Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-28
GREAT ACTIVITY IN M0HhvE
 DISTRICT
(Mohave County Miner)

 ming. He reports that work is prog ressing on the mines and that the properties are showing up picely. His section was visited by the greateS, rainstorm ever known there. the first of the week. but no damage was done except the washing out of some road bed and the deepening of the can yons.
 The Portland group of mines, il the Music Mountain district, has been bonded to Chicago parties and active development work will be commenced at once by sinking big shaft on the vein. The vein in the main property of the group is 45 feet wide and traceable through its entire length. The mine was at one time owned by the late David Southwick, who sunk shaft 50 feet, from which he too- some extremely rich ore. The neF' interest will retimber the old South wick shaft and sink to greater depth. Mir. Southwick. some years before his death. refused an offer of s35.oo0 cash for the one claim in his group.
 T. s. o'Brien, who is operating the Bunker Hill mines, at Cerbat. has been in Kingman the past several days. He repots that he has a car load of ore at the mine which Is soon to be shipped to the smelter. A drift to tap the vein a lower level is now under way and will he driven in as far as possible. This driis will open up the ore body nearly 20c feet below the old workings, where sulphide ore will be struck, 50 it IS expected. The ore in tho Bunker Hill carries values in gold ani cop per and at depth it is thought that it will become a producer of ricn copper ore. The vein is large and gives promise of being one Of the big producers of Cerbat.
 o. B. Ansden, general manager of the Gold Bug mines, is in Kingman. He reports that the main shaft of the Gold Bug is now down about 435 feet The shaft is not in the vein, but a crosscut will be made to it at a depth of 800 feet The shaft is being carried down perpendicularly. while the vein runs a little from the perpendicular, necessitating tse cross cut. At the 400 in cutting the sta tion the ore body was cut and good ore is found through the mass. The flow of water is not great but the indications are that large flow will soon be obtained The water shows considerable mineralization, an indica- tion of sulphide ore bodies below the present depth.
 | J. A. Wood, for the Mammoth Sil-
 yer Mining company this week made
 the initial payment of s10,000 on the
 purchase price of the old Blackberry
 mine to w B. Ridenour. The com
 pany has been operating the mine the ipast several months and have sunk
 a shaft to a point below the old
 works. The vein was found to be quite large and the indications are
 that great body of milling ore will
 be opened up. Mr. Woods also made
 arrangements for the taking over oi
 property owned by W. K. Ridenoul
 and W. L. Kayser. in the Wright
 Creek section. The Mammoth Silver Mining company is one of the largest ioorporations operating in the county The shaft of the Golgonda mine has reached depth of 555 feet. Cor siderable water is making in ,hs , shalt, but so far it IS handled witt little effort The veia shows hig orr
 bodies at this depth. On the 2e' , level the ore shows an unbroken bod, ,e00 feet in length in the drift, ths
 vein in places b.ing quite wide. The
 average of the ore shipped is =bou | 90 per cent zinc. carrying gold ant } sii,er It IS pur ,sed that drifts vii
 b. run off at the :5) and the veil 3 ,,xrloited tn -ougiis It the big ore shoot i3y the 6rs- of December the mins , will be shipping more than 50 ton 2 of ore daily. The constantly appre ] ciating value of zinc in the mark
 makes the future of this great prop lerty roseate indeed Mir. Boyle. gen . teral manager of the company. pro
 poses to put the property on lars' s producing basis and will soon be abl , to mill the ore that is now unshii i. able. The property has three dis 4 tinct veins lying side by side tha 2 can be worked through one shaft. an 1, 1t is the intention of the compan, 4 to open them all at the $50 level an
 handle the product by cobbing an '. later by milling the lower grades 2 The Colgonda is the only mine in tn
 Iterritory that is being worked exclr 2 siyely for it's zinc ores and making
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