Mohave County miner., 1909-10-16
Mines of the County

S circles in this county, took some min- ing men over to see his property near Vivian, the first of the week.
 Joe Morgan was in from the Gem mine the first of the week. The Gem is being kept unwatered for the pur- pose of examination by some eastern parties.
 A large body of milling ore has been opened on the 300 level of the SoutE- western Copper Company's property at Copperville. The strike is of more than usual importance for the district, as it will mean large operations.
 w. G. Swartz, one of the best known authorities on zinc and its occurrence, representing the United States Zinc Co. of Denver, Col, is here examining properties. This is is his third visit to this county.
 Extensive work is being done on the Gold Grown group of mines which were bonded by Gaddis & Sauls to the Frisco Mining & Development Co.,, for the sum of l50,000S. A crosscut tun- nel is being driven and is now in POO feet. It will be $50 feet long when completed.
 A. L. McLesson is working in his Holy Moses mine on the 100 foot level. At this depth, which is above the water, he started drift on the vein and almost immediately broke into a pipe of rich ore which did not show in the shaft. He will be able to take out quantity which can be worked in the three stamp mill on the property.
 c. J. Hutchison, superintendent of the Expansion group, is in Los An geles attending to the purchase of milling and other machinery for the mine. The compressor has been moved from the shaft to the tunnel level and every preparation is being made to work the mine extensively. Supt. Hutchinson informs us that ten grab samples taken from the recent rich strike assayed from 70$ to 1928 per ton.
 N. A. Just, two-thirds owner of the Howe group of mines near the Me- Cracken mine, was in Kingman Fri day. Mr. Just is banker in Shelly, Idaho. Howe, the original owner of these mines, committed suicide last year, brought about by illness, and left his interest in the mines by will to Mir. Just. He is here to meet the owners of the other one-third, Will jams and Connors, and arrangements will probably be made to do some ex- tensive work on the property.
 c. J. Hutchinson and associates this week examined the property owned by Tom Sickles, situated in the Wall- apai Mountains, near the old Ameri- can Flag mine. An agreement was reached with MT. Sickles and it was determined to put test mill of ten tons capacity on the property. The ore carries both silver and gold values. The mine is admirably located for wood and water, so often a serious draw back to mining in the desert country. Several hundred feet of de- velopment has already been done and the mine will be further worked by system of tunnels, as great depth can be obtained.
 While in Los Angeles John Hays Hammond left the Taft presidential party long enough to confer with the directors of Tom Reed mine, in Pasa- dena. MT. Hammond stated to Att toruey McClelland that after he had witnessed the meeting between Taft and Diaz at Fl Paso, he would go on to New York to attend to important business, returning to Mohave County in about three weeks at which time he would receive the reports of his field corps of engineers, chief of which is Frank A. Keith and J. E. Berry. Then, as Mir. Hammond tersely put it, "there would be something doing"
 The shaft on the Goldbug mine has reached depth of 500 vertical feet. As soon as station is put in and a l stump made crosscutting and drifting will begin. While the ledge, which went down nearly straight, is only a | few feet from the shaft it is thought that drift will have to be rnn fer