Mohave County miner., 1910-01-22

Bellefower mine, south of Kingman,
h. NJ. Bowen and associates pressing
work on the new shaft with all dis
patch.
1t is understood that the deal on the
Golden Gem mine has been completed
and that the properties will be taken
over as soon as the outside mines held
by the old company have been survey
ed and patent pending. The COM
pany now has a surveyor at work
getting things in shape for patent and
it will be but few months until pat
ent application has been made. The
new company will also take over a
number of other mining properties
and make large group around the
original mine.
John Boyle, jr., who made the first
success in the handling of zinc ore in
the territory of Arizona, and who is
president and general manager of
several mining companies in this
county, including the Union Basin
Mining company, is in Denver on
| important business. 1t is probable
that before he returns he will have
made arrangements for the installation
of a separating plant for the Golconda
mine, the dumps of which property
are now glutted with milling grade
of zinc-lead ores.
Report comes from the Golconda
mine that an immense body of rich ore
has been opened in the stope on the
lower level, the breast showing eleven
feet of clean ore. The lower workings
are proving up the richest in the prop
erty and when the big drift reaches
the Golconda ground from the Pros
perity side of the hill it is expected
that one of the greatest bodies of ore
ever found in the county will be open
ed. The company is making the
greatest shipments of ore in its history
and the zinc content is keeping well
up toward fifty per cent.
The contract on the Carter shaft has
been completed and the work of cross
cutting is now under way, 1t being
expected that the vein will be cut
within fifteen feet The shaft now
stands at a depth of 260 feet, and
should the same ore body be found on
this level that was opened on the 100
level the management will make ar
engagements for a reduction plant to
handle the tonnage that the property
will be able to produce. The ore on
the leo level is said TO be one of the
highest grade throughout than that
of any other mine in the district, and
the ore body is of good width.
The Gold Road mill is now receiv-
ing daily 22O tons of high grade mill
ing ore and the big plant is working
like charm. The extraction of val
ues is so close to the 100 that the tail
ings are turned loose in the canyon,
a reworking at some future time being
deemed inadvisable on account of the
small values left in them. Mining
men who have been fortunate enough
to get look into the big slopes of the
Gold Road property say that it is one
of the greatest properties they ever
saw, and their experience has brought
them in contact with some of the big
gest mining propositions on the con-
tinent.
Charles Grimes, president and gen.
eral manager of the Tom Reed Gold
Mines company, passed through King
man the first of the week on his way
to Oatman from Pasadena. The big
mill of the Tom Reed is almost ready
to be placed in commission, only a few
minor details having to be worked out
before it is turned over. The new
shaft has reached quite depth and as
soon as it penetrates the old levels the
extractions of ore will be carried on
through it. In all the levels good ore
is showing and the belief is quite gen.
eral that the mine will assume great
er proportions with depth. The old
mill still continues the good work of
turning out big bars of gold bullion
monthly.
Major W. A. Mensch spent a few
days the latter part of last week in
Los Angeles, returning to Kingman to
look after important business. Before
leaving for the city he started the
pump at the Enterprise mine and sue
ceeded in getting the water below the
first level. He brought in with him a
curiosity in the shape of piece of cop