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


 Nighthawk shaft and the work of ex- amining the property will soon be con- menced The shaft is to be sunk deeper and new backs of ore will be opened.
 In the old workings of the Samoan mine, at Chloride, a great body of rich ore has been encountered by the lessees. The ore is the richest ever found in the property and already a carload has been taken out and is be- ing dressed up for shipment to the snelter.
 A. l.. McKesson has his shaft on the Holy Moses down 46 feet and is in splendid ore. At depth of 45 feet water was struck, but not in quantity to impede progress. This shaft is close to the mill and ore from it will be extracted from it to keep the mill in operation.
 M. Force spent several days this week prospecting his wolfram prop critics, near the old Copper Camp, and reports that he has found many nice outcrops of the mineral. He says the belt extends distance of eight miles. This is probably the longest outcrop of this mineral in existence.
 Work is progressing at the Rattan mine, in the Silver Creek section where an eastern company is operat- ing under the management of Super intendent O'Brien. The Rattan is one of the old claims in close proximity to the old Moss and has large bodies of ore showing in the shaft. This ore runs in gold and silver values.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the big pipe line from Cienega Ranch to the McCracken mine. As soon as wa ter can be had at the mine town will be laid out and permanent improve ments will be put in. At present all the structures at the mine are tenn porary and will be removed to the new town within the next few months.
 George Klemp and Hank Lefler de- parted last Tuesday morning to the Sun Cloud mine, where they will dis mantle the mill and ship the machin- cry to Yucca, from which point it will be shipped by rail to Chloride to the Utah and Arizona Gold and Copper company. The mill is a good one and ought to do good work for the new company.
 James Poison, who has charge of the properties of the New Comstock Mining company, was in from P ra- mid yesterday. He reports that the wind storm of last Saturday almost carried away the buildings at the mill and it was only by fuke that he was able to save the roof of the mill buid- ing. The storm of sand and wind ragged with unusual severity for about three hours without cessation.
 Last Thursday afternoon the suit of Nellie B. Kemper against the New Comstock mining company was com promised and settlement effected. The settlement of this litigation will result in the operation of the proper ties again. The company is the owner of the Katherine, the Sheeptrail group and other mines in the section of country west of Union Pass. It also owns the Pyramid twenty-stamp mill, on the Colorado river.
 Hubert J. Smith, who has been at the Goldroad Red Top mines the past three months, returned to Kingman Tuesday last. He reports that the shaft on the Last Chance mine was down about thirty-five feet and that a drift was being run off to tap the ore. In the breast the ore is beginning to look good, some free gold showing. Kingman men are at the head of this company and it is being operated along honest and conscientious lines. The property is on the famous Gold Road lode and abuts on the Railroad claim owned by that company.
 Monday last number of the share- holders of the Arizona-Southwestern mining company arrived in Kingman and departed the following day to the