property. It is the intention of the company to prove up it's ground to depth of 1,OO) feet or more. Recent strikes in the lower levels of the Samoa and Fourth of March claims show the vein to be one of the richest in the Chloride section. The mine has been under the manage ment of l.. Hoffnan several years and during that period the property has been opened up to depth of 33U feet and the ore blocked out, much of which was stopped and sent to the smelter This ore has virtually paid
 for all the work done on the property.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

Another large bar of bullion has been made at the Gold Road mill, which will soon be on it's way to the mint. These bars are going to mint with such regularity that no notice is taken of them in KinRman or Gold Road. Snperintendert Porter wa. in Kineman Wednesday last on hi. way to the coast, where he will confer with mbers of the directorate of the COmuaDy,
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

A Lewiston, Montana dispatch says: A. w. Martin, secretary of the Whit lach Mining Company, has returned from Chicago, and announces that ar engagements have been definitely deter mined upon for the expenditure of 1,0OO,OOOS in development work at the Whitlach Union mine, at Unionville, a few miles from Helena, property once celebrated as the leading gold producer of Montana, and which paid several millions in dividends. Orders have been placed for new stamp mill, as we'll as electrical machinery. The new con pany which is operating the property consists largely of New York and Chicago capitalists, and already several good strikes have been made in the new workings, sufficient to justify the expenditure agreed upon in thor oughly developing the propertyy.
Mohave County miner., 1905-08-05

At Norri-town, Pa., over 100 barrels of wine were emptied into the Schuyl- kill here last Wednesday, and already fish stories of the widest description are being told by anglers. According to some of the fisher men ar, uni ther' I, even the husky German carp have gone wrong and are standing on their heads in the mud. The canse of this costly flooding was the sale of the real estate of the Floride Wine Com pany here to Ellwood Roberts, a devout Quaker. The wine company had failed and when he bought It's property he found in the warehouses it's treasures of rare vintage. True to his creed, he declared that the liquor must at once be poured out and his order was obsyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

Their researches viii not only deal with
the cliff-dwcll rs, but also with the
mineral resources supposed TO be there.
Mr.. CulmeT will make paintings and
Mr.. Whitaker Will take with HIM the
complete equipment Of a photogra PHI T.
so as TO bring back illustrations as well
as data They DO not intend TO 10 into
this region as VandalS TO destroy what
ever they hind. but rather To- preserve
IL and un"arth the mvSt ries of the
region The Commercial club is not
only Interested in opening ~ the treas
Eres of the country. but il believes the
CntiIa tract Of land should bc set aside
as national park.
The discoveries already made i'm the
southern part of the state are extern
sive. and some of the pottery. feather
cloth and mating unearthed in the
cliff dwellings, are among the best spec
linens ever found. nthe burial places
of The aborigines mummies have been
dug up I'm large numbers, and some of
them can be seen in the Deseret mu-
scum at The University of Utah. The
evidences of mound builders extend as
far north as Utah Lake and a chain Of
ruins can be traced clear into the re-
giou Of the san Juan. 1t is along this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
Into TIE UildS 81 the unknewr San Juan Gollnfry

of the cliff dVelicrs arc found. and
volumes have been written about them
The canyons have been described as
succession of benches. one above the
other. for hundreds of feet I'm height
and connected by the steep slopes or
the tdlUS. All along these So-Called
benches are villages containing hun
drcdS of rooms. Along the seams Of
the CaVC-likC CrCviCcS. walls have been
build up. enclosing them and the small
or apartments built mp on the inside
some are only accessible by hard
climbing with fingers and toes insert
ed i'm tho seams of the CliIlS- Others
are built on towering pIatoaus and are
believed to have been used as fOrtiti-
cations. ON the river bottoms great
caves have been walled UP and the
structures are mostly underground
Perfect Specimens of Masonry.
The masonry work on some of the
ruins is perfect The stones are cut
TO uniform size and perfectly smooth.
Mortar is used in laying some Of the
structures and il Is almost as hard as
the rocks. As a general rule the ruins
are square, hut in the HOvenweep near
~ an thus far found are round.
I'm these canyons are found burial
places. and i'm some of them numerous
mummieS have been taken out IT ap-
pears To have been the custom of the
people 10 bury all the possessions with
the body. 1t is evident that great care
was taken of the dead. and their bodies
were quite surrounded with pottery.
war clubs and mating. over which
were stone slabs covered with char
coal and burnt corn
Pottery has not only been found in
the graves. but it is stroWn all over
the country and about the ruins. Va
rioUs kinds have been picked M i'm
rough grey resembling wicker
ware. The cooled ware is found both
i'm figured and smooth pieces. The dec
Grating of some of the pottery must
have been done with great care. The
ornaments stand out from tho back
ground u different C0loTS. though gem
orally painted i'm red Ochre- Hero
EIyUbiCs are carved ali over the cliffs
and some of them arc three and four
hundred feet above the river bottom
Many of them are pictures of animals
and birds
Besides the discoveries which have
been made in the country surrounding
this vast unknown region. even greater
ruins are expected to be found 10y Mr.
Gunner and Mr.. Whitaker on their eN-
petition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

