Mohave County miner., 1910-02-19
Mines of the County

mlneS lQ Wdlldpdl OlSbrlCJ lullg equipped there will be seventeen hoists in operation. Many of the holsters are now being brought in and it is expected that the others will be put on the properties as soon as the new work is mapped out.
 W. A. Mcguire, who holds the Alpha
 group of mines under bond, left Chicago last night for Kingman, ac- companied by ex-governor Lind, of Minnesota. The gentlemen will look over the mines of this section, and especially the Alpha properties. It is understood that Gov. Lind is also interested in the Hercules property, at Silver Creek, in San Francisco district.
 At Music Mountain it is expected that the contractors will break into the vein in the cross country drift every day. Water is coming in the breast, which is a sure sign of the nearness of the vein. The drift will reach quite depth on the Lucknow vein, giving the company a large amount of stoping ground on that level.
 E. B. Van Deman and Dr. L. A. Crandall, who have been looking over the Red Hills gold mines, returned from the property last Thursday even- ing. Mir. Van Deman will soon begin the sinking of a shaft for purpose of developing water near the mines and as soon as a sufficient quantity is found a milling plant will be erected to treat the ores from that group of mines. Enough ore is already in sight to keep a good sized plant running for a long time.
 This week many of the Mohave county corporations have been prepar- ing and forwarding their reports, re- quired by the new federal corporation laws. These reports and the tax un- der them are to be sent in to the revenue collector at Santa Fe, or the deputy collector at Prescott. Reports have to be made whether the corporation is active or not, and all business above 5,OOOs must pay tax to the federal government.
 P. H. Mclaughlin and associates this week took an option on the mines of W. A. Studley and E. D. Swope, in IXL Basin. These mines are situated on the J. F. T. lode, the largest mineralized vein in the county. While doing assessment work on the property last fall the owners opened up a fine body of high grade copper-silver ore They also own the old K. P. and P. K. claims, on the same lode, which are opened to some depth and have a big showing of lead-silver ore.
 Yesterday E. A. Shaw received specimens of ore from a mining claim, in which he is Interested, that show great deal of free gold. Assays from the strike ran over 3OOs gold to the ton. The vein is said to be seven feet wide and to outcrop for a considerable distance. It is an extension of the Gardner-Goodrich claim which has been producing very rich gold ore the past year, lying under the escarpe- ment of the mountain, high above the Tom Reed mine. The property is owned by w. H. Welch, Frank Con- nors, James Mcconnell and E. A. l Shaw. The ore appears to be a chalky material, but is probably decomposed | silica and lime, the gold lying massive in the chalky material. The owners are hard at work on the properties and expect to open up big shipper.
 Otto Sussman and W. Gardner, field men of the American Metals company, passed through here last Saturday on heir way to Salt Lake City, where hey make their headquarters. Mir. Sussman has been looking over the .inc interests of the Wallapai district md incidentally took look through he Golconda mine. He is reported to nave said that the Golconda can pro- luce zinc at much less price than my other mine in the United States. Mr. Sussman is one of the best posted nen in the west, having knowledge of every mining camp from the Dominion 'f Canada to Mexico, and when he avs that the Golconda is a record breaker in the production of zinc ore, le knows what he is talking about. The fact that the ores of the Golcouda nine are exceptionally rich had much o do with the cheapness of production,