Mohave County miner., 1910-03-05

! here to close up the deal on the c. O. D. mine, in which he is interested.
 Work is progressing on the Onida group of mines, at Lorena Flat, where an auxiliary company of the Cactus Copper Company, of Globe, is operat- ing. The company has made payment on the purchase price of the mines and intend to work them on large scale.
 J. M. Little, who has been mining in the Wright Creek section, has opened up body of copper ore five feet in width and carrying big values in gold, silver and copper. Specimens of the ore on exhibition in Kingman look fine. Mir. Little owns large group of claims in the district and has been al work on them several years past.
 The Needles M. & s. company has graded the wagon road from the De la Fountaine mine, at Stockton Hill, to the Summit mine, near the head of Bismarck canyon, a distance of nearly two miles. Work on the mine is now under way and the sinking of the shaft will be one of the first considerations in the development of the property. The Summit has one of the largest veins in that part of Wallapai district, the ore being well mineralized throughout.
 The concentration mill at the Col conda mine is well under way and it will be but short time until it is put in commission. The mine still contin- ues to put out it's daily tonnage of ore and the big teams are kept busy haul ing it to Mineral station for shipment to the shelter. A tramway is being built from the mill to point far down the canyon, where wagons can easily drive in to load, and loading racks and bins are to be built at the lower end of the tram. This will lessen the cost of haulage to the railroad and add to the profits of the mine. Everything pos sible is now being done for the better ment of the property and the handling of ores will soon be automatic. At the Prosperity the deep tunnel is being driven ahead, good progress being made.
 The main shaft no W being sunk on the c. O. D. mine has reached a depth of thirty feet and the work of putting in the collar set and raising the collar of the shaft away above the level of the canyon is now under way. As soon as this is completed and the surface leveled up the steam hoisting plant will be removed from the old shaft and installed on this shaft. The shaft will be driven downward as fact as men can do the work. It is probable that the shaft will be driven several hun dred feet below the old workings and the veins within the c. O. D. ground crosscut and drifted upon. There are thousands of tons of shippable ore in bhS OlO NOIhS Iudb Cdn OS TSCON6Teu when the new shaft drains the mine and the drifts and stopes dry out. Mr Mclaughlin, who is experimenting the work, is one of the best managers in the country and will push work with all possible dispatch.
 F. L. McCracken, secretary of the Arizona Turquoise Mines Co.,, visited the company's mines at Mineral Park this week. Last Tuesday the con- pany made the largest shipment of Turquoise ever sent out at one ship ment from Mohave county, there be- ing sixteen hundred pounds of rich gem stone in the lot. During the past year this company has shipped more gem stone than any of the other com. panies operating in the Wallapai dis trict. and now claims to have cut the matrix at lower depth than any of | the other properties. Under a recent | ruling of the railroads the stones now have to be shipped by express and a high valuation placed on the different | lots. At the lapidary of the company | DO effort is made to cut other than the | best of the gems, matrix being left on the cut gem only when it will enhance its beauty. The company owns some of the best ground in the Ithica Peak | SC ction of the district and have made | it one of the most profitable ventures
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