H. l.. A. Gulmer, GIhs Artist,
an5 S. T. WyhiGaIker, Pho
GOgrapher. Start ON Their
Trip OF Exploration 20 a
Land Concerning Which
Thsre is EImch MysGery--e
Vast Mineral Deposits
May BE ID Use over @&7--
Commercial Club Back OF
the Enterprise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

time but few white men had settled
there, and the country was roamcd
over by McXicans. and by Navajo. Mo
qui and Pluto Indians.
Lewis =. Dickinson Of salt Lake city
pToSpeCtCd through the southern part
of Colorado and Utah number of
years $50 AMI. besides stalking out min
ing claims he followed the halC-brok-
EN- trails through some of the toughest
country. where but few explorers had
been Mr.. Dickinson has a collection
Of pottery, tools. Wea pouS and other
ma terialS which nc found on his pros
pcCtmG trips He sold his mining
property soon after he went there. but
since that time he has made half a
dozen trips into the valleys of the Lit
tie Colorado. across the Navajo In
dian reservation. and along the trlDu-
taries of the San Juan river. lie tells
of the dangers Of wandering into these
mountains where no trails have been
broken and where water Is scarce away
from the main streams. The Indians
throughout that country, who have in
habited it for years. have landmarks
that guide them TO springs and pools,
he says Without guides. parties have
been lost, and some OF them have died
from thirst. while numerous persons
have been killed by slipping from cliffs
into the raVines and SoTEes encountered
in climbing about the country.
How Indians Procure Water.
Nh Dickinson tells the following i'm
cidCnt, which occurred ON one of his
trips.
"On one occasion party Of us were
climbing through some rough country
and We had been without water for
some time. We Travelled on. however,
in hopes Of finding Il small pool OF
spring. We kept going. but no water
was found. one or two i'm the party
became so thirsty that il seemed ueCeS-
Sary to TeUdcC our steps and make
for the main stream at the bottom of
the canyon Just as We were about
to turn back a couple of Indians were
seen coming up a narrow SulCh below
us They got off their horses and
turned my field glasses ON them. They
sat down ON the sand and commenced
digging. I'm a short time they had a
small hole dug. and il soon filled with
water. They drank. let their ponies
drink. and then filled up the hole and
smoothcd the sand. 1t WAS only q
short distance from Us. and We soon
got TO the Eulch and opened up "A hole,
thereby saving the lives of some Of the
party
IN the valleys and canyons of the
Rio Mancos. the Rio McElmo. the HO-
Venweep and the Rio Chiefly. branches
of the San Juan river. are found the
the United States These rivers rise
in Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico
but cross the boundary line of Utah
before flowing into the san Juan river
For miles along the latter the ruins
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

ManCOS. the McElmO. the HOVenWcep
and the Little Colorado.
The UNEMPLOYED region lies north
west Of Bluff city. and from here the
party viii launch out into the wastes
and deserts Of the Elk mountains.
They have employed !. \. Scorup Of
Bluff City as ii guide. with three or
four other men somewhat acquainted
with the country, to assist them i'll
their expedition. These men are IA
miIiar with that section of the com-
try said 10 contain natural curiositieS
and remarkable ruins They have be
held from a distance some OF these
ruins. but most of this vast country
is only known TO them by Tumors. The
trail mapped ont by the guides crosses
the Butler Wash and up the Comb
ridge. 1t follows the Comb valley to
the headwdtcrS of Comb creek near
the Orejas Del $50 on the summit Of
the Elk mountains. Their base of sup
plies Will be established in that neigh
borhCOd and they viii work their way
from that point into the country. They
Will ondeaVOr to wend their way
through that region until they reach
the Cataract canyon of the Colorado
river. and then extend their eXplora-
TORS further south. They expect to
spend thirty days in their research
for natural curioSitioS anu mineral re
sources. IF the TumOrS from this won
dcrful country prove 10 be true. ana
the natural resources are Of any value.
other parties will be sent ON more cN-
tcnsiVc trims To probe the entire tract
of land
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

The young playwright boldly entered
the private onic. of the New York the
atriCal manager.
81 have a. play" ne announced
Tho theatrical manager adjusted his
glasses
Is 10 exciting Modern pIsySoers de-
Waud real mpbs. explosions and mas
stcT So
Tn" playwright smiled
'It cuIld NOT be more exciting. etr-
Jr th- last act there is q real 9utnw"-
bile oznlo-ioU that blows th" StaSe
away. and the next moment Hoo-kO".
TN" uutau-d maU-cator. PUSHES amou=
the audience With Il tcu-foOt blUJ-
Eeou-''
Tho Theatrical manager was aE Gu
thU~iaSfu-
"tiuoj." ho cNclaiWcd- wen play TO
0H -krd houses every night Name your
price,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
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%cuzS 2</4 Room Cdrre- CI1e -HoDse 49,

line that AIr. Gunner and Mr.. Whitaker
Will proceed after leaving the railroad
at Thompsons Springs. From Moab
thzy viii go TO Monticello. Here the
trail crosses the head of Devils can
you and :hen follows down the Hallet's
canyon TO Ruff city. situated i'm "A
valley surrounded by table lands once
the old river bed of the San Juan
river.
May Be Seen From Bluff City.
This valley Is filled with ruins and
with the naked eve d sixteen-room cliff
house can DC seen from the center. of
the city Farther down the valley the
ruins 90 watch towers are found, and
mounds nave been opened I'D contain
ing mummies and relics The homes Of
the residents Of Bluff City are deco
rated with Valuab bic implements made
of flint. war clubs. large water jugs
carved and figured and various kinds of
rush mating. The whole valley bears
evidence that il was once cultivated by
the lowl1nd villagers and csve-dwell
ers- Within a radius of a few miles
from Bluff City are 70 be found the
most remarka BILE ruins I'm the valleys
and canyons of the San Juan, the Rio
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
Some Mining Explorations.

Mining explorations were made some
years ago into the region surrounding
Monticello, south To the san Juan and
over into Colorado. Several Salt LAX
"rs are still Interested i'm mining prop
eTty through that district. and among
them are pioneers of that territory who
went there in search of gold. - that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
May Find Mineral Resources.

IT is into the wilds Of that country
that MI Gunner and Mr.. Whitaker in
tend to 20 and put on record the Won
deTs Of this scenic stretch of land.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1905-09-22
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