Mohave County miner., 1910-03-12

companied J. s. Withers to the Emer-
 son mines, at Chloride, last Monday.
 Mir. Schaefer is interested in the prop
 critics and it is probable that a sale
 will be effected of his interests and
 those of the late Stephen Smith.
 Dan. S. Richards came in from
 Chloride Thursday evening and depart
 ed the following day to the Goldroad
 section, where he will look after com
 pany interests. He reports that he
 has perfected accom- modations at Alum
 Wash, near Mineral Park, for quite
 force of men and intends to do a large
 amount of work on the claims recently
 taken over from Thomas Graves and
 others. Two adit drifts are being
 driven on the vein and shaft is now
 under way. The showing in the vein
 is now big and the prospects are good
 for big copper property.
 P. McCardell, the we'll known min ing engineer, has just completed a plat of the mines that are to be included in the consolidation of the Golden Gem mines at Cerbat, and included in this survey and plating is practically all the available mineral bearing ground in that section. It is now quite prob able that the big consolidation will go through and that the property will be operated on very large scale. It is reported that the projectors of the consolidation idea have in mind the sinking of three compartment shaft to depth of about 1000 feet and the crossing of all the veins in the miner- alized area.
 An immense tonnage of freight is being handled through Kingman these days. Every day six or seven of the big teams are sent out to the various camps lying contiguous to the town with lumber, mining material and mine equipment. Every morning the streets of the town present lively ap- pearance with the long strings of teams attached to heavily loaded wagons, the stages loading up for the different camps to the north and southwest and the delivery wagons of the general stores supplying hay and grain for the teams on the trips. With all these evidences of prosperity on hand it is surprising that there are not more people engaging in business in the town.
 A big steam boiler and holster ar rived in Kingman Thursday night and | goes out this morning to Mineral Park, | where it will be installed on the Key | stone mine, now under bond to s. R. | Porter and associates. The plant will | enable the owners of the property to sink the main shaft on this mine to a | depth of at least 1000 feet. A big | pumping plant is also to be installed | on the property, to handle the large volume of water that may be enoun- tered when the rim rock is broken | through. MT. Porter believes he has one of the best properties in that sec tiOn to handle and will proceed with all dispatch to put it on a producing basis. The keystone was one of the first mines to be operated in the Wallapai district and produced some of the richest ore ever taken from a a mine in the county. The ore from the outcrop ran high in gold as we'll as silver, some of the handsomest specimens coming from the property, the wire gold and wire silver being and forming beautiful clusters of the two metals.
 John Boyle, Jr., and H. w. Kemper went out to the c. O. D. mine Thurs day last and examined the big strike of ore in that property. Mir. Kemper reports that the ore body was encoun- tered at depth of about forty feet from the surface, the ore showing native and ruby silver all through it. While the vein is somewhat broken up the kidneys of ore found in it are very rich. It was not expected that ore would be found until a depth of at least 100 feet was reached, but the striking of ore of the grade of this is welcome at any depth. The big holster is to be at once removed from the old shaft to the new one and the work of grading up and elevating the shaft above the wash is being carried on rapidly. Within a few days the new shaft will be ready to receive the and then work will be car ried on with greater rapidity. The