Weekly journal-miner., 1910-10-05
O.D. MINE
 REGULAR SHIPPER
0ther Interesting News From the Many Mines and Prospects Of
 Mohave County
(Mohave County Miner.)

here, our hills ought to be overrnu with the men that have made the mountain and desert of the West hab- itable, to the miner and husband man. There is plenty of water in the gulehes and every mountain grows some species of wood that can be used for fuel. Nowhere on earth is greater indueement held out to the man that is willing to take a chance than here.
 The BelleflOwer Mining company has been organized by N. F. Marsh and H. NJ. Bowen, with a eapitaliza- tion of 5OO,OOO s1 shares. The com pany is the owner of the Belle flower group of mines, situated about six miles southwest of Kingman, which was recently purchased from Hothe & Olson, these gentleman talk ing the property over from Robert Kier. The Belleflower shows some very rich ore wherever opened, many tons from which was shipped to the smelters. It is the intention of the new company to develop the mines to a depth of several hundred feet and a plant to handle the ores will probably be put in.
 W. F. Hughes and H. W. Squires of Los Angeles have been here this week arranging the final details of the taking over of the Keystone prop erty and the settling up of the af- fairs of the S. R. Porter Mining com pany, which has a deal on for the same property. The new company is to commence work on the mines at once and on a large scale. Work Is to be under the direction of one of the best mining engineers in the business. The first payment was made on the property and regular payments will be made until the property is taken over. The new corporation is well able financially to carry out any of its undertakings and has a splendid property to work on.
 Frank L. Mahoney, who mas a 400 foot contract driving the lower adit drift on the Alpha mine, is working two shifts on the work and making reasonably good progress. The breast of the drift is now in about 430 feet and is showing some good ore. Only part of the vein is showing in the drift, the impression being that it is ten or twelve feet wide at this point. Within few feet more the drift will be under the old ore shoot from which some of the richest ore ever taken from the mine was ship ped. The whole breast of the drift shows mineral, some of it being good grade of copper.
 L. W. Johnson and Walter De Liere are opening up a fine mining prop erty in the Wright Creek section. They have run a cross country drift to the vein. a distance of about 900 feet, where they get about 100 feet below the apex. At this point taey cut an ore bearing vein that shows high copper and gold values. The copper iS disseminated through a large area of country below the vein, which shows considerable teaching. The boys are to drift on the vein and open it up in a systematic man ner.
 Richard Marsh, well known in this county, is said to have become inter ested in an immense vein of tung- sten ore in the Loon Lake eoutnry of Washington. The vein is one of the largest ever discovered, and is being rapidly developed. Marsh was one of the best contributors in this county, years ago, being successful in every venture He later went to the Kondike, and finally became resident of Rossland. He is now liv- ing in Spokane, where he has an as- say office.
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