Mohave County miner., 1908-05-09

mine and doing good work.
 Several carloads of lumber were re- ceived this week and are being hauled out to the Tom Reed mines.
 l Howard Wells has taken a contract 1 to sink one hundred foot shaft on one of the mines of the Expansion group He went out to the mines Thursday last to begin the work.
 | J. w. Morgan, superintendent of the Golden Gem mine, was in Kingman Tuesday last to attend to business. He stated that it was the intention of the company to begin work on the mines by the first of June.
 Walter Brown this week visited miaes near Stockton Hill, in which he is interested with George Lockwood. H. reports that there is good show ing of ore in the mines and that a shipment will soon be made to the shelter.
 w. P. Carr, of Cedar, has accepted position with mining and milling company, near Siam, California, and will leave there this week to take charge of the mill. Mr. Carr is we'll versed in milling and will no doubt make success of the venture.
 Lew Stirzel came in from Cerbat Thursday evening and will probably leave soon for the Wallapai moun- tains, where he will do large amonnt of work on mines owned by T. R. Garnier. The veins show splendid gold values in the outcrop and should they prove as rich at depth they will
 John Boyle, Jr., and Lon M. Teal this week filed articles of incorpora, tion of the Union Basin Mining con- pany, with a capitalization of one mil lion one dollar shares. The company is organized for the purpose of exploit ing the Golconda mine, in Union Basin. The property is one of the best in that section, having bug ore body, the values running in gold, sil- yer, copper, lead and zinc. Recently a carload of rich zinc ore was shipped from the property as an experiment, the carload averaging fifty per cent. It is the company's intention to open the mine to considerable depth.
 Joe Marinez came up from the ] Chemehuevis mountain last Sunday and is exhibiting specimens of won- derfully rich ore from the School Marm mlne. In prospecting near the School Marm he found the dump of a mine that had been located in the early eighties, the drift on which had caved in. About two tons of lead ore was on the dump, which on being sam- pied surprised him nightly by giving results of about 3O0S gold to the ton. While the streak in this mine is small the ground is easily worked and big money can be made from it. He and partner are now preparing to work the mine. About one ton of ore was talk en from the School Marm that will run over 60O$ in gold.
 T. J. Grant, accompanied by Messrs. Warner and Stewart, of the Warner Stewart Company, of Goldield, Me- vada, arrived in Kingman Sunday last, having just made an examination of a group of mines in the Music Mountain district. Mir. Warner expresses him. self as satisfied with the properties and the country. The mineral cabinets of Kingman was a revelation to him, the ores being wonderfully rich and the displays numerous. The Warner-Stew- art Co npany has lease on the Little i Florence mine at Goldfeld, from which more than a hundred thousand dollars per month is being taken. This lease will soon expire, which fact compels the company to look around for an- other investment and they have con- cluded that Mohave county offers the best possible inducement.
 An immense ledge of gold bearing ore has been discovered by two pros pectors named Ford and Pitts in the Boulder Canyon, of the Colorado river, about ten miles below Bonelli Ferry, south of St. Thomas. The vein is said to be more than ten feet in width and