Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-19
KOEOMO GROUP NEAR
KINGMAN IS ACTIVE
Property Changes Hands and viii
Be Developed with Ex-
pert Judgment

KINGMAN, Oct. 1s.-A. w. st. Clair
has closed a deal on the Kokomo
group of mines, near the Tom Reed,
owned by Gardner and Goodrich, for
the interest of John Levizey, one OF
the best known of the big Leadville
mining operators. 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 a 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 develop the prop
erty to a considerable extent and later
will put in a reduction plant.
Two men have taken from the stope
on the 200 level of the c. o. D. mine
seventeen sacks of ore having value
above $4,000 a ton. In this stope the
values run to gold, something un-
heard of in that rich property. Owing
to the heavy flow of water a drift is
being carried off at the 2S0 level where
good ore is being taken out of new
vein, a recent discovery. Through this
drift the water in the old works is
being lowered, and when the 300 is
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pressure from the old works Will nave
been reduced to a minimum.
When the mine has been opened ana
connection made with the 300 level an
immense tonnage of ore will be op-
tanned and regular shipments made to
the smelter. The mine is now more
than paying all expense of de-
velopment, something that few of the
mines in the territory can boast Of
BIG POWER PLANT
The big power plant in Kingman,
with its two units in operation, is des-
tined to be one of the largest steam
generating plants on the Pacific coast
The third unit is now being construct
ed and will give the plant capacity
of 5000 horse power under ordinary
pressure and nearly 5000 horse power
under high pressure. This unit is
being built with q view to adding to 1t
with a minimum of expense in the
future. Twenty-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, Bartons 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 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 being operated with
high priced gasoline generators. The
sales of power will soon exceed 1000
horse power in the San Francisco dis
trict and fully 1000 horse power can
be sold in Wallapai district, with the
demand growing every day.
S. w. Mudd, G. A. Lonsbery and H.
w. Squires of Los Angeles looked over
the mines of this county this week.
The two named first are among the
best known mining engineers of the
coast, while Mr.. Squires is a we'll
known financier of Los Angeles. They
visited and examined the Midnight
mine, at Chloride. The property is
owned by Kean and John st. Charles
and Wilbur Babcock, ana is one of
the big copper bearing lodes of that
section. The gentlemen also visited
the Gold Road and Tom Reed prop
critics.
The transformers for the Hercules
station ain Silver creek have been re-
ceived and will go out at once. The
Hercules VIII take q large dulouIlt VI
power from the Kipgman plant, a loop
being carried from the Tom Reed
through that section to Union pass,
large transformer being put in at that
point to step the current down to
normal.
The recent strike in the Alpha mine
continues, and indications point to the
opening of a big shipping property.
The ore now in the breast Of the drift
is heavy in iron and copper and the
character Of mine product sought after
by the smelters. The lower drift is
now in about 450 feet, and will soon
be under the old ore bearing zone,
where the richer grades are expected
to be found.