Mohave County miner., 1907-12-21
Mines of the County

that this company will reorganize
 early in the New Year and take over
 the holdings of the old Cedar and
 Benedictine companies.
 In doing the assessment work on the
 Whale claim, of the big group of
 molyhdenite mines, in Copper Canyon,
 Cedar Valley mining district, fine
 showing of copper-molybdenite ore
 was encountered. The vein improved
 with every foot of work and the breast
 is all in ore. Every opening in these
 mines show ore.
 Report comes to Kingman that J. H.
 Richardson has made wonderful strike of gold ore in one of his mining claims in the Union Pass section. He
 has been working on the properties
 the past several months and has open- ed up one of the best groups of mines in that country.
 J. D. Spargo has taken a lease and bond on the old Brown mine, at Stock ton Hill, from the c. O. D. Mines com pany, and went out there today to be- gin work. He will keep small force of men at work on the mines all win ter and after the cold weather blows over will add to the force. The Brown mine was at one time a large shipper of copper-gold ores and will again be big producer under proper management.
 Howard w. Kemper, John Boyle, Jr., and Fred w. Morrison went over to Prescott Sunday last to attend court in the matter of the trial of the suit of H. w. Kemper against J. w. Gerritt, Mr. Boyle being a witness and Fred w. Morrison being the attorney of plaintiff in the cause. The cause grew out of the sale of the Gro Plata mine by J. w. Gerritt to the Gro Plata company, it being alleged that H. w. Kemper acted as broker. The cause was submitted to the court and judgement was given Kemper for 5OO$,
  all sales of stock, ten per cent of Ger ritt's share in the company, and ten per cent of all moneys received
 William Baily, of the Gold Road M. & E. Company, was over at the prop { erty several days last week, returning to Kingman Monday last and going on to Los Angeles. It is understood that he gave orders to close the property down tight on the 24th of this month. How long the property will be closed Is only conjecture, as it is probable that there will have to be some anic 6 able understanding between the French ( and American shareholders before l work is again resumed. It is also un- derstood that electric power will be substituted for the present gasoline ( power before work is resumed. This { will take several months to install. f
 A forty horse power holster was re- I ceived at Yucca several days ago con- c signed to the Palo Verde mining con- | pany. A big team has been sent to Yucca to haul the machine to the Me- s Cracken mine, where it will be put on s the main shaft of that great property. il The company is now at work cleaning f out the cd drifts, timbering up the ( openings and getting things in shape T for extensive work this winter. Bunk ii houses and boarding house have been V erected and accommodations prepared h for large working force of miners n The camp promises to be one of the n most important in the territory with " in year. :, Drs. l.. D. Godshall and S. Blair 2 came up from Fl Paso last Sunday night and have gone to the mines of h the Arizona Mexican M. & s. com. r, pany, at Cerbat and Stockton Hill. IT Dr. Godshall is just returned from c trip into the interior of Mexico, where m he made an examination of mining cl property. He says that conditions are h, much worse in Mexico, owing to the " furry, than in the United A States, and that it will take much long. h, er to recover. At the Greene Gold n, Silver mines the men have not been fl, paid for months and the mines are si closed down tight. In other parts of se Chihuahua and Sinaloa thousands of ,,