Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-16
NEW RUTH Will WORK
MINES NEAR KINGMAN
Company with Los Angeles Con-
nectionS Plans Extensive De-
VeIopment-Assessment

KINGMAN, Aris.. Nov. 15.-Carl B.
Van Deman and Clarence Camp have
Incorporated the Ruth Mining com-
pany, with capitalization of S1,000,o0O.
for the purpose of taking over the
Ruth and Rattan mines, in San Fran
cisco district. Mr.. Van Deman and
associates have been working a force
of men on the Ruth the past two
months, and are getting the shaft down
toward the level from the old shaft.
A milling plant of fifty tons daily
capacity has been ordered and will
soon be on the ground. This plant
has been contracted for under guar
antee that it will be fully adapted to
the treatment of the Ruth ores. The
mine is looking fine and has a large
quantity of ore already blocked out.
The mine and mill are to be operated
by electric power, the big Kingman
plant having a line to that property
now under construction.
o. B. Amsden, superintendent of the
Gold Bug Mining companty, is author
ity for the statement that the COM
pany Is soon to begin operations on
the mines, and that work will be con-
tinued until a sufficient quantity OF
ore is blocked out to Justify the erec-
tion of a large milling plant. Mr..
Amsden Is one of the most practical
of the mining operators Of the county,
and does not believe in the expendi-
ture of large sums of money for
milling plants until he has several
years of ore reserves in the mine. The
Gold Bug at the present time has
large amount of ore in sight, but the
further development of the mine is
necessary to insure larger water sup
ply and ascertain the character Of the
ore below water level.
s1,5OOoOo IN ORE
The Golconda mine is extimated to
have broken ore in its slopes to the
value of s1,5O0,000, besides the great
bodies in sight in these same slopes.
The broken ore will have to be milled
to put in shipping shape, but the
expense of milling is light. All the
ores in the dump are now being
handled at a big profit, the average
of the raw ore being about % per
cent zinc. In the long drift now being
driven from the Prosperity mine there
is good showings Of ore encountered,
which will later become a nice milling
proposition. The mine is getting in
shape to increase the output material
ly, both from the mill and the lower
levels of tie mine.
Many prospectors are going into the
Secret Pass section, where the recent
rich finds of ore has created much
excitement. The properties under de-
velopment are showing big bodies of
ore of a high milling value.
Barney Mccall and Peter Hansen are
at work on the J. F. T. group of mines,
cleaning up the annual work for the
year 1910. They will drive a deep adit
drift into the vein to quite a depth
before finishing up the work. The
showing in this drift is good, the
entire width being ore high in lead.
All over the county miners are hard
at work doing assessment work on
mining property. Possibly more work
will be done on mines this year than
ever before in the history of the coun-
ty, the belief obtaining among mine
owners that Mohave county is on the
eve of great mining boom, only a
big strike of ore in some of the new
mines being necessary to touch 1t off.