Mohave County miner., 1908-04-18

John Boyle, came up from Needles Tuesday last. having attended to busi ness matters in the town by the big Colorado.
 Burdon Gaylord, who has been look ing after mining interests in this coun. ty, has gone to Los Angeles to attend to business and take look at Uncle Sam's big "navee."
 Ed. Williams, who has turned his attention from mining to that of farm ing on the Big Sandy, was in Kingman this week. After getting his ranch in shape for the summer he will probably again resume work on his mining prop critics.
 While a big east bound train was ly- ing in the Kingman yards ready to start on it's eastward way upon the ar rival of another freight, last Wednes- day evening, big freight bound west struck it amidships and partly wreck ed two cars. It required but short time to clean up the wreck.
 H. H. Clark, writing to friend of the Virgin River oil field, says that there is one we'll now in the field yielding 200 barrels daily. Number one we'll, of the Rhyolite people, is pumping twenty five barrels daily, while another is producing lesser amount. The field looks promising.
 The Democratic territorial conven- tion will meet in Tucson on the 18th day of May. Mohave county will have seven representatives in the conven- tion, which will send delegates to Denver. The territorial committee leaves the selection of delegates to the convention to the determination of the county committees, although it is rec commended that primaries be held for that purpose.
 S. A. Tyler, formerly a mine owner of this county, was married to well known and popular lady of Los Ange- les last week. The happy couple will reside in Los Angeles. MT. Tyler re- gently disposed of part of his mines near Mineral Park, to party of east ern capitalists represented by F. P. Andreas for large sum of money. He is now proprietor of the Portland hotel, in Los Angeles. His many friends in this county will wish him all manner of happiness.
 The Samuel Hill Hardware company yesterday sold eleven big freight wagons to the Fossil Creek Power company and men are now at work at Mayer putting the wagons together. This company is starting to work in no uncertain manner and it's working force will gain strength as fast as the work of preparation justifies same. It is one of the biggest enterprises ever undertaken in this part of the coun- try by private capital.-Prescott Cour-  fer.
 Senator J. E. Perry has gone to Tue son where he will represent Mohave county in the republican territorial convention. He carried with him the proxy of the other delegate from this county. Before returning to Kingman he will attend the session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows that meets at Phenix, on the 20 to 23 of this month. Mir. Perry is past grand master of the domain, and is also sitting repre- sentative to the sovereign grand lodge. A. F. Harris is delegate from King man lodge to the grand lodge and it is probable that he will go to Phenix to take part in the proceedings.
 A report is current in Los Angeles that Senator w. A. Clark contemplates the building of railroad from Moapa to connection with his road to the United Verde mines and that it will cross the Colorado river near Lees Ferry, The improbablity of the story is that the road is to go out from Moa pa and cross one of the most impossible sections of southern Utah and northern Mohaye county. This section is cut with high plateaus, inn passable chasrns and big range of mountains. A route to Lees Ferry could readily be had from point on the Clark road, near Lund. If a road