Mohave County miner., 1910-02-05

At the Carter mines the crosscut
 from the bottom of the shaft is near
 ing the main vein, water showing in
 the face of the drift. A stringer of
 ore sixteen inches wide is being drift
 ed on, which runs at right angles with
 the main vein. This stringer carries
 excellent ore and it is probable that it
 will become larger as the main part of
 the big dike through which it runs is
 reached.
 w. A. Magu r. has organized the
 Arizona Alpha Mining company for
 the purpose of exploiting the Alpha
 group of m mes, at Layne Springs.
 Mir. Mcguire was here some months
 ago and soon expects to return and
 begin active development of the pro-
 perties. The Alpha is one of the best
 properties in Wallapal district and is
 sure to make good when properly de-
 veloped.
 Chris Voght is in receipt of letter
 dated at Boise, Idaho, from James P.
 Duncan, a former cattleman of this county. in which the new strike in southern Idaho is sized up as one of the greatest discoveries of gold in the history of the state. He has staked off some claims, samples from which
 have run away into the thousands of dollars to the ton. Prospectors are stalking off claims on the snow and set ting down to await the disappearance of the snow that they may begin work. The main strike is one of the biggest things ever discovered, the owner re- fusing an immense sum shortly after its discovery.
 A new rate on mining timbers will go into effect about the 10th of March hy which the charge for carrying min Ing timbers from San Pedro, Los An geles and San Diego will be reduced from SS per ton to 5.40S per ton. The rate is to be in effect from Kramer, Cal. to Berry, Arizona. six miles east of Kingman. This will materially re- duce the price of timber at the mines in this county. The price of mining timber in this county has made mining au expensive proposition and caused operators to allow much ground to get away from them on account of the ex- pense that might be incurred in hold will be used in mining and stopes will be made much safer for miners in con- sequence.
 The Santa Fe railroad company is to build new station to the north of the present station of McConnico, close to the Bi-Metal mine The station IS to be on the point west of the Bi-Metal switch, from which point the branch road to Chloride will be run out, leav- ing the long switch at McConnico clear for main line traffic. It k also understood that the Chloride road will be carried on the high lands between | McConnico and Union, crossing the | Bellehower and other mining ground | and cutting out the heavy grade going | into Union and McConnico A bridge | is to be built across the main canyon | out of reach of flood waters. The en- | tire road is to be remodeled and made | a standard road, heavy steel to be laid | in place of the present light rails. A | heavy tonnage will undoubtedly be | carried by this road during the year and the present condition of the road | demands that it be practically rebuilt. |
 During the month of January the Cole Inda mine reached the high mark | in ore shipments, the total tonnage be- ing 1920 tons, and the average zinc content being close to fifty per cent. This gives a daily production of forty two and one-half tons of marketable ore. besides which there was placed on the dumps several thousand tons of a grade too low to ship with profit and which will later on be dressed up in a mill and shipped to the shelter as con- centrate. Work is now progressing 0n the big tunnel that is to reach far below the present level of the Col ,onda and which will open up lar-e irea of ground from the portal of the Prosperity to its connection with the l present workings of the Golconda. this ground known ore bodies have been located and it is the |, belief that shippable ore will be en- V ,Ountered throughout the entire dis a ,ance. No property that has been $ . !