Mohave County miner., 1909-01-23

J. N. Cohenour is erecting a resi- dence in hingman, on West Pine street.
 W. B. Campbell, one of the well known mine owners of Cerbat was in Kingman a few days ago.
 There was born to the wife of Geo.. A. Bonelli last night twin babies, a boy and girl.
 J. F. Withers and Henry Lovin went to Los Angeles last Tuesday evening. Mrs Lovin joined her husband in the Angel City Thursday.
 Mart. Force was brought down from Seligman Thursday evening, suffering with typhoid fever. It is believed that the lower altitude and better condi- tions will bring him out all right.
 E. J. Gooding and wife have re- moved to Needles, Mr. Gooding hav- ing gone into the train service. The many Kingman friends of the couple wish them prosperity and happiness in their new home.
 The roof is being put on the new Mulligan-ThompSon building, on Front street. The building is entirely of ruff rock and concrete and presents handsome appearance. When com pleled it will be one of the handsomest buildings in the territory.
 John C. Potts, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of this county, is in Phenix attending the convention of Supervisors of the territory. The con- vention is discussing matters of finan- cial interest to the counties and will undoubtedly do some good work in the way of directing new legislation.
 One of the greatest storms in years fell over this section of Mohave cOun- ty yesterday. Little damage was done by the rain, although the wagon roads were washed out in places. It was Godsend to the stockmen, as it will in sure abundance of green feed over all the ranges.
 One hundred thousand head of sheep are on their way to this county where shearing will be commenced sometime next month. Pens have been erected in Kingman and it is probable that machinery will be put in to do the work. Sheepmen claim that the ranges of Mohave county are among the best sheep grounds in the terri tory.
 At depth of about POO feet the drift that was run to cut the vein of the First Chance mine, at Wallapai Springs, entered the vein and exposed a fine body of lead ore, bearing good values in gold. The owners were high ly elated with their strike and are driving the drift along the strike of the vein. This vein showed good gold values on the surface and in a sixty foot shaft recently sunk on the prop erty.
 Returns from a small shipment of ore from the Samoan mine, at Chloride. were received this week by L. Hoff- man, manager of the property, show ing net results of about l.lOOs The ore was of higher grade than anything previously shipped from that property. The company owning the mines (Chlor- ide Gold Mining company is prepar- ing to work them on a larger scale than formerly and it is believed that large ore bodies will be opened in the new ground.
 Sheriff Walter Brown returned from Los Angeles having in charge H. M Bowen, charged with the larceny of certain pipe and drill press from the Elkhart Mines company, at Chloride, last September. The charge grew out of the sale by Bowen of personal prop erty of the company, no accounting having been made to the company. Bowen now has a suit against the com pany for 4O,JOO$ damages, and which is on trial in the Los Angeles courts Bowen claims that the charge against him is simply a retaliatory measure and that the company has no cause whatever against him. At the pre- liminary hearing yesterday Bowen waived examination and was bound over in the sum of 5OOS, which he ex- poets to give today.