Mohave County miner., 1908-12-19
Mines of the County

mining claims In the CnemehueVlS mountains. So far they have secured some excellent values from shafts sunk on veins in this group.
 G. H. James, of Drake, was a pleas ant caller at this office Thursday last. Mr. James has had men at work the past several months on mining prop erty in the detached buttes, east of Drake, and has opened up some good looking veins of ore.
 Manuel Ruiz came in from White Hills few days ago and has gone to the Chemehuevis mountains, where he and several others have a large vein of lead bearing ores He will do the annual work on the vein before re- turning to Kingman.
 James Rawl, who has been doing assessment work on the North and South Sunrise mines, in the Cheme- huevis mountains, arrived in Kingman last Thursday. He reports much ac- tivity in that section and believes sev- eral heavy producers will be opened up along the range this winter.
 R. J. Petty, formerly a resident of this county, is experimenting develop ment work on the Corona mines, be- low Bill Williams Fork. Sam Butler,  one of the old Mohaveites, is general manager of the property, and was the owner of the mines before they passed into the hands of Pittsburg people.
 Wardwell and Osborn have made a rich strike of gold ore in their mines, east of Parker. These gentlemen have been at work on the properties the past two years and have them in a good state of development. It is be- lieved that they have opened up one of the greatest mines in the Parker region.
 Henry Harding and Joe Martinez have taken lease on the property of the Franconia mining company and are getting ore that will run about 100S gold to the ton when assorted. While the vein is not large the ore body is regular and the ground easily workable. They have shaft l25 feet in depth on the vein.
 Charles Hunsaker, of Los Angeles, one of the early pioneers of Mohave county, is operating group of mining claims, near the old Wall Street mine, in the Eldorado Canyon district. These claims were taken over by himself and Judge Austin, of Seattle, from John Powers, one of the oldest of the pioneers of that famous camp.
 The Arizona Gold Mines company this week started up its mill on ores from the Bi,Metal mines, but the breaking of the rock kbreaker compelled the shutting down of the plant. The plates were coating up nicely when the involuntary shutdown occurred. It is exnacted that repairs will be made by Monday and that no further interruption occurring the mill will be started up on long run.
 Thomas Hogan is getting things in shape to hegin work on his mining claims in the Thumb Butte section of Union Pass. Interested with Mr. Ho- gan in these properties are J. c. Potts and l.. Kimmerly. The mines are known as the Golden Glance group, and have been exploited to consid- erab'e depth and have a splendid show ing of gold ore. The veins are large and well defined and offer to capital an alluring investment.
 The Little Wonder mining company, operating the old Wildcat vein, in the Chemehuevis mountains, have shaft down 95 feet and have vein of ore running four feet in width. This ore is said to carry IA per cent copper, ten per cent lead, 8S gold and 20 ounces silver to the ton. The company is to thoroughly exploit the vein and ex- pact to prove up good property. A whim is to be placed on the mine at once and the shaft sunk to 100 feet, where drifts will be run off.
 The German-American mining con- pany is said to have been organized in Los Angeles under the name of the Pioneer Mining Company. This con- pany owns large group of mines near Vivian. about one mile southwest of