Mohave County miner., 1907-06-15

country are making sport of the man. ner of expenditure of money by the old White Hills company, and possibly it might not come amiss to put them straight on it. The White Hills con- pany was composed of English people with an American superintendent who wouldn't know a mine if he met it face to face. The first work was the laying of seven miles of wooden pipe line from a spring in the hills above the mines. This spring was opened up by tunnel or open cut and at flood time would supply about one-eight inch of water daily. When the plpe was laid the great body of water was turned into it and the fellows down below awaited its appearance with great anxiety. It never came. Later lhe cut was damned up and when the Wa ter had risen foot or two the dam was broken and the force of water W. s turned into the big pipes. These pip $ had been laid insecurely in [. e ground and when the force of wat r came on them on the uneven ground they were broken apart and sent fly ing into the air. The pipes were mended and more development had at the source of the water supply and after weeks of waiting a small trickle of water came through into the reser- voir. A forty stamp mill was erected on the Occident mine, and as but enough water for about five stamps was available from all the mines, ten stamps were started up and run inter- mittantly for few months. A MT. Bulkley put up 5,000$ month for nearly year and with this money work was continued on the properties, but prominent engineer was sent out to examine the properties ana he reported that it was necessary that a working shaft be sunk at a cost of ap- proximately lOO.OOO$. Bulkley con- cuded not to put up more money un- less protected by the company. Root and Motfatt, of Denver, had a claim for 26,OOO$ against the property for perfecting palen, ana they sued for that amount and got judgment and sold the property, bidding it in them selves. The amount of money spent by the English White Hills company must have been very great, the wood- en water pipe costing them S9,OOOS, the mill the same amount and work on the mines high up in the hundreds of thousands. They were supposed to nave paid l,750.0 .000$ for the property. But with all the mismanagement the property is rich one. The veins lie
 Il porphyrytic antlcline, the perma- nent formation never hav.ng been reached. The ores were rich in silve. and gold. In the Norma mine breast of ore was opened up one time lh. averaged nearly 5000 ounces silvt I and tour ounces gold to the ton. Al the other mines gave up valuable ure Owing to the loose manner of con
 ductiny the affairs of the company nt m. pression was made on the mines
 Nlln all the expenditure of money
 The deepest shaft>is that of the Occi
 dent, which is down on the incline
 about 800 feet and which perpendicu
 larly is but $50 feet below the surface
 The district is an isolated one, being
 separated from the mineral beari l!
 part of the Cerbat range by wi i'
 section of barren ground. It is al
 ideal mining country, the ores bein!
 mural and good recoveries being mad by milling processes.
 Capt. c. B. Dahlgren, of Trenton
 New Je, sey, arrived in Kingman las event 1g and is preparing to go out t
 the old Moss mine to make an exam i lation of that property in the interes of best n and Chicago people. Capt Dahleren purchased the mine som tyen y years ago and built mill O. , the olorado river to work the ores , Owing to its isolation the lower grad