Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-01
NEEDLES SHELTER HAS CHANGED
 HANDS Plant Now Owned By A Leading Smelling
 Company

tions ever made in Mohave county was effected a few days ago when all the property of the Mexieo-Ari- zona Smelling 6 Refining company, operating the Needles smelter, was transferred to A. P. Anderson Of Alameda county, California, attorney for the U. S. Smelling & Refining company. The filing with the record CT at Kingman of a deed conveying the above property puts an end to the speculation regarding the many pur- chases of Mohave mines recently made by Dr. L. D. Godshall, manager of the Needles shelter. While 1t has been generally understood here that the latter was buying either directly for the U. s. company or for his own with a view of later transferring to the big trust, nothing definite could he learned from Dr. Godshall save that he was representing big capital.
 The deed, which is signed by w. K. Hartzell, President; H.H. God shall, Secretary and by stockholders representing more than two-thirds of the stock in the MexieO-Arizona com
 pany. includes a statement by the
 secretary showing that of the total
 capitalization of $2,5OO,OOO divided
 into 25O,OOO shares, there had been
 issued 2OS,725, and that of the latter
 I9O,661 shares are represented in this transfer.
 The property conveyed includes the
 smelter and real estate in Needles,
 the Iron Bar group of mining claims
 near Siam and lime quarry at Van
 derbilt. both in San Bernardino eoun-
 ty, California, and the following
 mines in the Wallapai District of
 Mohave county: Infallible, Star
 Spangled Banner, Alta, Twins, Blue
 Lode, Twin Guleh, Champion, Cham
 pion No. ?, Twin Gulch No. ?, Ari-
 zona No. l, and the North half of the Winchester. This makes the total
 number of mining claims now owned
 in this county by MT. Anderson, or
 to be more exact, the U. s. Smelling
 & Refining company to thirty.
 In the Chloride district A. L. White of Lima, Ohio, and associates who recently acquired possession of the Midnight mine, have bonded the
 adjoining Pinkham mine, and are
 now examining the contiguous prop
 erty owned by George Beebe and D. s F. Meredith. The Pinkham was ae- r ouired from John Boyle Jr., manager ' of the Golconda mine, who was held l an option for some time. MT. Boyle q Fhas had the shaft entirely re-timber- I ed so that the new owners can start . work immediately. The Midnight has F. been unwatered and drifting resumed
 on the 2OO-foot level. The above e mines lie about two miles south of l. Chloride and have produced many ', hundred thousands dollars in gold l. silver and copper, though the maxi l. mum depth reached is less than BOG t feet.
 t MT. White and his company own g S complete electric power plant il q Needles, which was formerly used tC l. operate the Victor mine in the ViviaI e district of this county, and it is pro l. posed to ultimately move this ma Q ehinery to Chloride should the devel e opment work planned and already r. started justify such a change. Chlor e idle is centrally located for the opera IS tion of a large number of mines anc
 well equipped with water and trans
 portation facilities. With the resum
 ption of work in the Tennessee
 Samoa, Midnight, Rainbow, Pinkhan V, and others the old camp is more ae g tive than it has been for years. 1t A small stampede took place a le Gold Road several days ago whel t. three feet of S22 ore were cut at le depth of so feet in the May Coun is mine, bought by A. c. Werden & Co lg short time ago. The property lie sd only a short distance north from Col al Road mine, and as soon as the strik " became known there was a genera IT, rush for ground, and the district a ns ready well covered by loeators wa tn again monumented. A tunnel on Jil he McConnell's Lilly prospect, which at ty joins the Werden property, is no' ty so feet in ore that assays from { of to $25 per ton in free milling gol' he At the Bi-Metal mine, where El ys gineers Spur and Cox are still col is ducting mill tests for John Hay ms Hammond, there is reported a striB gh of rich ore assaying as high as $6C hs per ton. This has undoubtedly a ,5 fao+a5 +ba rn;IIipo ora which is n1a