Mohave County miner., 1908-08-15
Mines of the County

one OI the Olu ullueTS Ol JulS COuuUy has struck it rich in the mines at Goldfeld.
 J. w. Thorn came in from Cerbat Tuesday evening last and departed to San Bernardino the same evening. He will return to Kingman Monday next and will make arrangements for the resumption of work on the Horse shoe group Of mines at Cerbat.
 Ernest Whittock, who engineered the deal for the Holy Moses group of mines, at Goldfiat, has returned from Los Angeles. It is said that two shifts will be put on the shaft and sinking pressed to the POO level. Water is making rapidly in the shaft and a large pump has just been installed.
 Excitement continues to grow in the placer fields along the Colorado river below Eldorado Canyon on both sides of the murky stream. The big sand bars are being sampled and tested for gold and several companies are on the verge of putting in dredgers to handle the millions of yards of what they term pay gravel.
 The oil boom at Yucca is still on and miles of territory has been cover ed with locations. The railroad con- pany has pumped out the oil stump near the well and it is said there is no noticeable diminution of the amount bsing pumped daily from the well. Several locations have been made in the vicinity of Kingman.
 The new gasoline holster has been placed on the Golconda mine, in Union Basin and the work of sinking below the present level will soon be under way. The mine is showing up splendid ore bodies, which are expect ed to continue to depth. John Boyle, Jr., who is in charge of the operations of the company, believes he has one of the best properties in Wallapai dis trict.
 It is reported that a sale has been made of the Midnight mine, at Chlo- ride, and that payment was made on the purchase price this week. The Midnight mine is owned by St. Charles brothers, and is said to be one of the largest copper bearing veins in the north part of the Wallapai dis trict. Mir. St. Charles, who was here to arrange the final details of the sale, departed to Long Beach Tuesday last to enjoy an outing with his family.
 Dr. l.. D. Godshall came up from Needles Thursday night and departed the following day to the New London mine, near Cerbat, where he he is car rying on mining operations. We un- derstand that it is his intention to re- move the holster from the Champion mine to the New London and at once begin the extraction of ore for the purpose of shipment to the shelter at Needles. The New London and other mines of the group are among the best lead-silver-gold properties of the Ger b t section and have long been large producers.
 T. J. Grant, who is experimenting operations for the Warner-Stewar mining company, of Chicago and Goldfeld, at Music mountain, was in Kingman few days ago. Mir. Warner and party interested capi- talists came down from Goldfeld Tuesday night and are at the mines looking over the proposition. It is probable that other companies will be or ganized and take up mining proposi- tions in the Music mountain section. there being several groups of mines in that place that show good values in the surface ores. Music mountain was at one time producer of very rich gold and silver ores and considerable money was secured by chloriders from ore sales.
 H. H. Tracy, of the Tracy Engineer ing company, came in from San Fran- cisco yesterday and has been inspect ing the power plant at this place. The Tracy Engineering company has taken over the Desert Power and Water company and It is the intention to at once complete the plant and