Mohave County miner., 1909-11-13

or the Hercules Mining company, 1
 the Silver Creek section.
 The drift on the Gold Crown mine
 at Union Pass, has now reached 30
 feet and it is expected to encounte
 the vein within the next fifty fee,
 Some stringers of ore have been CT
 countered in this drift and the ground
 shows mineralization throughou
 The vein is one of the largest or,
 bearing ledges of that section, tn,
 float from it being very massive ant
 carrying good gold values.
 5. w. Ware is looking after business
 for the telephone company at Needles
 Mrs w. A. Mensch was in King
 man yesterday from the Enterprise
 mines. It is probable that the trou
 bles of this company will soon be ad. justed and work resumed on the pro. perty. The Enterprise is one of the best prospects in the Wallapai noun VIII oCSOtoi duo SllOulu Oc Opcu0u up u a depth of 800 or 600 feet at once.
 Mr. and Mrs w. E. Frost were in from Wallapai Springs last Saturday and Sunday. Mir. Frost reports that work on the Last Chance mine is be- ing pushed ahead and that the new mill will soon be in operation, with its recently installed concentrator. The ores carry good values in lead, all though the gold in the rock is very free, high percentage being saved on the plates. With the additional mill machinery better saving of values can be obtained and larger tonnage of ore run through daily.
 The Los Angeles papers of few days ago note the commitment to Pat ton insane asylum of Mrs. J. F. Phe- Ian. Mrs. Phelan was a resident of kingman number of years, removing to Needles some four years ago, and was well known to all our people, Mr. Phelan having conducted a meat mar ket here. For year or more past Mrs. Phelan has been in failing health and general breakdown caused men, .al Arrangement which occasioned her She was an exception lilly good woman and her friends here will lpapn nf hon condition ,;th c; .ere regret.
 H. F. Williams and D. T. Price, rep- 'esentatives of Western lodge, Knights 'f Pythias, of Kingman, returned home Thursday last from the meeting of the ,rand lodge in Phenx. They report laving had a most enjoyable and in- tructive time. The meeting of the srand lodge was one of the most suc- essful in the history of the territory Ion. J. F. Cleveland was elected | rand chancellor. Mir. Cleveland is me of the most popular Knights in he territory and it is the belief of the | eturning delegates that his term of tfice will mark new era in the up- of the order in this domain. | ohn Hamilton of Kingman, continues n the position of grand trustee, one of he most sought for offices in the grand odge among the older mem bers.
 Superintendent F. A. Duclose, If | he Herbert Welsh Institute QndianJ t Fort Mohave, on the Colorado iver, has been experimenting with Egyptian cotton and this year quite an req was planted. The planting of the xperimental crop was done in April nd the plants grew phenominally. The bolls were large and the fibre i, Xcellent. There has been severa
 ckings and the last bolls are now pening. Prof. Duclose states that here is no doubt of the success tf otton growing on the low lands along he Colorado river and that in time arge areas of lands in that vicinity i'll be given over to the growing of his staple. The growing of cotton n these lands will enable the farm CT ) raise varied crop, as the lands can e given over to beans, grain and ther bread-stuffs after clearing up the lnds from cotton stalks. The past , everal years the people of the Big andy, in this county, tried the ex- eriment of cotton raising and the lants grew to perfection. The fiber as better than that grown in the C ,uth, being longer and Silkier than f