Mohave County miner., 1906-08-25

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William Grant, merchant of Hack
berry, is in Kingman attending to
business matters.
The rain last Monday was one of the
heaviest in years, but it did little
damage to roads in the county.
]. W. Moore, of the Gold Star min
ing company, arrived in Kingman
Thursday morning last and is looking
after interests in this part of the
county.
Peter Gallery is driving the lower
drift in on the Alpha vein, at Layne
Springs, and the ore is improving with
every foot. The mine is one of the
big properties of Wallapai district.
Work is progressing on the Mocking
Bird mine and the rich ore bodies are
being exploited in systematic manner.
The veins in the property show it to
be one of the richest in the Weaver
district.
Miss Zoa Watkins departed Tuesday
morning to Palo Alto, Cal, where she
will enter Stanford University for the
three years course. Miss Watkins. is
high school graduate and one of the
brightest of Kingman's young ladies.
1t is reported that big tonnage of
ore is being hoisted from the Pink
ham mine. Should this mine be open
ed at depth of four or five hundred
feet there is no doubt that it would
become great producer of rich cop
per ore.
P. McCardell has bonded the K. P.
and P. K. mines, in Xxi Basin, owned
by L. Kimerly and ]. c. Potts. 1t is
understood that wagon road will be
built into the mines from the valley
and that the properties will be oper-
ated.
The long distance telephone line to
Needles is again in operation. 1t was
carried out by the great floods in the
Colorado river last spring and no
effort was made to string a new line
until week or so ago. The river at
the Needles, during flood time, was
five miles or so in width.
James Kenney departed to Los Ange-
les yesterday and will remain a week
or more. He is preparing to take
charge of one of the big copper prop
critics in the Bill Williams Fork coun-
try this fall and is consulting the
owners regarding the work.
Henry Lovin has just had made a
handsome tombstone to be erected
over the grave of Jose Jeris, who died
at Goldroad last week. The tomb
stone is made out of basaltic lava and
is finished up in the rough.
Steve Tyler has a carload of ore
ready for shipment to the smelter from
his mine near Mineral Park. The ore
is said to be very rich. Chloriders
ihave offered as high as fifty per cent
royalty for lease on the mine, which
is fair indication of its richness. Mr..
Tyler so far has refused all offers for
the property.
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mine are producing more ore than the
teams can haul away and in conse-
quence the dump and bins are full to
Overlooking. Another team is being
gotten ready to send to the mine and
as soon as the congested condition is
relieved more men will be put in
the mine and the mill run night and
day.
President Friend, of the Music
Mountain Gold Mining company, is in
New York arranging matters for the
continuation of work on the mines of
the company at Music Mountain. At
present small force of men are at
work On the mines, but later heavier
machinery will be put in and a larger
force worked. The company owns
good property and should make sue
cess.
The food of last Saturday night is
reported to have run knee deep
through the streets of Needles and to
have done much damage to the oiled
highways and railroad tracks. One of
the railroad men states that the crews
setting out the wrecking train had to
take off their shoes and wade knee
deep in water In getting to the train.