Mohave County miner., 1909-09-11
Mines of the County

Jones' intelligent management that the Tom Reed company owes it's pres ent high standing and the mines their rapid development. The mines have reached stage of development that assures steady output of bullion for several years to come.
 k. s. Osborne, Jr., passed through Kingman Thursday last on his way to the mines near Parker. He reports his father on the way to the mine by way of Yucca. Messrs. Osborne have been at work on the mines of Bill Williams Fork section the past six years and have been the means of bringing large amount of capital to that part of Yuma county.
 F. H. Crafts, owner of some good mining property at Chloride, came over on the flyer yesterday. MT. Crafts is working his property in a small way, but continues to get good results. He has opened the mine in such way that he is able to take out ore right along and at the same time continue development. A small mill is used to concentrate the lower grades of ore.
 Carl Holtschue, consulting engineer, and T. J. Grant, superintendent of the Arizona Nevada Mining company, were in Kingman yesterday from the mines. They report that work all along the line is progressing and that lumber and supplies are fast arriving at the properties at Music Mountain. Several buildings are in process of erection and will be completed before cold weather sets in. The work of hauling has been somewhat impeded by the wet weather, but the roads are drying out and it will not be long be- fore all material is on the ground.
 Three carloads of zinc ore was brought in yesterday by the Western Railway from the Golconda mine, be- ing the first shipment in week. Ow- in Z to the almost complete obliteration or the wagon roads to the mine practi- cally no hauling has been done. Men are at work repairing the road and within few days regular shipments will be resumed. The mine is in shape to ship about forty tons daily of ore running about fifty per cent zinc. The average of the shipments from the Golconda mine since the first of January were above 47 per cent zinc, besides values in gold and silver.
 Carl Schader, one of the largest owners in the Pioneer Con. Mining company, which recently took over the holdings of the German was in Kingman Thursday and yester- day on the way to the mines. He was met here by F. H. Nettleton, one of the most prominent mining engineers of the Pacific coast, and the two gen. tlemen went out to the mines, where MT. Nettleton will make an examina- tion of the company's property. A small force of men have been at work on the mines the past year and it is understood that good results have been obtained. The Pioneer group is one of the big groups of the Vivian section and has been opened to the 300 level. Great ore bodies have been found, es- pecially in the Pioneer, where the ore body gives a value of about 27$ in gold. This body is very large and of great extent
 The report is reiterated that tel lurium ore has been found in the Ex- pansion mines, at Union Pass, and there is surely some evidence that this is so. Much of the ore shows free gold, but throughout the mass there is streaks of black metal that give assays high into the thousands in gold. Tel lurium has never been found in this county, but there is no reason why it should not be found here. While the tellurium of Cripple Creek may differ from that found in the Expansion, the general make up and geological features are much alike. The whole country is mass of andesitic lavas, but lacks the phonolite that enters largely into the big deposits of Colo rado's goldfelds. Whether the metal is tellurium or not the Expansion is showing splendid ore and the possibil-