Mohave County miner., 1909-08-21

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 Mrs Thos. McNeely and children O
 Mineral Park, visited with Kingmar
 friends several days this week.
 Miss Frankie Potts has returned tc
 her post at Needles, after visit of a
 week with her parents in Kingman.
 w. L. Kayser, the well known
 Blackberry merchant, was in Kingman
 Thursday last on his way to Los An
 geles.
 Last Tuesday waterspout at Hack
 berry washed out the tracks in the
 railroad yards, delaying trains several hours.
 K. M. Lemont, general manager of the Arizona Gold Mines company, de- parted today for the coast and oth, r D 'ints.
 J. l.. Phillips, general manager of the Gold Road M. X E. company. was in Kingman Monday last looking after matters before the board of equiliza- tion.
 The Desert Power and Water con- pany is stringing its electric lighting wire in Kingman and several of the places have already been connected up with the juice. J. E. Perry was the first one to secure the lights.
 F. G. Uhlich, wife and daughter, of St. Louis, were Kingman visitors last Saturday and Sunday, guests of John Boyle, Jr., and wife. Mir. Uhlich is one of the best known business men of St. Louis and is heavily interested in mining in this county. The party went on to the coast Sunday evening.
 The Western Railway of Arizona was put out of commission by the heavy rains of last Sunday and large force of men Were employed until "Wednesday night before a train was gotten through 10 Chloride. The heavy fills on the line were washed out and | had to be cribbed to open the road to traffic.
 Walter Casteel and family departed [ last Wednesday night to Texas, where they will hereafter make their home. The Casteel family have been resi- dents of Kingman the past twelve or fourteen years and have many warm friends that regret to see them remove to other fields, but wish them the best of luck in their new home.
 Fen $. Hildreth, known to many of the people of Mohave county, is en- gagged in the practice of the law at Phenix. His specially is mining, land and irrigation law, which branch of the profession he is especially qualified for, having had large experience in the land office of the government. He also keeps on hand large lots of public land script which gives instant title to unsurveyed public land in the territory or elsewhere.
 A contract has been let on the Gold Grown group by the Frisco Mining company to N. M. Richardson and sons. The new company is said to be we'll financed and have mapped out a large amount of work on the proper ties for the coming fall and winter. The group is located about four miles 'outhwesterly from Union Pass station and in one of the best localities of the district. MT. Barton, one of the con- pany, is in charge of the work. ,
 The Western Railway of Arizona has made proposition to the Terri Iorial board of equalization that if the suits against it by the county of Mo- S have are dismissed the taxes for the f year 1909 will be paid without protest $ md that hereafter the company will ' pay all taxes due and levied against it. The Santa Fe also proposes to pay T axes on all its lands at rate of 25 I cents per acre. It is not known what q lction will be taken in the matter. ,
 w. H. Knowles spent some days last c week in the Gold Basin section, where t le made an examination of the possi. [ 'ilities of obtaining power from the l Colorado river. He appears to be well atisfied on that point and contemplates he taking over of large mining inter-