Mohave County miner., 1909-08-14
Mines of the County

Dan $. Richards returned from the Red Gap mines yesterday, having paid off the miners employed in that prop erty for the month of July.
 $. s. Jones. superintendent of the Tom Reed mines, passed through Kingman yesterday on his way to Oat- man, after a weeks visit in Los An geles and Pasadena.
 Tom J. Grant and J. F. Wallace came over from Music mountain Thursday evening last. They report everything at the mines looking well and that large amount of work has been mapped out.
 The Crowell mines, at Wright Creek, have been bonded to mining company and work is to be commenced on them shortly. The new company is to drill the veins with "a diamond drill to ascertain their extent and value.
 A seven foot ledge was cut by the c'osscut from the bottom of the l30 level of the Blackberry mine, this week. Drifting under the old ore body is now in progress, where it is expected that shippable ore will be encountered.
 Clack Brothers have taken a con- tract to sink the shaft on the Treasure Hill mines one hundred feet deeper and are now at work. The shaft is now down about l40 feet and the rich ore shows we'll in the bottom of the drifts at that level.
 Tucker x Co.,, who own valuable mining property east of Blackberry, close to the Wright Creek, have en- countered small stringers in their vein running above the 2OOO$ mark. It is the belief among the miners of that section that they have one of the best properties in that part of the county.
 Contracts to sink the Horse Shoe shaft 300 feet deeper and run drifts and levels to the extent of 700 feet have been let to miners from Goldroad. The work is now under way and it is expected that it will be completed by the first of January. The Horse Shoe mine is situated west of the town of Cerbat and has been under develop ment the past two years.
 Robert Brannock came in from Union Pass yesterday and reports that he has opened up big body of good grade ore in drift from the main workings of the property. The Union Pass vein is one of the largest in the district and is considered to have immense possibilities. It is owned by Messrs. Brannock and Mo- Clelland.
 The recent advance in the price of zinc in the market has been of great benefit to the Union Basin Mining company, the advance netting the com pany more than five dollars per ton on the regular shipments, or close to 1908 per day. The company is now ship ping large tonnage of splendid zinc ore, the average keeping well above 50 per cent zinc. The new work in the mine has shown up great bodies of rich ore, which will soon be blocked out for the opening of stopes.
 Charles B. Dotterer, of Boyertown, Pa., and M. s. Wagner, of Obelisk, Pa., made an examination of the Re- demption and Clyde mines, at Chlo. ride last Saturday and appeared to be much pleased with the developments of the properties. These gentlemen have invested considerable money in the enterprise and consider their in- vestment one of the best they could possibly have made. The mines show splendid bodies of high grade milling ore and the management of the prop erty is in good hands.
 J. l.. Phillips, general manager of the Gold Road M. x E. company, is in Kingman looking after business mat ters for the company. Since the prop erty came under his management the mine has been opened up to the 5th level, connection being made with the Billy Bryan shaft on the 7th level, a distance of about 100 feet. Through out this level the ore body has been