Mohave County miner., 1909-05-08
Mines of the County

tending work in the Wright Creek country on mining property, is in Kingman looking after business af- fairs.
 The Golden Gem mill started up today and is pounding out the yell low metal Owing to some necessary repairs the mill did not start up as ex- pected the forepart of the week, but now it is expected that a long steady run will be made. The mine is in shape for an immense output.
 A large amount of supplies are go- ing out to the Enterprise mine, where work was recently resumed. w. A. Mensch and wife, who were visiting in California; returned to Kingman last Wednesday. Mrs. Mensch went out to the mine, while Mr. Mensch re- mained in town looking after business matters.
 The pole line of the big power plant is almost completed and within week the line men will begin stringing the heavy copper wire, that is to convey to Goldroad and other camps in that district much needed power. A large force of men are at work in the plant putting in place the transformers and switchboard.
 Solomon and Retf have opened up a fine body of rich gold ore on one of their mining claims, near Boulder Springs. The ore shows along the vein for long distance, the vein fol- lowing a big granite reef These men have been at work on the vein the past two months and have opened it in many places.
 J. H. Hoffman, of Pueblo, Colorado, who is interested in the Arizona Southwestern Copper Mining con- pany, the Chloride Gold Mining con- pany, and other mining concerns, is in Kingman looking after his interests. Mir. Hoffman believes Mohave county to be one of the richest sections of the country and is pinning his faith on his mining investments here.
 Boiler iron for the big Gold Road company's tanks arrived in Kingman this week and is being hauled out to the conpany's property. Boiler mak- CTS have arrived at the mine and will soon be at work putting the tanks to- gether. These tanks will handle three hundred tons of pulp daily, the pulp and solution going through them auto- matically.
 $. s. Jones, general manager of the Tom Reed Gold Mines company was in Kingman few days ago. He reports that the big shaft from the ore body on the 250 level has been carried to the surface, timbered up and sinking now in progress. The shaft was down 2SO feet last Wednesday and going down at the rate of four feet daily. It is expected that this shaft will open up one of the largest bodies of ore ever opened in the mine.
 The Golconda mine is expected to make a record production for May. Last month the production was over 600 tons, and this amount is to be ex- ceeded by several hundred tons. A carload of ore day will soon be sent from the mine, making the production about LOGO tons per month. Every. where the property has been opened the ore body appears to be improving. In the lower levels the ore shows great improvement, while the vein has ma terially increased in width in many of the upper drifts.
 M. A. Moore and F. E. Hise, repre- senting the Dixie Queen Mining Con- pany, attended to business in Kingman the past week. The Company is now working seven men at the mines and are opening up wonderful bodies of ore. Some of the opening show ten feet of high grade milling ore, while the average of the vein so far opened up runs above five feet in width and the value runs about POS gold to the ton. It is the intention of the con- pany to get depth of at least 800 feet before putting in milling plant. Water sufficient for fifty ton plant has already been developed in the neighborhood of the mine. Mr. Moore