Mohave County miner., 1909-12-18


 is to be done to put the building ir shape to turn over to the county dads
 James McNeece, of San Diego, pres dent of the Gold Cross mining com. pany, was in Kingman this week,
 having stopped over for day or two
 on his way home from Denver. He
 reports that his company is soon to
 begin active operations on the mines. The Gold Cross furnished some of the richest gold ore ever seen in these parts.
 Two juries in the cause of the U. S. against Fred Leonard, tried at Pres colt this week, found defendant not guilty of selling liquor to Indians. Mr. Leonard, who is saloon keeper near Sweeney, in this county, was indicted on two charges of selling liquor to Mohave Indians. The evidence was entirely Indian, although one of the Indians was educated and a special officer of the government.
 Yesterday M. G. Wagner received his new White steamer and will at once put it in commission between Kingman and Goldroad and Tom Reed. The machine is one of the best ever brought to the county and will be of great convenience to the travelling public. Mr. Wagner intends to put in other machines to care for the business to all mining camps. Kingman is the best point to reach all the mining camps from and the new garage is sure to get big business.
 Lew Roche and John F. Jones are in from their camp southwest of King man, where they have been taking ore from one of the old mines. They have a carload of ore ready to ship to the smelter and purpose sending it out this week. The ore is very rich in gold, silver and lead. Mr. Jones will soon leave for his home in Grass Val ley, where he will spend the holidays, later returning to the mines to put in several months in active development. It is the intention to install holster on the mines and sink to considerable depth.
 Yavapai county people are investing heavily in Mohave county mines. Pros pectors have been sent into Mohave county mountains by groups of men al Prescott, while others have combined their capital and bought mines in San Francisco district. During recent visit to Prescott the MINER editor heard nothing, talked of but Mohave county and it's place as the heaviest gold producer in the territory It is | probable that many mines will be tloated at Prescott by those interested | in the mines near the Tom Reed and | other sections of San Francisco dis. | trict.
 The Kingman Auto Company has leased the lots of r. E. Ceilings, on | West Beale street for term of four | years and will at once erect a garage. | The company is awaiting the arrival of a carload of machines that was ship ped from Los Angeles nearly a week ago. The company will have machines for rent and will also run a regular stage to Goldroad and Tom Reed. The round trip will be made each day, giving the passengers an opportunity to transact their business and return to town the same day. This will be of great convenience to the travelling public and should give the line biz passenger traffic.
 The United States court at Prescott, this week, made a cleanup of the docket of all cases relating to the sell ing of whiskey to Indians. There were ten indictments returned against men accused of this crime in Mohave county, seven of whom plead guilty and given sentences of three months in the Yavapai county jail and fine of l00S, while William O'Brie1, S. D Myers and w. J. Murry stood trial and were found guilty. O'Brien was to six months in jail and inc of lO0$; Myers and Murry were sentenced to four months in jail each md fine of l00S. The fine in each case will have to be served for a period of thirty days, and then appli- cation for release will be heard by the