Mohave County miner., 1908-10-17

the new ore body appear to be of the general character of the ore which made T. L. Ayers rich. It is under stood that the ore runs above eight ounces gold to the ton.
 Hubert and George Smith are again at work on the Alpine mine, formerly known as the Lookout. where they have splendid showing of gold ore. Big blocks of ore showing free gold all through it are being taken from the shaft and the boys feel jubilant over the outlook.
 Dan Hanley and Jack Flynn have struck it rich in the Desert Prospect mine, owned by the White Hills con- pany. The find is in the old works west of the Occident mine and is said to be one of the best showings ever seen in that property, the ore averag- ing something like 1000 ounces silver to the ton.
 T. R. Garnier has been appraised of the striking of large body of rich ore in his mine, near the head of Round Valley wash, in Wallapai mountain. He will leave for the mines as soon as the weather clears up. Recent assa. S from the mine have shown ore u at runs from two ounces to five ounces in gold. The ore body has increased to width of four feet and mornings show splendid values.
 James Poison returned from the Bill Williams Fork section yesterday on account of the serious illness of his partner. The young man had to be sent to his home in Los Angeles for treatment of cancerous throat trouble. Mir. Poison believes that he can con- tent himself in the mountains of Mo- have county and will hereafter do all his prospecting in the districts contig- uous to Kingman.
 In cleaning out the old works of the Prince Albert mine, at White Hills, Superintendent Jones found masses of rich ore throughout the waste, the leasers in their apparent hurry to get out ore during the life of their lease apparently neglected to remove any ore that might be shot down with the waste. Some of the chunks of ore taken from old stopes run thousands of ounces to the ton, being covered with heavy coatings of horn silver. The intention of the company is said to be the sinking of deep shaft to prove the ore bodies of the big silver camp at depth.
 Kean St. Charles visited the Temple and other camps in the Weaver sec- tion this week. He reports work go- ing on at rapid pace in and around the Temple mines and that rich ore was being opened up. He closed up the deal for the sale of the Red Gap mines to Posey and Baily, the well known mining men of Los Angeles. Within two weeks work is to be start ed up on the mines and pressed in the usual vigorous way in which these men prosecute work on their mines. It is said that the Red Gap is one of the richest mines in the north end of the Blue Ridge mountain range.
 John c. Potts, democratic candidate for supervisor, has been canvassing the Gold Road and Vivian sections of San Francisco district. He reports stopping one day at the Tom Reed camp and witnessing the work of mak- ing the daily cleanup of the plates in the ten stamp mill. Last week the drifts entered an immensely rich body of ore and as a consequence the plates in the mill had to be cleaned up every hour. Some of the ore runs away up in the hundreds of dollars to the ton, | more than 1908 per ton being saved on the plates on an average. The cyanide | plant is working on the tails and is l making good saving of the values left in the pulp after the plates have taken out the coarse gold.
 $. A. Tyler, who came in from the Golden Eagle mines Thursday last, is enthusiastic over the big showing of ore in the Home Pastime mine, at Mineral Park. He says Prisk & Co.