Mohave County miner., 1908-11-14
Mines of the County


 in place in the main shaft of the Sia- mese mine and soon the work of sink ing to the 800 level will be under way. Some time ago work had to be stopped on this shaft on account of the heavy flow of water, but with big pump in action work can go on unirnpeded.
 AbouC twenty men are now at work on the new mill of the Arizona Gold mines company, four miles south of Kingman. The mill is being put up in a most substantial manner and is to have all modern appliances for eco- homie working of ores. The mill will be used to test out the ores of the Bi- Metal mines and when the proper method is ascertained it is the inten- tion of the company to add largely to this milling plant. Stamps will begin dropping within thirty days.
 Gus Heyman, one of the best known travelling salesmen on the coast, was in Kingman Sunday last. He recently visited the new mining camp of Syl- vanite, near Hachita station, New Mexico, and believes it will become one of the most important in the south- west. He had with him specimens of ca!averite, which he said would run into the thousands of dollars to the ton. Little work has so far been done on the mines, but some good transfers had been made and preparation was under way for an active winter among the mines.
 The Consolidated Arizona Smelling company's holdings at Humboldt, Ari- zOna, were this week sold at Prescott for the sum of 26O, ,OOO$, the purchasers to assume mortgages of POO, ,O00$ on the properties. The purchasers are at present interested in the plant and mines and purpose rehabilitating the works and putting the shelter in shape to at once commence the reduc- tiOn of the thousands of tons of ore now on hand. When the plant closed down more than year ago it was in- debted to several Mohave county mines in the sum of several thousand dollars, which badly crippled these properties. Our people will get their money as soon as the sale is confirmed by the New Jersey court.
 Tn Union Basin mining company of which John Boyle is general manager, is shipping large tonnage of lead and zinc ores. The zinc ores are being shipped to Oklahoma and the leads to Fl Paso. It is probable that the com- plex ores will be shipped to Denver, where all the metals are extracted by German process, which has been elaborated to a degree that makes pos sible the saving of practically every ounce of metal in the mass. Since the recent upward tendency of the zinc market better price is obtained for each succeeding car of ore, some of the cars r, turning fifty dollars above the preceding shipment. So far more than one thousand tons of ore have been shipped from the Golconda mine by this company and the shipments will now rapidly increase, the new tariff and increased price of the metals warranting the marketing of greater tonnage of ore monthly. The com pany is getting a nice sum of money on the contracts for ore extraction now in vogue in the mine and it is probable that this method of mining will obtain throughout the property.
 C. k. Lovett, owner of the Buckeye mine, at Mineral Park, has disposed of his holdings in that camp to P. w. Sweeney, of San Diego. Mr. Lovett and other Denver gentlemen have held the Buckeye mine the past ten years, but have done very little work on the property. In the old days it was one of the biggest producers of rich silver ores in the county. Specimens of sil- yer ore from this mine adorn all the big cabinets of the world In it's hal cyon days specimens from the property brought as high as 500S on account of their rare beauty and splendor of mounting. From basis of solid silver rose billowry masses of silver wires. in many instances incrusted with crys- tals of quartz. These specimens were eaperlN S0nUht after hu ca ahinnt hnila