Mohave County miner., 1908-12-05
Mines of the County

J. A. Eiway is sinking shaft on a mining claim near the old Gross ranch house, at Cerbat.
 w. B. Campbell, owner of rich min ing property at Cerbat, was in King man yesterday on business.
 The Searchlight Bulletin says that the Brown-Tolman engineering com- pany has been at work surveying the property of the new dredging com pany, which is to build a number of dredgers for use on the Colorado river near the mouth of Black Canyon. It also states that it is rnmored that the company has 6OO,OOOS in its treasury.
 Walter DeLiere, who owns valuable mining property in the Cottonwood district of this county, came in from his camp this week. He reports that the Tawa Development company is ex- pected to again take up the mines up- on which they had bond two years ago and that they will begin active development of the Gold Giant and other claims.
 O. F. Kuencer, general manager of the Golden Star Mining Company, re- ports that the big shaft on the Golden Gem mine has reached depth of 56O feet, at which point one of the finest bodies of ore ever found in the prop erty is shown up. It is reported from other sources that eighteen inches of this ore runs we'll above 2,OOOS to the ton in gold. The ore body is coming in regular and shows permanence.
 Henry Lovin is in from the To. Reed section and is enthusiastic over the wonderful showing in that proper ty. He believes that the Gold Road and Tom Reed sections of San Francis co district are the richest in the Ter ritory and that the coming year will witness a great rush to the mines. Already mining men are coming in from all quarters and picking up the outside mines with a view to develop. ing them.
 Dr. J. T. Davis, of San Francisco, accompanied by w. B. Jester, min ing expert, arrived in Kingman last night and will go out to the Midnight mine today. Dr. Davis has a bond on the property and is soon to equip it with milling plant. The Midnight is one of the largest veins in the Chlo- ride section and carries good values in gold, silver and copper. With proper equipment it will become large pro- ducer of the associated metals.
 George w. Sewers was in Kingman the early part of this week, returning to his mines in the Wright Creek sec- tion to look after affairs. He reports that he has associated himself with number of Winslow people who have decided to take over the mines of the | estate of the late William Crowell and operate them on large scale. A company has been incorporated for this purpose and as soon as possible | active work will be begun on the prop critics.
 J/D. Spargo and family are prepar- ing to remove to Chloride, where Mir. Spargo will have charge of the Mar ietta group of mines for the Marietta Mining X Milling company. This company recently took over the mines from John w. Marshall and is now preparing to actively develop them. The Marietta vein is we'll defined ledge running through the country, close to the Emerson mine, owned by Schaefer and Smith. It carries an av- craze value of about 25S in gold and silver. The other veins of the group carry values in gold, silver and lead. Mir. Spargo, who is to direct the des- tinies of the mines, is one of the best known mining men on the coast and in securing his services the company have made no mistake.
 F. A. Wright and E. c. Price came in from Los Angeles last Wednesday. Mr. Price departed Thursday to Chlor- idle, where he will look over the Elk hart mines, in which he is interested with Mr. Wright. Mir. Wright is at tending to important business con- nected with the Elkhart company and getting things in shape for active de-