Mohave County miner., 1909-08-07
Mines Ot the County

wnere it is reported big strike of ore was recently made. The property is under bond to a company represented by Mir. Richards and a small force oi miaers are employed.
 The shaft on the Carter mine has reached depth of over 100 feet and is now gong down rapidly. The com- pressOr and machine drills have been put in and are working smoothly. The ore is looking good, showing consia- erabe improvement over that found ten or fifteen feet above.
 The drift on the 70 level of the Ruth mine is progressing rapidly and show ing splendid body of milling ore. The breast of the drift is now more than 100 feet below the apex of the mountain and galning ground rapidly. AS soon as machinery is put on the property sinking will be resumed.
 At depth of l30 feet crosscut is being run to cut the vein of the ola Blackberry miNe, at Hack berry. Should thls work show up good ore the big working shaft will be equipped with hoisting machinery and driven to depth of nearly 1000 feet, where the vein will be cut on it's dip from the vertical.
 Yesterday the tunnel being run to tap the Golaroad ked Top vein, broke through the wall and Is now in vein matter. Report from the mines state that the ore is showing up Well and It IS believed that It Will be found to carry good values. The vein at this point, on the surface, is quite wide and It will take week or more to drive through it. The tunnel is in about 23O feet and taps the vein al depth of about 125 feet.
 E. G. Edwards, of the Mohave Sill yer Mining company, passed through Kingman Thursday last from White Hills on his way to Los Angeles. He reports that the company is preparing to do large amount of work on the mines this fall and winter and that a reorganization of the company was now under consideration. The con- pany own the McKesson mines at White Hills and have uone large amount of work on them.
 This week A. c. Werden made the first payment on the purchase of the Mullln X Sullivan group oI claims, at Goldroad, for F. k. Summerll, of Den yer. Arrangements mad already been perfected for the taking over of the Welch and Shaw group, contiguous to that of Mullin x Sullivan. Mir. Wer- den left at once for Denver, where ar rangements for the working of the mines will be perfected. The mines are close to Goldroad and are said to have good ore showing in the outcrop of the veins.
 Owing to an accident to the belts driving the condenser pumps the big power plant had to shut down yester- day. It was found that the belts were too light for the work, although an eff fort was made to keep going, but the belts went to pieces under the strain. New and stronger belts are expected today and the big plant will again be in operation by evening. Practically all the remodeling of the plant has been done and within week or two all the small annoyances will be elim- mated and the big dynamos running steadily.
 w. H. Knowles, who has looked carefully over the Gold Basin mining field, believes that as soon as water and power is obtained in that district it will at once become one of the great gold producers of the coast. The veins are large, and while the average of the ore is low (SlO), the ideal milling character of the ore and other advan. tages make it possible to mine and mill at cost of less than two dollars per ton. All over the district are great veins of quartz practically un- touched that might be made producers of gold under the skilled hands of an economical manager.
 Charles B. Dotterer, of Boyertown, Pa., and M. s. Wagner, of Obelisk, Pa., arrived in Kingman last evening.