Mohave County miner., 1908-09-12
Mines of theCountv

parted on ms way to the country In and around Parker, where he will probably put in the winter prospect ing the desert for gold. Mr. Poison has been a resident of Kingman a number of years and has many warm friends here who will wish him suc- cessful trip.
 Superintendent O. F. Kuencer, of the Golden Star company, is in King man from Cerbat. He reports that the big shaft on the Golden Gem mine is going down at the rate of two feet daily and that good ore is now show ing up in the bottom. While the grade of the ore is somewhat low there are kidneys in it that are exceptionally rich, showing the effects of teaching on the main ore body. So far the wa ter is easily handled by bucket.
 Col. L. P. Hanson came in from Pas adena Monday last and in company of Henry Lovin went out to the Tom Reed mines. The mill at the Tom Reed continues to turn out it's quantity of bullion, estimated at from 1,000$ to l.5OOS daily, but only about 56 per cent of the values are saved on the plates. The tailings are being stacked and will later be cyanided. Lovin & With CTS have concession for store, board ing house and club rooms at the mine and will soon commence the erection of buildings.
 Suppl l.. Hoffman returned a few days ago from the mines of the Ari- zona Southwestern Copper company, in Crow Canyon, and reports that crosscut in the tunnel, now in 800 feet, shows splendid copper values. In the shaft on the Pittsburg claim, of the group, good ore is showing up. As soon as the big pump, which was or dered several months ago, is received and installed sinking will be resumed in the deep shaft. The pump is made in sections, which will allow of it's be- ing carried in to the mines on burros, there being no road to the property at present. All work on this property is of the best character and carried on with view to making tunnels and shafts perm lnent working openings.
 J. T. Wallace, who returned from trip into Graham county last week, re- ports having visited mountain of ore that he found thirty years ,ag). The great ore body is situated on the head waters of the Blue river, about sixty five miles north of Clifton. Mornings from the ores gave from a trace to thirty dollars to the ton. In crossing Black river his pack burro got away from him and was drowned, the sam- ples being lost in the river. The mine is situated in one of the most remote sections of that wild and practically unexplored region, but near it there is great forest of timber and the riv- CT is capable of developing thousands of horsepower. The mountains above the mine is covered to a depth of sev- eral hundred feet with flow of lava and underneath this great lava bed is the ore bearing matter. Millions of tons are now in sight and can be quar- ried down at cost of few cents per ton. Once establish a great plant on the mines and with water power and cheap timber it is possible to make it one of the greatest gold pro- ducers of the world.
 The Auditor of Arizona has just is- sued his report showing the gross product of the mines of the territory in gold silver and copper. The report shows that Mohave county produced st y, ar more than one-ffth of the gold produced in Arizona, although there were only six producing mines in the county that made showing. There was shipped to the mint from this county during 1907 5l7,236. .57$, while the entire territory produced but 2,446, 7S665$, seventy-nine mines making report, an average for each mine of about 300$. The six mines of Mohave county reported gave an av- craze gold production of 6,3O6$, re- markedly good showing. The Gold Road mine, of this county, was the greatest gold producer in the territory. the King of Arizona, of Yuma county.