Mohave County miner., 1910-03-12
Mines of the County


 under way and it will be but a shor
 time until the plant is ready for oper
 ation.
 Tom E. McClelland returned iron Los Angeles and Denver a few day. ago accompanied by two we'll knowr Cripple Creek mine operators. They have been looking over the mines O. Cerbat and Union Pass this week anC appear to be satisfied that there i: millions in them.
 P. McCardell, assisted by Frank Ma. honey, is making an underground sur. vey of the Alpha mines for the com. pany that is soon to operate them. The properties will be equipped with heavy machinery and the big veins opened at depth below the water level. The Alpha is one of the big mines of the county and the people taking it over have obtained a bargain.
 J. M. Little, who recently discover ed a rich vein of copper ore in the Wright Creek section, was in King man few days this week. He reports that the showing of ore on the outcrop of the vein IS exceptionally good, the values being high in both gold and copper. He intends to do a large amount of work on the vein as soon as possible.
 E. H. Barton returned Wednesday evening from New York, where he conferred with his associates in the matter of equipment for the Gold Grown group of mines, in the Union Pass section. The company is soon to equip the property with a milling plant of the latest improved pattern. The mines are showing up good bodies of milling ore and it is possible that a large amount of work will be done in the extension of drifts and the opening of stopes before the mill goes into commission.
 A big pump is being installed at the Tennessee mine, Chloride. For some time an effort has been made to re- duce the water in the mine by means of big bucket, but so far without suc- cess. It is thought that when the new pump is installed little trouble will be encountered in removing the water from AC q ha mine is unwatered work will he rushed on betterments and regular shipments from the old stopes and lev els will be made to the shelter.
 A large amount of mining supplies have been received this week from The Mine Supply Company, of Pres colt, consigned to the Boundary Cone Mining company, of Prescott, an or ganization composed of Prescott men and having property near the Tom Reed. The company is equipping its property with holster and preparing to develop the mines to a depth of sev- eral hundred feet. There is a good showing at the point where the great CT amount of development is to be done. Elliott and Dresher are to have charge of the equipment of the mine.
 Last Saturday Henry Lovin brought in from Gold Road several bags of auro- cyanides valued at 5O,OOOs, the run of seven days of the big mill Of late the company has been shipping its product in this shape, as there is no loss sustained in the conversion into bull lion at the shelter. Heretofore the dross and slags from the distillation of the zinc, with which the gold combines in the precipitates, had to be cleaned up in the retorts and the product ship ped to the shelter. By the new method the whole syndicate precipitate goes to the shelter at about the same expense that was incurred in shipping the slags and dross. The big company is now shipping about 90.O00S per month from the mill and handling 22O tons of ore daily.
 Several of the miners employed at the mines of the Arizona Nevada Mines company, at Music Mountain, came to town last Saturday and will look after personal interests. The drift On the mines has reached the | vein, but no further drifting will be done until after the mill has been put in shape to begin crushing ore. Plans of the company have been disarranged | by the illness of the superintendent, but it is thought that he will soon be able to attend to his duties shortly | and that the work of drifting under