Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1910-05-21
Mines of the County


heimer & Co., of New York, one of tn e
largest purchasers of zinc ores in this
country and Europe. was in Kingman
this week looking after business for
the company. These people have a
smelter in Oklahoma, where big ton
mage of mixed ore is handled. BY the
treatment given the ores the lead and
precious metals are saved and paid
for.
The gold Hills Mining company has
let contract to sink shaft 200 feet
on its property in Weaver district.
These mines were recently taken over
by the company from Barney Mccall
and are considered among the best
properties in that section. The ores
carry good values in gold and the veins
are large and well defined. E. B. Van
Deman is general manager of the
company.
The recent taking over of the
Woody mines, formerly owned by w.
II. Hall, has given an impetus to min
ing in the Weaver district, which will
result in making that district a pro-
Queer within the next few months.
The new company proposes to get to
work at once putting the mine in
shape to output and at the same time
put in a mill that will be able to
handle the entire product of the mine.
1t is reported that a new company is
to take over and operate the old Lone
Star mine, at Mineral Park. The
mine at one time was one of the rich
est producers of ore in the county, but
after the surface ores were cut out
little was done with the mine on ac
count of the difficulty in handling the
water and contending with the ex-
pensive method of working mines in
the early days of the county.
On the Last Chance mine, at Wall
apai Springs, w. E. Frost, o. D. NJ.
Gaddis, Walter Meyers and Harry
Mehatfy have fine showing of gold
ore. Mr.. Meyers, who was in King
man yesterday, was displaying a fine
specimen of ore that was fully one half
gold. Considerable work has been
done on the mine lately and it is I'M
derstoOd that it will soon be taken
over by Los Angeles people and work.
ed Systematically.
In cutting the station at the $50
level of the Keystone mine the S. r.
Porter Mining Company opened a two
foot vein of ore which is expected to
prove virgin ground to the surface.
The ore is said to be of a high grade
and something similar to the cross
vein from which large part of the
rich ore produced by the mine was
taken in early days. Mr.. Porter is
putting the mine in excellent shape
and will carry the shaft down to the
$50 level well timbered and ready to
take up sinking below that level. The
mine is now showing a fine body of
ore that will pay for extraction and
shipment to the smelter.
George Bell, president of the Ari-
iona Turquoise Mining Company, was
visitor at the mines this week from
his home in New York City. He is !
well pleased with the physical condi- !
tion of the property, which has been
put in an excellent state of develop
ment by superintendent G. B. Atlee. |
Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Atlee are interested
IN the IAL mine, in Xxi Basin, and !
are getting things in shape to begin
active development of the property. |
Tom Burke, who owns the major in /
terest in the mines. came over from
Mineral Park yesterday and today the |
details of the deal on the property are |
being worked out. 1t is probable that
the property will be incorporated and |
that the shares will be placed on the |
market. The Xxi was a producer of .
rich ore until big flow of water was
encountered that could not be con-
troled by small plant of machinery /
and the owners were unable to euuip
it to do the work. The ores left in the
mine were of a low grade, unmarked
able at the time, but which TODAY
would bring good returns at the smell
tiers. By the installation of machinery /
on the mine and the sinking of the
shaft to a deeper level there is no
doubt that the mine would be a win
ner. From the grass roots to the wa
ter level the mine produced ore that
ran approximately 1000 ounces silver
to the ton. Among the old time min +
ers that knew the properly there can.