Mohave County miner., 1909-08-21
Mohave County Chamber of Mines.

beOrSe, denry LOVln ana Allen E.
 Ware were added to the directorate.
 The board then appointed the follow
 ing chairmen of committees: Mem
 bership, E. A. Shaw; Finance, I. M. George; Railroad Transportation, John
 Boyle, jr., Advertising, Anson H.
 Smith; Correspondence, W. E. Mo-
 roney. These gentlemen are to name
 members of each committee to the
 number of four and report at the next
 meeting of the board. So far the as-
 sociation numbers fifty members and
 the number is increasing daily. It is
 expected that about two hundred mem
 bers will have their names enrolled by
 the first of January next. The work
 of the Chamber will be better appre-
 ciated when the business for which it
 has been organized is well under way. All the members are enthusiastic over
 the progress so far made and predict
 great results from its labors. The l
 Chamber is otficered by excellent gen.
 tlemen, who have the best interests of
 the whole county at heart: Dr. John R. Whiteside, president; H. l.. Me-
 Carn, vice presidents; w. H. Welsh,
 second vice president; H. H. Watkins,
 treasurer; J. H. Rosenberg, secretary.
 The shaft on the Ruth mine, in Sil-
 yer Creek, is now down 100 feet, and a station is to be cut at once and drift ing started. The ore body is about six feet wide and the average of the entire shaft, from collar to bottom is said to be over 25$ gold in value. It was reported last week that o. P. Posey had made arrangements for the taking over of control of the property, but so far nothing authentic can be learned. The mine undoubtedly pre- sents fine showing and the people controlling the property evidently be- lieve they have a great mine. The work from the 100 level will prove the property up to considerable extent, as the drift north will gain depth rap- idly under the detached spur of moun- tain to the west of the Blue Ridge range.
 The immense rains of the past week have made lake many miles wide at Red Lake, a depression in the north end of Wallapai valley. The water is visible from the railroad and presents the appearance of being ten or fifteen f miles in length. If it was possible to i impound this great body of water it wo' d i rigate many thousand acres of land in this fertile valley. Practi- c cally all the water that reaches Red ' Lake comes through the canyon near c where it might be caught i up in Hume and carried into reser. l voirs for conservation.
 Rem arkably rich ore is being taken from the claims of William ', Tucker and others, near Wright Creek. A shaft is being sunk on the mine and from this ore running above . ZOOS to the ton in gold is being taken. While the rich streak is small it more than pays the work of sinking. The U vein is very large, the streaks of rich o mineral running through the mass. d It is believed that the whole mass will pay to mill. Water is found quite l. close to the mine and the railroad is C about five miles away. Il
 Last Thursday the rainfall in Detri- al valley, near Valley Station, was n 'ne of the heaviest storms of the year, E he whole country being covered V y water to depth of eight inches. p The roads were quagmires and it took he Gold Bug team the greater part of A he day to cross the valley from the la nine to the higher ground on this p ide. Those who witnessed the rain- = all report it to have been one of the 'reatest storms ever known. in that icinity. b,
 Mrs. Bertha W. Vaughn, wife of z. " " '. Vaughn, of Kingman, will arrive in III lingman from Los Angeles next Fri u ay. Madame Vaughn is one of the St est known singers on the Pacific h' cast and Kingman people are assured ve hat they will be treated to one or io lore concerts during the lady's stay eo q Kingman. st