Mohave County miner., 1910-05-28

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tunnel, met with a painful injury q
few days ago by letting big steel bar
drop on his foot. He is able to be
around, and will soon be able to &c
back to the supervision of the setting
of the machines at the adit of the big
bore.
R. Kemp WEIGH, consulting engi-
neer of the Minnesota-Connor mine,
passed through here yesterday on his
way to the northwest, where he will
look after mining interests. At the
Minnesota-Connor property the big
bore that is to tap the veins at great
depth is now under way. 1t is expect
ed that this tunnel will reach the vein
at depth of 700 or 800 feet and the
mine drained of water.
A. H. Smith, of the Wallapai King
Mining company, passed through here
Thursday last on his way to Los
Angeles. He rep irts having found a
nice body of ore in the old Mexican
mine, Todd Basin, on which property
he Is doing work A wagon road is
being built in to the property and
holster will soon be put in for the
purposes of sinking the shaft to a
depth of several hundred feet. The
mine is a good one and is sure to open
into bonanza with depth.
]. w. johnson came up from the
Swansea country the first of the week
and reports that section prospecting
under the influence of the big smelter
and the railroad. Many new mines
are being brought in and it is prob
able that before fall the production of
the mines along Bill Williams Fork
will be heavy. The mines of that sec
tion lack the desirable sulphide ores.
but it is possible to get these ores
from the country north of Bill Will
Jams, giving the mines of the south
part of the Wallapai range and outlet
where the low grade sulphides can be
disposed of at a good figure.
James F. Carter, general manager
of the Carter Gold Mines company.
writing from the mines states that he
is getting the new Huntington mill in
place and expects to put it in commits
sion before the first of July. Work is
progressing on the 80 and $50 levels of
the mine and good ore is being block
ed out. The average of the ore will
be we'll above 25S per ton. Drifting is
soon to be done on the 80 level
and another lift is to be sunk when
the drifts get below the old ore body.
The mine never looked better and the
management is jubilant over the pros
poets for early shipment of bullion
1t is probable that the mill will be
operated by electricity, a line being
projected from the Tom Reed, the
termini of the present transmission
line of the power company.
The Chloride Gold Mining company
is removing its engine and compress
sor from the Samoan mine, near the
top of the mountain, above Chloride,
and putting it in place at the site of
the proposed tunnel. The grading for
the tunnel adit is completed and the
machinery will be set right away. 1t
is expected that the big drills will
bore into the mountain at a rapid rate
and that the veins will be tapped at a
depth of nearly 1000 feet within a year
or less. In driving this tunnel many
veins will be cut and other properties
besides the Samoan will be enabled to
work cheaply through this bore. L.
Hoffman is the manager of the COM
pany and is getting things in shape as
fast as possible.
After applying for patent to the
grant lands of the old St. Louis & San
Francisco railroad company, west of
the Colorado river, the Southern Paci-
ic railroad company has concluded to
drop out of the application all mineral
lands and all lands lying contiguous to
mineral lands from the application.
This action is taken because of the
protest of the people in the various
mining districts embraced in the lands
proposed to be patented, the protest
having been put up to the land office
by the Los Angeles Chamber of Mines.
1t has always been the impression of
the writer that the lands of the St.
Louis & San Francisco railroal COM
pany, west of the Colorado river, were
declared forfeited by congress because
of the failure of the railroad company