Mohave County miner., 1910-02-05
Mines of the County

placer claims near Temple Bar, on the
 Colorado river, arrived Tn Needles by
 boat this week. He had been at work
 the past month sampling and getting
 matters in shape al his mining camp.
 Frank Barnes, who is heavily inter-
 ested in placer mines in the region of
 Bonelli Ferry, arrived in Needles a
 few days ago, having performed the
 annual work on the properties. Mir.
 Barnes has been holding placer claims in that section many years and believes
 he has something good.
 T. E. Mclaughlin, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been looking over the C.. O. D. mine and will soon have things in shape to begin operations on it.. Mir. Mclaughlin is associated with some of the big moneyed men of the Sage Brush state and will be able to carry out any undertaking he may er- ter.
 NJ. A. Moore, superintendent of the Dixie Queen Mining company, return ed yesterday from a trip to Indiana, where he conferred with the directors and large shareholders of his company relative to new work that had been mapped out for future development of the company's property. He also looked into the matter of new mill ing plant soon to be installed at the mines.
 A. L. McKesson, who recently dis covered big vein of gold ore, near Little Meadows, was in Kingman this week after supplies. He reports that the mine is showing up well under the development now being carried on and the samples he brought to town gave excellent results. The mine is well situated for economic work and is in very we'll watered section of San Francisco district.
 Charles H. Burlock, who is interest ed in the San Diego Mining company, owners of the Roadside group of mines. spent day or two at the properties this week. It is understood that the company will soon begin active devel- opment of the mines, the recently awakened interest in the district put ting the shareholders of the company in mind of the fact that they are interested in a group of valuable pro- perties in the most desirable part of the district.
 The report is current that George Miller and a man named Meridith have made a strike of great importance in Empire Wash, some distance south of Thumb Butte. The vein is said to be about four feet wide and assays run ming as high as 3.OOOS have been ob- tained. The entire ledge assays near ly l00s. The new strike shows spar and quartz and is one of the best look ing veins in that whole section. The | discoverers are working on the pro- perty and already have large amount | of ore on'the dumps.
 A big hoisting plant is being in- stalled O. the Twins mine, at Cerbat, | where the Needles Mining & Smelling company is getting things in shape to sink deep shaft. The Twins vein is one of the best defined in that district, | having perfect walls and showing a big, clean ore body. At the Cham pion, over the hill from the Twins. a force of men are working and will | soon have the property in shape to make a large output of lead-zinc ore.
 J. w. Moore, president of the Golden Star Mining & Milling company, was a Kingman visitor this week, coming in from the east. He reports that his company is getting things in shape for the big merger of mining properties that is soon to take place at Cerbat The consolidation will probably en- brace all the holdings of the Golden Star company, the Vanderbilt, Idaho and Broken Hills, and possibly the Flores. This will give the new cor poration large acreage and some of the best gold bearing territory in that section of Wallapai district.
 Walter c. Fellow, superintendent of the White interests in this county, was in KinUman from Chloride last Satrr- day. He reports that before he left the Midnight mine the back ledge had been broken into and drifting was in It was expected to reach the big ore body within fifty feet. where if all signs prove to be correct,