Mohave County miner., 1909-01-16
Mines of the County

O. Ross ana EeIef OdHefl, ONnerS of valuable mining property in the Stockton Hill section, were in King man few days this week.
 A small mill has been put in on the mines of Mr. Cox, near the old Gregg f.rry. and is now successfully crushing ore. The owner of the property re- ports that he has a small streak of very rich gold ore to work on.
 w. F. Grounds, Sr., came in from the Music Mountain section Tuesday last. He reports mining looking np in that section and that the year 1903 gave promise of several big successes in the working of the mines of Red Lake district.
 O. T. Smith. who is operating the wolfram mines of the Primos Chemical company, at Johnson, Arizona, arrived in Kingman last Wednesday evening and departed the following day to the tungsten properties of Dudek & Sperl Mir. Smith is an authority on wolfram ores and should he take up the propo- sition he will work them on a large scale. J. D. Jordan is promoting the deal.
 Tn )mas J. Grant, general manager o the Stewart-Warner company, Op- erating the Lucknow group of mines, at Music Mountain, was in Kingman this week. He reports that the shaft of the Lucknow mine has been retim- bered to the POO level and the water pumped out. Sinking will be at once commenced below the present level and the mine opened up in most thorough manner.
 w. J. Wilson and wife passed through Kingman Sunday last from Mineral Park to their home in Pasa- dena. Mr. Wilson recently took over considerable turquoise mining property in the Mineral Park section and has been oI,-rating it the past four or five months. Among this property is the old Ithica mine, one of the first silver mines opened up in Mineral Park bas- in, but which is covered with veins of valuable gem stones.
 F. w. Lowery, representing the Root and Moffatt interests at White Hills, arrived in Kingman Wednesday last and conferred with J. F. Jones, superintendent of the property, who camp in from the mines to meet the company's representative. The com pany is operating the mines with a small force of men at present, but it is believed that an effort will be made this year to open the properties below the present mine levels.
 J. F. Littlefeld, of San Francisco, is at the Sheeptrail mines looking over the property. It is understood that the company which Mir. Littlefield rep resents will soon begin operations on the several properties owned by the company in the Union Pass country. The company has big milling plant and is known to have considerable good ore in sight in the mines. It is to be hoped that they will soon get to work on development. below the present lev els on the various properties.
 F. B. Gabbert passed through here Monday last from the old Moss mine, in the Silver Creek section, with a grip filled with ore from a recent strike in the property that was liter ally masses of gold. Mir. Gabbert in prospecting over the claim found this rich ore ouicropping on the vein and he and H. L. Suther at once began sinking a shaft with the result that they are opening up another of these famous ore bodies that made the name of the Moss world wide. Some King man people are interested in the prop erty and they are jubilant over u e prospects of developing the bonanz a mine of the territory.
 w. H. Cushing, president of the Stockton Hill mining company, ar rived from Topeka last Tuesday night and departed the following day to Stockton Hill, where he will look af- ter affairs of the company. Mr. Lan- try, one of the large shareholders of the company, is expected in Kingman today with party of gentlemen in- terested in the company. It is ex- pected that as soon as matters can be arranged the work of sinking deep shaft on the Cupel mine will be under taken. The shaft on the property now stands at pepth of 100 feet on the in-