Mohave County miner., 1908-10-24

| NeVaQa, attended tnlS ueful Ol tne us
 trict court, having a suit at law
 against the Savanic Copper company,
 operating mines in the north part of
 this county. The company IS compos-
 ed of St. George people and the ores 1 have been shipped through St..
 Thomas to the Clark road at Moapa.
 It is probable that the company will
 settle up it's indebtedness and again
 work the mines on a large scale.
 o. F. Kuencer, general manager of the Golden Star Mining company, was in town from Cerbat a few days ago.
 He reports that ore is coming in the shaft of the Golden Gem mine, owned by this company and that from its ap- pearance there is great body of ore on the footwal of the mine. The shaft
 is being sunk on the hanging wall of the property, the footwall being about fifteen feet away and carrying the ore body. Samples from the ore cutting into the shaft have given values at about eight ounces gold. The shaft will be sunk to the 600 level as fast as men can drive it down, stations being cut and drifts started at the 100 levels.
 Many carloads of material for the mill of the Arizona Gold Mines con- pany have been received in Kingman and will be taken down to the Bi-Met- al mines as soon as the spur track is complete. This week a carload of ce- ment was taken to the mine to be used in preparing the foundation for machinery. The plant when compet- ed will be one of the most up to date in the territory and the sampling and handling of the ores of the mine will be careful and systematic. This mill will be used to prove the values in the property and work out simple and economic method of saving the values largest in the territory, it's extent not even yet having been determined, all though it shows for more than 300 feet on the surface. Sampling has been carried across more than 100 feet of vein.
 The trial of the cause known as the Blue Ridye-T Reed case, was before the court several days this week and resulted in the sustaining of the de- murrer to the complaint of the plain tiff on the grounds of lack of certainty in the complaint. Complainants were allowed thirty days tOamend complaint in this particular, which would indi- cate the intention of the court to try the cause on it's merits. The cause grew out of the sale of the Blue Ridge property under execution and the sub- sequent taking over of the property by the Tom Reed company, of which latter company the same board of di- rectors are in control. The suit is one that involves title to the Tom Reed and Ben Harrison mines, the richest properties in the territory of Arizona. At present the mines are producing about 3,00O$ daily with ten stamp mill. Judge Sales, of Los Angeles, was leading counsel, and associated with him were T. E. McClelland and Reese M. Ling. The cause promises to be one of the hardest fought legal battles in the history of Mohave county.
 The dead body of R. Frazier, an old prospector familiarly known as "Scot- ty" was found near Music Mountain last Tuesday morning and a courier was sent to Blackberry with the news. Coroner Anson H. Smith and Deputy Sheriff J. P. Gideon went up to Hack berry Tuesday night and the next morning started out to make an inves- tigation of the death. They met Dav- i'd Garrett coming in from his mines at Gold Basin, who, having discovered the dead body, loaded it into his wag- on and was bringing it to Hack berry. An inquest was held on the remains Wednesday afternoon and it was as- certained that Frazier had been in Hack berry Saturday last and returned to his mines at Music Mountain late in the evening. The night was stormy and it was thought that he had per- ished from cold and exhaustion. He was about sixty years of age and was said to have been demented for many