Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06
Mines of the County


 mining properties in the high Walla- pals. He brought with him samples of very rich silver-copper ore.
 Work on the mines in and around the Boulder Springs section is pro- gressing and good results are being obtained Some of the mines show big gold values and strong veins of ore.
 Wesley Nader, of St. Louis, who has been locating placer mines on the Colorado river, departed to his home last Thursday evening. He claims to have secured considerable property in well situated part of the river section. Gravel from the deposits give good values in gold.
 s. R. Rhea, of Chloride, was in Kingman a few days ago looking after business connected with the sale of mining property at Cerbat, in which he is interested. It is probable that the sale will be made in the near fu- ture and that work will be commenced on the development of the mines as soon as the new owners have perfected title.
 This week a ten stamp mill was hauled out to the mines of the Expan- sion Gold Mines company at Union Pass, where it will soon be installed. It is the intention of the company to put in complete plant, capable of handling a tonnage of forty to fifty tons every twenty-four hours, and later when sufficient water for large plant is developed more stamps will be ad- ded. The company has a large ton mage of ore blocked out in the mines.
 I. Hoffman, who was looking at the mines of the Arizona Southwestern Copper company this week, reports that the water coming from the mine is so strongly impregnated with copper that tools that are used in the shaft are almost instantly plated with the red m Ial. He is exhibiting his pocket knife, the blade of which is en- tirely plated with copper, and which was only left in the water two or three minutes. It is expected that the mine will be one of the bonanza copper properties of this county.
 H. E. Woods, of the Woods Invest ment Company, of Colorado Springs, was in Kingman few days ago, hay ing returned from an inspection of mining property in the Gold Road sec tion. Mir. Woods is also interested in mining property in the Bouse country, on the line of the Arizona and Cali fornia railroad, in northern Yuma county. He is well pleased with con- ditions in Mohave county and believes that this year will bring much capital from the eastern states for mine in- vestment.
 T. k. McClelland came in from Los Angeles last Thursday and is getting things in shape for trip to Prescott, where next Monday another chapter in the Blue Ridge-Tom Reed litigation will be written in the records of the courts of thIs district. Last week the Blue Ridge people obtained a tempor- ary injunction restraining the Tom Reed people from disbursing dividends either from sales of bullion or from sale of the property, and now the Tom Reed people are trying to have this injunction dissolved. At the same time the Blue Ridge people will ask the court to grant an injunction suspend ing all operations at the mines pend- ing the settlement of the litigation. Ex-governor Charles Thomas, T. E. McClelland, R. L. Ling and other high class legal talent is arrayed on the side of the Blue Ridge, while Norris & Ross are looking after the interests of the Tom Reed people.
 Among the old mines of the Cerbat country is the Flores, known in early days as the Little Flora. This prop erty has well timhered shaft to depth of 300 feet and has large body of medium grade milling ore. In the surface of the mine pockets and lenzes of rich ore were found and practically all the ground to depth of 100 feet shows the effects of old Mexican coyote" work, where they took out the rich bodies to reduce in their ar astras. At the bottom there is said to be an ore body nine feet in width that gives l5S gold values. The mine at present is full of water, but as this is a valuable asset at Cerbat ii will nrove