Mohave County miner., 1909-09-18
Mines of the County

Practically all the turquoise mined in the United States now comes from the mines of this county. Last year the value of all the turquoise produced in the United States amounted to l47,- OOO$, of which this county produced nearly l00, ,000$.
 The Tucker mines have fine show ing of ore at depth of 50 feet, more than two tons of shippable ore now be- ing on the dump. Samples from the ore run as high as 860S to the ton. A shipment will soon be made to the smelter. The mines are about four miles southeast of the Indian school and six miles from Blackberry.
 Gus Schultz. who owns mining prop erty in the Cotton wood district, has been trying to enlist capital in devel- opment. He was at the mines last week taking samples and looking ,er the field Mr. Schultz recently was severely injured by cave in one of the mines near Bouse and was laid up in the hospital at Prescott un- til short time ago.
 Seymour & Grantham have opened up mining claim at Silver Creek in which they just made strike of splendid ore at depth of sixty feet. The vein is five feet wide and the ore averages lOSs to the ton in gold. The gentlemen have been at work on the property the past several months and believe they have one of the best show ings in that part of the district.
 Maccabee & Mcbride, of Seligman, are the owners of group of mines in the Wright Creek section of Cotton wood district, which they purpose to to develop. While nothing of impor- tance has been done on the claims the showing is excellent. It is understood that Mir. Mcbride is about to take over the interest of his partner in the property and let contracts for the fur ther development.
 James E. Brown, who has been look ing after the mines owned by w. K. Ridenour and allied interests, is open ing up property on his own account in the Wright Creek section, east of Blackberry. A streak Tn one of the large veins of that locality was sam pied by him and resulted in returns of better than l0O$ gold. This vein is near the find recently made by Tucker and others, of Ash Fork
 J. D. Leedy, who is at the head of the Ruth company, passed through here few days ago on his way to his home in Pasadena. It is understood that MT. Leedy has taken over the in- terests of MT. Pierce in the company and is now promoting the deal on his own account. The mine is showing splendid ore bodies and the impression obtains among mining men that he has one of the best properties in the coun- ty.
 A. w. Bratland, who is superintend- ing operations for the Hercules Min ing company, in the Gold Road sec- tion, was in Kingman this week mak- ing arrangements for securing patent to the mines. He reports having a splendid showing of ore, which is COT . stantly being enlarged by the develop ments that are now being carried on. MT. Bratlard is one of the ablest of the mine managers of the county and the money now being spent is with the view of obtaining the best results.
 Count Elmer Bessenyey and Frank Sperl came from the copper and tung- sten mines, twelve miles east of Yucca, last evening. Count Bessenyey is a representative of Jan Kubelik, the world famous violinist, who is heavily interested in mining in this county, and it is the Counts intention to straighten out financial matters for his company before leaving for Eu- rope. So for he is we'll pleased with the mining outlook and believes his people have splendid proposition to work on.
 J. D. Jordan, who has been over in the Union Pass section examining a mining property, returned to his home in Kingman Thursday last. He re-