Mohave County miner., 1910-11-12
Mines of the County

rlcn mas or ore mas created mucn eX
 citement. The properties under de
 velopment are showing big bodies O
 ore of high milling value.
 Barney Mccall and Peter Hanser
 are at work on the J. F. T. group oi
 mines cleaning up the annual work fol
 the year 1910. They will drive a deer
 adit drift into the vein to quite depth
 before finishing up the work. The
 showing in this drift is good, the
 entire width being ore high in lead.
 L. Hoffman, superintendent of the
 Arizona Southwestern Copper con-
 pany, spent day or two at the mines at Copperville this week. He reports it to be the intention of the company to start up work on the mines on a large scale within a short time. The mines are now being operated by a small force of men.
 Dr. A. B. Royal, of Pasadena, ac- companied by J. H. Petit, of the same place, arrived in Kingman Thurs day last and departed yesterday to Todd Basin, where Dr. Royal has large mining interests. It is understood that the gentlemen propose to start up work on the properties and will press mining until the mines are put in the producing column.
 All over the county miners are hard at work doing assessment work on mining property. Possibly more work will be done on mines this year than ever before in the history of the coun- ty, the belief obtaining among mine owners that Mohave county is on the eve of great mining boom, only a big strike of ore in some of the new mines being necessary to touch it off.
 Work is progressing on the St. Louis mine, at Cerbat, M. N. Honeywell having a contract to connect the adit drift with the shaft. It is expected that fine body of lead ore will be opened in the veIn below the present shaft level. T. R. Garnier is looking after the work for the company and getting contracts going on the other holdings of himself and associates.
 w. P. Carr and force of miners are at work on the copper-moly bdenite properties of Copper Canyon, in the Cedar District, for the purpose of fn- ishing up assessment work. The mines are showing good bodies of cop per and mOlybdenite and all additional work will add to the ore in sight. These mines are owned by Smith & Sawyer, L. J. Lassell and w. J. Corners.
 Manuel Ruiz has completed the as- sessment work on a group of mines, in the Chemehuevis mountains, owned by himself and others. The veins are quite large and show good values in gold, silver and lead. It is understood that an option has been given on the mines and that large amount of de- velopment work is now being mapped out. The properties are about fifteen miles south of Franconia, station on the Santa Fe.
 It is understood that the Golconda mine is estimated to have broken ore in its stopes to the value of 1,5OO, ,OOOs, besides the great bodies in sight in these same stopes. The broken ore will have to be milled to put in ship pable shape, but the expense of milling is light. All the ores in the dump are now being handled at big profit, the average of the raw ore being about 9 per cent zinc. In the long drift now being driven from the Prosperity mine there is good shOwings Of ore encoun- tered, which will later become a nice milling proposition. The mine is get ting in shape to increase the output | materially, both from the mill and the | lower levels of the mine.
 O. D. M. Gaddis, J. H. Rosenberg and Charles Metcalfe paid a visit to the Gold Crown mines this week to | look over the large development that has been made in the property the past six months. They were agree ably surprised with the great bodies of high grade milling ore exposed in the by the Frisco Power and Min ing company, and are of the opinion that the mine is one of the richest in the territory. The new mill is fast assuming proportions, the water system has been completed and within short time steady output of ..r,ll;rr. ru-;ll hn rrndn -. = ]