Mohave County miner., 1909-06-12
Mines of the County

Thursday was payday at Goldroad and the payroll was the largest since the partial shutdown of year ago. Mill workers, graders, miners and all classes of artisans shared in the gen. eral prosperity of the camp and made things lively.
 J. c. Minge and w. H. Knowles have just returned from trip of in- spection into the Gold Basin section. They believe that Gold Basin will some day become one of the big gold producers of the county and in the Cyclopic mine they have found a be- nanza.
 Thomas w. Bosanko returned from the camp of Masuma, Nevada, last Sunday evening and has concluded to make Mohave county his home. He says that since the bubble bursted in Nevada investors are fighting shy of any of the new camps, preferring to await results before investing to any extent.
 Sunday last Grant McKesson came up from the Riverside Mountain sec- tion, some distance west of Parker, where he is interested in mining property. He recently bonded the mines to Los Angeles people for a large sum of money and work is now being done on them. He says that the mines are looking fine and that the Parker country is experiencing de- cded boom.
 The transformers for the Gold Road M. x E. company went out this morn- ing to Goldroad, where they will at once be installed. The transformers have been installed in the power plant at this place and are being connected up with the switchboard and gotten in readiness for action. The work of stringing the wires on the Goldroad line is under way while the pole line is about completed.
 Lon Wells went down to Needles this week to look after the sampling of a lot of ore from the Rico mine, which was recently taken from the lower level of the property. He ob- tained nice little check in return for the ore. He reports that the stories concerning the danger of the shelter from high water has no foundation, the great slag pile effectually block ing the encroachment of the Colorado river.
 The big dredging plant, on the Col orado river near Eldorado Canyon, is completed and turned over to the dredging company by the builders. It is expected that the first work of the plant will be done early in August. it being possible to work some of the gravel banks bordering the river by that time. When the river has re- sumed it's normal condition the big p mps will be put to work on the bars ..ad river bottom.
 Alex Miller, president of the Pasa- dena Grown City Gold Mines Company, passed through here this week from Pasadena to the mines of the company at Oatman. The mining properties of this company are on the Tom Reed vein and short distance north of that famous property. It is the intention of the company to perfect a reincor- poration of the company as the Crown City Gold Mines Company and begin active development of the veins in the company's ground. A shaft has been sunk to considerable depth on the mines, but little lateral work has be en done. Miners who know the mines be- lieve the company has some of the best property in the district.
 The injunction obtained against James Uncapher and Anson H. Smith by w. J. Wilson and Lester l.. Robin. son, was dissolved by Judge E. M. Doe, at Prescott this week. J. w. Lane made the argument for Uncaph- CT and Smith, they being represented by J. w. Lane and w. E. Moroney. while the other side was represented by F. w. Morrison. Mr. Morrison came in from Los Angeles Tuesday morning and departed the same night to Prescott. The contest is over the lthica mine, one of the big silver and turquoise mines of Mineral Park. Wilson and Robinson had taken A