Mohave County miner., 1909-07-24
Mines of the County

trict and completed the sale Of the properties to N. c. Petit, who will work them in association with E. B.. Van Deman.
 A small force of men have been put tc work on the San Francisco mine, owned by the Yucca Cyanide M. X M. company, at Cedar. This force will soon be augmented until the usual force of miners are at work.
 James Uncapher is soon to begin ex- tracing turquoise from his Mineral Park turquoise mines. It is said that some of the best stones ever taken from the mines of that section were recently taken from the Ithica prop erty.
 Work on the Holy Moses mine, south of Kingman, is progressing, the shaft now being down about forty feet be- low the old level. It is expected to have the shaft down to the POO level by the middle of August, when the vein will be cut and drifted on.
 The Carter Gold Mines company is putting in drills to expedite the sink ing of it's shaft. Owing to bad air in the shaft the compressor had to be brought into use and it was then thought best to put in air drills. The mine is looking we'll and good progress will be made hereafter.
 w. A. McGuire, of Chicago, is vis- itor in Kingman. He is an old friend of Dr. l.. D. Godshall and comes here to look over the mining features of the county. MT. Godshall is expected here from Los Angeles today to show MT. McGuire some of the good things of the Wallapai mining district.
 T. E. O'Brien came in, this week from the Bunker Hill mine, at Cerbat, which he is working under lease and bond. He reports the mine showing up splendidly. Mr. O'Brien is soon to associate others with him in the oper- ation of the property, and it is possible that it will later on be incorporated.
 This week the Union Basin Mining company received returns from six cars of ore, shipping from the Golcon- da mine to the Oklahoma smelters. tho tirpa tha,a u,aco twal,,o ao,c ,>f other ore on the road to the shelter. The mine is showing great ore bodies and in the shaft the ore shows con- stantly increasing width.
 George M. Bowers came in from the True Blue mines, near Layne Springs, Thursday last, having had contract completed to the l20 level on the shaft on that property. The ore body in the shaft shows big and strong, but the high grade material has dipped out to the north and will have to be reached by drifting. This mine is one of the best ore veins in the Layne Springs section.
 E. B. Van Deman and N. c. Petit came in from the mines of Barney Me- Call last Thursday and are preparing to take them over. A company will at once be incorporated and financed by MT. Petit. These mines are said to be the best gold properties in the Wea- yer district. A great deal of work has been done on them and large amount of ore is now in sight. Mr. Petit, who is associated with Mr. Van De- man. is resident of Waldo, Florida.
 G. w. Wells returned to Kingman Thursday night from an extended visit to his old home in Missouri. He is heavily interested in the Treasure Hill mines, and informs us that it is the intention of the company to soon begin sinking the main shaft another one hundred feet. This will take the workings below the oxidized zone. where it is expected big bodies of sul- phide ore will be found. These mines have been producers of a great deal of rich ore and the lower levels still show splendid ore bodies.
 Frank Dudek and Frank R. Sperl, accompanied by a representative of Jan Kublick, the noted violinist, are in Kingman arranging matters for re- sumption of work on the properties of the Arizona International Mining company. The mines are twelve miles east of Yucca and show large bodies of