Mohave County miner., 1909-10-02
Mines of the County

Rural mines, at Mineral Park, will be again operated. These mines pro- duced some of the most wonderful specimens of silver ore ever discover ed, while the general run of the vein carried good values in gold. Speci- mems of Rural ore are found in all the large mineral cabinets of the world.
 T. J. Grant, of the Nevada Arizona Gold Mines company. was in Kingman from the mines this week attending to business connected with the company's affairs He reports work on the prop critics advancing steadily and satis- factorily. Practically all the build ings are complete and work on the mines progressing. The company is getting things in shape for an active winters campaign all along the line. The mines are all right and the con- pany IS sure to reap it's reward.
 J. P. Ryan, Justice of the Peace at Cerbat, was a Kingman visitor this week. He informed the editor that at a depth of thirty feet on the Orc Lava mines he encountered vein of rock carrying much coarse gold. The vein is of good size and the showing is a most encouraging one. The past thirty years float rock, ''lousy" with gold, has been found on this claim, but until the present time no vein in place had ever been found. It is expected that one of the richest mines in the camp will now be developed
 E. M. Lamont has just received a letter from John Hays Hammon which conveys the information that J. E. Berry, one of the great geologists of the country, will be here for five or six weeks, making thorough exami- nation of the geological and mineral ogical conditions of the country. MT. Hammond was so we'll pleased with the appearance of the country during his short visit that he plans to make more thorough investigation of its mineral resources.
 The Union Basin Mining company, of which John Boyle, jr., is the gen. eral manager, last month shipped to the Oklahoma smelters eight hundred tons of zinc ore, averaging above AZ per cent zinc. This is splendid showing, especially when it is consid- cred that the railroad was out of con- mission almost a week and supplies had to be hauled to the mines by teams from Kingman. The mine has more than 100,000$ worth of ore on the dumps and more being added daily. The ore bodies at the lowest level is said to be far better than that found in the upper works of the property. The success of this property has added incentive to others and all the sur- rounding properties are now under bond.
 Needles is much worked up over the prospect of large shelter, should the United States Smelling company take over the holdings of the Arizona-Mex- ican M. & s. holdings. While Mohave county could send its ores to Needles cheaply and get results, it is needless to say that the U. s. Smelling con- pany is looking after the zinc side of the proposition, and that it is improb- able that the company will build shelter at any point to handle the product of the mines. Our people will certainly welcome a shelter at Nee dles or any other nearby point, and hope that the dreams of the good peo- pie of our sister town will come true, but there is not much to warrant the belief that the company that is soon to come into the mining game in Mohave county in big way will entertain a smelter proposition, at least until they have developed the mines to point far below the 800 level. The company, while considering the taking over of an immense acreage in the county, has still an immense amount of work be- fore it can consider smelter project at any point. All the veins embraced in the deal have capacity, but the ore bodies have been largely depleted above the developed area, with the ex- ception of one or two of the big low grade veins. In these the tonnage runs into the thousands, but con- pany financed as heavily as the U. S. Shelter, want millions of tons of ore in view before thinking of the treat