Weekly journal-miner., 1910-10-26

destined to be one of the largest
 steam generating plants on the Pa .eifie Coast. The third unit is now
 being constructed and will give that plant a capacity of 5000 horse power under ordinary pressure and nearly 6,O00 horse power under high pres sure. This unit is being built with
 a view to adding to it with a mini
 mum of expense in the future. Twen- ty-five men are working on the plant
 and expect to have 1t completed in sixty days. The company is to run new lines out to the mining camps in Union Pass, making a loop from the Tom Reed through Silver Creek, Barton's Camp, Expansion, over the Union Pass and back to Kingman by way of Coyote Hill. This new loop will give the company a circuit of all the big mines of San Francisco district and enable the properties in the isolated sections to operate at a minimum of the old cost of power generation. Within the year the power lines will be carried out to the north, where properties are now be- ing operated with high priced. gaso- line generators. The sales of power will soon exceed 2,O0O horse power in the San Francisco district and fully 1000 horse power can be sold in Wanapai district, with the demand growing every day.
 One day this week two men took from the stope on the 200 level of the C. O. D. mine seventeen sacks of ore, having a value above $2,0O0 per ton. In this stope the values run to gold, something unheard of in that rich property. Owing to the heavy flow of water a drift is being carried off at the 2SO foot level, where good ore is being taken out of a new vein, a recent discovery. Through this drift the water in the old works mas been lowered and when the 300 foot level is reached it is thought that the water pressure from the old works will have been reduced to a minimum, When the mine has been opened and connee- {;o,, ,,,o1. ,-;+L 4ko ooO foo4 1o,-.I ,- immense tonnage of ore will be ob- tained and regular shipments made to the smelter. The mine is now more than paying all expense of develop ment, something that few of the mines in the Territory can boast of
 This week A. W. St. Clair closed deal on the Kokomo group of mines, near the Tom Reed, owned by Gard ner & Goodrich, for the interest of John Levizey, one of the best known of the big Leadville mining opera tors. Mir. Levizey is expected in Kingman soon and will go at once to the mines to begin operations. The property taken over lies under the escarpment of the volcanic bluffs, high above the Tom Reed. The owners have been at work on the property the past two years and have fine showing of gold ore, some of which is said to run well up into the hundreds of dollars to the ton. The new owner will de- velop the property to a considerable extent and later will put in a redue- ton plant
 J. F. Wallace and Tom J. Grant returned yesterday from the Big Sandy section where they have been prospecting. They brought back with them some very nice gold ore found in a new discovery that shows much of the metal. They are of the opinion that they have something ex- ceptionally good and contemplate re- turning to the mines soon.
 The transformers for the Hercules station in Silver Creek have been re- eeived and will go out at once. The Hercules will take a large amount of power from the Kingman plant, a loop being carried from the Tom Reed through that section to Union Pass, large transformer being put in at that point to stop the current down to normal.
 G. D. Atlee, superintendent of the IXL mines, was in Kingman this week. He reports that good ore is showing in the property and believes that his people have one of the best properties in that section. The IXL