Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
GoLcoNDA MINE IS
 GREAT SHIPPER or ZINC

Kl%GMAN. Jan. r.. The Golconda nine. in rri,n Basin. ih' county owned hv tAc Union Basin Mining Company. i. thc only 'nnc in the ter ri,ory shipping zine ore. Tue mine has shipped ore 10 total value of s4S.0o0 the pas; nine mouths. the greater part of which ha. been shipped since the first of November. This ore runs over fifty per cent zine, besides carving some gold and silver. The ore is treated in oklahoma, where nat ural gas l.. had. Superintendent Bayle informs u, that a dividend will soon be declared by the company, which in- dicates that The handling of zine ore in thi, county can be made a profit able enterprise The mine IS showing great bodies of ore, new one having been struck this week.
 The Altata m.ne is to he taken over by new corporation. recently form cd in Chicago. Mrs. Anna Tofte, one of the principal owners in the mines, is in Chicago. conferring with the other corporators in the perfecting of arrangements for the early resumption of work on the mines. In the years gone by several nice fortunes were cleaned up from Altsta ores, although the shaft has not yet left the grass roots.
 It is reported that the Blue Sem mines. owned by James W. IIass, near Mineral Park. were located by other parties ou the night of the 3lst of De- cember, or rather the first of January. Since that time arrests and counter arrests have been made in connection with the location of the claims, Haas claiming that the locators knocked down his monuments and destroyed his notice, while the otner fellows make the same claim against Haas.
 Many people from Nevada are locat. ing placer mining claims on the Colo rado River, near old Collville. old miners claim to have discovered good gold in the reefs and bars along the river in that region. \ number of years ago the whole country near Coll vile was under location. but after the murder of Davis and his compan. ion by Mouse. the ground was aban. doner. There is little doubt of the existence of gold in that locality. but that it can be recovered properly is another problem to be solved.
 The Arizona Gold Mines Company is running its mill steadily and get. ting good results. The conccntrators are in use and are taking of consid- erable rich gold bearing iron.
 All equipment has been placed on the Holy Moses mine by l.. Hoffman and the work of timbcring up the shaft is under way. Sinking will be commenced an II few days.
 One mine in Mohave county pro. duced four times as much zine in 1908 as tho whole territory of Arizona did in 1907. This as the Golconda mine situated in Union Basin, about II miles north of Kingman, operated by the Union Basin Mining Company.
 Wesley Nader. of St. Louis. passed through Kingman last Monday on his way to the Colorado River, in the vi. einity of Temple Bar, where he is in. terested in placer mines. With him are interested several St. Louis men. who intend 10 sample thoroughly the rgound and if it proves up satisfac. iorily they intend to equip it with ma. cninery.
 Ross brothers, who have been doing the assessment work on the New York mihe' this week report that they struck n small vein of good grade ore m the adit drift at a depth of 200 feet No ore was expected until the drlft reached the old ore body. but it would appear that the ore body ex. tended beyond the limit of nat found on the surface. This ore shows some free gold and mornings show it to have value of above $50 in gold and some copper The vein is a good one and it will he producer when the old orc body is cut at the present depth.