Mohave County miner., 1908-06-20
Mines of the County

up ulCely.
 Jerome Tracy and F. E. Carrow have disposed of their interests in mines near the old Fay property to Los An geles men. Work is to be begun on the mines at once.
 Thomas Hogan, owner of rich min ing property in the Union Pass sec tion, has just returned from pros- pecting trip into the McCracken coun- try. He believes the McCracken mine to be one of the greatest properties on the Pacific coast.
 phia last Tuesday morning and went out to Cerbat to look over the situa- tion at the Golden Gem mine. Work is now under way at the nine and the timbering of the old shaft will be con- pleted within the next forty days.
 James w. Quinn came up from his mines in the Bonanza Wash section few days ago. He reports that he has cut the vein in his tunnel and that so far he has gone into it 70 feet and as yet has found no walls. The vein is one of the largest in the county.
 H. Kohlmeyer and John Kovits, of Lorain, Ohio, have been looking over the mines of the Goldhat section and are figuring on taking over several claims. Mr. Kohlmeyer was called away before completing arrangements for the purchase of mines but will re. turn to Kingman within the next ten days.
 John Jamison and Fred Coolidge re- turned Thursday evening from a trip into the desert country near Fenner. Some years ago Mr. Jamison owned mining property ia that section and while it was then too low grade to handle be believes at the present time that the properties will develop into shipping propositions.
 The family of Ira Horton arrived in Kingman few days ago and have gone out to the c. O. D. mine, where Mir. Horton has lease on the tailings pits and dumps. A concentrator, pat ented by Mr. Horton, will be put to work on the dumps and pits and from tests made it is thought that the ma chine will make marketable pro- duct.
 R. T. Walker, in the service of the geological survey, came in from Hum- boldt last Sunday and departed the following day to Chloride and Weaver district in company of A. F. Muter. Mir. Walker will look over the mines of this district and will make a report of working mines and conditions for the next report of the minerals di- vision.
 O. D. M. Gaddis went out to Wall apai Springs last Sunday to look at the First and Last Chance mines, on which drift is now being run to tap the vein below the water level. The work is progressing and it is expecte d that the vein will be cut within sixty days. In the shaft the ore body shows up well, there being a nice shipping grade of lead ore, from the grass roots to the water level.
 R. J. Ferguson returned from a trip to Philadelphia and other eastern points last Saturday morning and de- parted to his home in Chloride last Tuesday. It is understood that while in the east he succeeded in raising a large fund for the development of the Redemption mine, of which owning company he is president and general manager. Work is now to be prose- cuted on the mines with vigor.
 The Union Basin mining company is shipping another car of high grade zinc ore to the shelter at lola, Kan 'sas, for treatment. This is the second car of ore shipped from the Golconda mine. The first car ran fifty per cent zinc, besides some gold and silver. John Boyle, Jr., general manager of the company, has a number of miners at work opening up the property and getting it in shape for large produc- tion of zinc and lead.
 A number of shareholders in the old Blue Ridge mining company have begun an action against the old board