Mohave County miner., 1910-07-23

Mrs. Ed. Tobey is visiting with rel atives at Colorado Springs, Colo.
 R. Durand, of Baxter Springs, Kan saS, is visiting his uncle, J. N. Cohen our.
 George A. Bonelli rounded up thirty or forty head of horses on his Quail Springs ranch and brought them to Kingman this week.
 Mrs. B. K. Fancher and daughter, Miss Ollie, were in from the Windmill ranch the early part of the week vis- iting friends.
 John Marshall, one of the large mine owners of Chloride, was in King man this week attending to business interests.
 The new auto truck of the Crown gold mines is making regular trips from Kingman to the camp, hauling large loads of supplies and materials.
 Manuel Ruiz and an expert have gone to Chemehuevis mountain, where they will look over mining property owned by Mir. Ruiz and others.
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Edwards, of Needles, have been visiting with Mrs. Edwards sisters, Mrs. John Boyle and Miss Lena Fast, in Kingman this week.
 W. W. Elliott, of Prescott, is in Kingman looking after mining busi- ness. Mir. Elliott's firm is interested in the Vivian section, where they are doing considerable mining.
 Miners that have looked into the new workings of the Keystone. at Mineral Park, declare it to be one of the richest mining propositions in the territory. The ore coming from the west drift is masses of native silver and the ores from the other parts of the mine look fine. All the ores in this property carries values in gold.
 Engineers are now at the McCrack- en mines taking samples for eastern people and as soon as tests have been made it is more than probable that the property will be taken over and worked. The McCracken mines are among the best properties in the ter ritOry and with proper management they will become great producers of silver, lead and gold.
 J:R. Halsey, at one time a resident of Kingman, dled at his home in Long Beach on the l7th day of June, from ptomaine poisoning. He had been out with party of friends and was taken suddenly ill and hurried to his home, where he expired a few hours after ward. He was buried at Los Angeles under the auspices of the Elks lodge. Mir. Halsey came to Kingman shortly before the railroad was completed to the town and remained resident for a period of more than twenty years, engaging in various persuits. When he left Kingman for Los Angeles he had acquired competency.
 William M. Hiatt, of the well known law firm of Hiatt & Selby, of Los An geles, was in Kingman yesterday at- tending to matters appertaining to the lands of the Cotton Land & Water company, in the Mohave valley of this county. The corporation is getting things in shape for an active campaign in the valley this fall and by spring time large acreage will be reclaimed from the overflow of the Colorado riv- CT. An effort is being made by the Indian bureau of the Interior Depart ment to act in concert with the Cotton Land & Water company in the re- elimination of the lands recently set aside in severalty to the Mohave h. dians.
 The improvements carried on along the line of the Santa Fe in Arizona are attracting attention. The double track ing of the line between Albuquerque and Ash Fork is being carried on rap idly and much of the heavy grades and sharp curves are being cut out. As soon as this work is completed the construction companies will move west to the section between Ash Fork and Seligman, where an effort will be made to cut the grade on Pineveta Hill. This is one of the heaviest grades in the mountain section. It is understood that all grades will be reduced wher- ever possible in an effort to draw a crreater tnnnapa with the hip engines