Mohave County miner., 1908-10-24
Mines of the County

InOmaS Burke, Superlntenuent or the turquoise mines recently taken over by J. w. Wilson, was in town a few days ago. MT. Burke is shipping large amount of turquoise to the company in Los Angeles.
 Joe Prisk was over from Mineral Park this week to attend the session of court as a trial juror. He reports work on the Home Pastime mine pro- gressing and rich ore in all the open. ings. So far he and partners have several thousand dollars worth of ore on the dumps and many thousands of dollars worth blocked out in the mine.
 A. w. Bratland, who is operating properties in the Silver Creek section for Minneapolis people, was in town a few days this week and met his family, who were on their way to the coast. His wife and children stopped over in Kingman few hours and had a nice visit. Mir. Bratland informs us that he is about to start work on two prop critics in about ten days.
 Tom Grant and J. T. Wallace have gone to the north part of Graham county on prospecting trip. Many years ago Mr. Wallace discovered a large vein of gold bearing ore on the head waters of Black river and re- visited the place a month or more ago. He believes he has one of the best showings for big low grade proposi- tion in the west and MT. Grant will make an examination to see what there is in it.
 Mineral survey number 2563 for the Siamese numbers 1, ?, 3, 4, 5, and Pittsburg number l, and ?, and Side Line number l, in Cedar Valley min- ing district, Mohave county, owned by the Arizona Southwestern Copper company, have been approved by the Surveyor General of Arizona. This company, of which Leonard Hoffman is the general manager, is developing these claims and have splendid showing of copper ore on the Pitts burg miLe, of the group. A wagon road has been surveyed to the mines and will soon be built. Mr. Hoffman purposes opening the mines to below the 800 level as fast as men can do the work.
 J. L.. Witney, who was general man. ager of the McCracken Mines con- pany, was in Kingman several days this week on business connected with the trial of the cause of John w. Lane against the McCracken Mines con- pany and others. He believes that the mines will soon be in the hands of people who will work them on large scale. The McCracken properties are among the greatest of the mines of the territory, the ore bodies being of immense size and having a uniform richness not found in any of the other
 
 lions of dollars are now in sight in the mines, although only the 400 level has been reached.
 This winter promises to be one of the most remarkable in the annals of mining in Mohave county on account of the large amount of money that is to be invested in gold and other mines throughout the confines of the county. The knowledge that Mohave is one of the greatest gold mining sections of the territory is not confined to the ter ritory alone but the people of the United States are becoming so imbued with it that little difficulty is now had in interesting investors in the mines. Wherever you may be the big bars now being sent out from the Tom Reed are being discussed and are con- elusive that Mohave has a great future as gold producer.
 When the new mill of the Gold Road M. x E. company is put in con- mission the output of bullion will sur prise the territory. The great bodies of ore that have been opened up in the mines since the shutdown of the mill one year ago are revelations to the directors of the company. On every level ore bodies heretofore unknown have been opened up and will produce