Mohave County miner., 1907-01-05

MO1AVE COUNT
 The Misses Veda Watkins and Ger tie Potts returned to their schools the first of the week.
 Mrs. M. B. Eggers, visited with Mrs. Hutchison and daughter, at the Expansion mining camp, this week.
 Harold Wilson, grandson of John Barry, departed to Los Angeles last Wednesday evening after visit of few weeks with relatives in Kingman.
 John Lynch, one of the best assayers and mining men in the country, is wis iting relatives in Kingman. Mir. Lynch is now resident of Los An geles.
 c. H. King and D. H. Jackson, resi- dents of Los Angeles and Tonopah, ac- companied c. H. Burlock to Union Pass this morning. The gentlemen are to examine mining property.
 The Needles shelter blew in its copper furnace this morning. The erection of a copper shelter at Nee dles is of much interest to the mine owners of this county, as well as those on the west side of the river.
 Jerome Tracey is preparing to go to the Harqua Hala section, of Yuma county, where he will prospect. in the low ranges of mountains to the east of that place. He at one time was en- ployed in the old Harqua Hala mines and knows the country thoroughly.
 Tuesday night number 8, east bound passenger train, was wrecked near Crozier by a broken rail. Only the tender and the two baggage cars went into the ditch, but no one was injured. Trains were delayed about six hours by the accident.
 w. F. Schee, one of the owners of the Pinkham mine, at Chloride, was in Kingman on business connected with that property. The Pinkham is one of the best copper properties in the district and has been shipper of large quantities of rich ore.
 A. F. Harris and George B. Ayers located themselves wealthy in the Wallapai mountains the first of the year. Mir. Harris took in big water shaft for the use of his cattle, and Mr. Ayers managed to secure a mining claim on which he had his optics set for many months.
 County Treasurer Withers, upon taking over the office of treasurer, re- ceipted to the outgoing treasurer, Eos ter S. Dennis, for 45,O73.3lS. This is an increase over the amount in the treasury pn the first of January, 1906, of S,959.31S. Taxes came in more readily the past year than for many years, showing prosperous condition among the taxpayers.
 Rev. Father Vabre, accompanied by Father Connolly, of Winslow, were in Kingman yesterday. Father Vabre is on his way to San Francisco, from which port he will embark for a trip around the world. He is to be accom- panied by Tim Riordan, of Flagstaff. The gentlemen will be gone about seven months. During Father Vabre's absence Father Connolly will attend to the parish duties at Flagstaff, Wins low and Kingman.
 H. L. Harris was in a stage accident near Nelson, Nevada, on January first. The stage left Searchlight loaded with passengers, and when within three miles of Nelson, it encountered a snow storm. In going down | the steep grade toward the camp the stage struck boulder and the coach | was precipitated down a steep en- bankment. The passengers within the | coach were skinned up some and had | to cut their way out through the can vas. The driver was thrown some dis tance from his seat, but was unhurt. Harris came out without a scratch. It takes more than a roll down an en- bankment to put d printer out of com mission.
 The snow fall last Monday night was one of the heaviest since 1881. In the Wallapai mountains the snow is said