Mohave County miner., 1908-11-28
Mines of the County

J. T. Lutny departed last lueSQay t(
 his home in Albuquerque, having ar
 ranged for the assessment work on his
 groups of mines in Gold Basin and
 Salt Springs districts.
 s. R. Porter departed last Saturday
 evening to Los Angeles, taking with
 him large samples from the Red Gap
 mines, upon which he has bond.
 Quite number of men are at work on
 the properties and so far excellent
 headway has been made.
 Judge L. M. Teale and James Poison
 came in from their mines in the
 Round Valley section last Wednesday.
 Mir. Poison is to return to the proper
 ties and continue development work.
 Adit drifts are being run into the veins and in this way considerable depth can be gained. The veins look good and the location work showed up rich ore.
 Last Saturday the Tom Reed mill sent out another of those 5O,OOOS bricks, for which it has become famous the past year. The clean-ups are get ting bigger and better as work in the mine progresses and it will soon be necessary to haul out the big chunks of gold with a four-horse team. It is said that the works on the lower lev els of the mine show better ore than above and that everywhere an opening has been made good ore is shown up.
 J. C.. Goulding, of Cedar, was in Kingman few days this week. He and several other gentlemen have or ganized mining company for the pur- pose of developing group of claims in the Cedar section and are getting things in shape for active work. T. J. Purdy is president of the new con- pany, M. J. Jones, vice president, J. c. Goulding, secretary and treasurer and J. E. Vandover, manager. It is said that the new company has some of the best looking prospects in the district and that it is believed small amount of work will put some of the properties on a producing basis.
 The Lyons Gem Company, of New York, has contracted for the purchase of large acreage of turquoise land at Mineral Park. A representative of the company was at the Park last week and took over the mines of John and Cordelia Kay, John Caswell and John Gross, and entered into work ing arrangement on the properties. The company purposes to handle the stones at their own laboratory in New York and the owners of the mines are to participate in the profits accruing from the marketing of the product. They also get good price for the mines and are to have charge of the respective properties. The company is said to be one of the best in the field.
 James A. Craine and M. J. Ryan, of San Diego, are in Kingman arranging the details of the purchase of La Cruz and other mines in Cedar Valley min- ing district, belonging to the estate of the late Tlbucio Padllla. The gentl, men are we'll known in the mining world, MT. Craine being a mining en. glneor Of wide experience. They pur- pose developing the mines as rapidly as it is possible to equip and get a camp started. The mines have rep utation of producing extremely rich gold ore and have been opened to- some extent The sale was made through Joe Kelsey, who has been at work on the details the past year. MT. Kelsey also puts his own mines into the deal.
 J. $. Withers and Dan s. Richards returned last Sunday evening from the Union Pass section, where they made an examination of a number of mining properties. Mr. Richards was so well pleased with what he saw in that country that he has taken bond on the Tyro group and intends to at once begin work of development. Wires will be strung from the electric plant at Needles to the mines and an electric holster will be at once put in and shaft sunk to depth of several hundred feet A n work will he rnSba5 as fast as men and money can drive it