Mohave County miner., 1908-02-08
Mines of the County

man this week settling up matters connected with his sale of the Cienega Ranch to the Palo Verde Mining con- pany. The first payment of 5,00O$ was made by the company on the purchase of the property. It is understood that the company will pipe the water to the new road, three west of the ranch, where it will be used for domestic pur- poses.
 F. R. Leonard, of Los Angeles, has purchased an interest in the Mineral Hill group of mines, situated at Gold Flat, about six miles south of King man, from Messrs. Chittenden and Buchanan. A shaft has been sunk on the vein and at depth of twelve feet has exposed vein of ore running high in gold. It is expected that consider able work will be done on the property this year.
 Monday last George Ayers brought small bar of bullion from the Gold road, the result of the cyanidation of the seepage waters from the big mill dumps. The work of extracting the gold from the waste waters of the dumps is being carried on, the expense of the work being practically nil. Messrs. Lovin and Carter, during the life of their lease on the waste waters, recovered more than 30,000$.
 The annual meeting of the share- holders of the c copah Copper con- pany was held in ing an last Tues day. The old board of directors was reelected. The company is the owner of the Copper World mines, near Sum- init Springs, in the northern part of San Bernardino county, California. The past year the company mined a large tonnage of ore, which was ham, dled at the Needles shelter.
 James Bone was in Kingman the past few days from his mines north of Stockton Hill. He recently purchased the Silver Monster mine from A. c. Lake, of Memphis, Tennessee. He is now the owner of the Summit and Sil- yer Monster, the two mines being on the same lode. The vein in these properties is one of the largest in that section and carries good values in both gold and silver. It is probable that holster will be placed on one of the mines and development work carried on on large scale.
 A. l.. McKesson has received his mill, recently purchased, and the ma chinery is being assembled at the mines six miles south of Kingman. Water has been encountered in all the mines within depth of fifty feet and it is thought sufficient can now be had to supply the mill The ore in one of the claims is said to average over twenty dollars to the ton. Mir. McKesson expects the mill to be in running order within a month and then bullion in large quantities will be forthcoming.
 J. L. Witney, general manager of the Palo Verde m ming company, now operating the McCracken group of mines, was in Kingman Monday last. He reports work at the mines progress ing there being about fifty-fve men at work on buildings, surfacing and in the mines. Boarding houses, bunk houses, blacksmith shops, comissary buildings and all buildings necessary 10 the comfort of the employer and employe are being built. In the mines great ore bodies are being exposed daily. As work progresses on the property it becomes more and more the wonder that this great property has been allowed to remain idle so long. It is expected that as soon as experiments for the reduction of the ores has been complete plant will be put in capable of handling several hundred tons of ore daily.
 Dr. l.. D. Godshall arrived in King man the first of the week to attend the annual meeting of shareholders of the Arizona Mexican M. x s. company, which was held in the office of Fred w. Morrison last Tuesday afternoon. The following board of directors for the ensuing year was elected: H. K. Hartzell, A. c. Godshall, w. H. God