Mohave County miner., 1911-01-28
Mines of the County

man the past several weeks under the care of a physician, has returned to the Carter mines, at Oatman. While the mines have been idle the past few months the company has unbounded faith in them. The ore is of a high value and could be made to pay well if extracted and milled.
 Another concentration is being put in place in the Golconda mill and sev- eral miner improvements are being made. The mill is working nicely and turning out large daily product of clean concentrates. At the mine everything is running smoothly and a large tonnage of rich zinc ore is being sent to the surface.
 Thomas H. Holmes and Barney Me Call came in from Weaver district this week, having completed the assess ment work on the mining claims for A. c. Lake. Mir. Holmes informs us that in doing the work he encountered a nice showing of ore a short distance from the place where the unusually rich pocket of ore was found many years ago. The ore shows values in copper, but only an assay will disclose what other metals it may carry. Many years ago Thomas Gallagher and oth- CTS opened up pocket of gold ore in this claim that was unusually rich, some of it being masses of gold, while the balance of the streak ran well into the thousands of dollars to the ton. The pocket was soon exhausted and Gallagher sold his interest in the claim to W. H. Lake. Since that time little work has been done on the property, the present owner contenting himself with either relocating or doing only the annual work.
 An effort is about to be made to sal wage the old dredger of the Colorado River Dredging company, that went down in the flood of two years ago. The boat lies on the Nevada side of the Colorado river about six miles below Eldorado Canyon, and only about thirty or forty feet from the shore. It shows the effects of encount- ering the flood wood that annually comes down the river during flood time, its upper works and machinery being battered and beet, the wood- work being stripped and smashed into ribbons. Ike Allcock, one of the old timers of that section, has been in charge of the wreck and it is probable that he will have something to say about the removal of the property. Owing to its isolation it is improbable that it would pay to take the machin- cry out, as the preparation and install ling of crane to remove the heavy machinery would entail almost as much expense as the salvaged material would bring in the market. The plant was put in at cost of about 1S9, ,OO0S, the loss being complete to the com pany. It is the belief that the com pany put the plant in on the report of a man named Myers, without making a thorough examination of the condi- tions existing on the river and the class of material that was to be mined.
 The big switch board for the Desert Power & Water company has arrived and will be installed sometime next week. The installation of the board will complete the new unit of the power plant and it is probable that power will be generated and trans mitted to the mines from this part of the plant early in the next month. Several corporations in the Goldroad and Silver Creek sections are awaiting the completion of the new unit to take extra power, especially the Tom Reed, Hercules and Ruth companies. These companies will take several hundred horsepower right away and will con- stantly add to the consumption of electric power. The Tom Reed has its new mill ready to start up as soon as power can be furnished, the Her. cules is getting its hoisting machinery in place and will also use power drills, while the Ruth will start up power drills at once and use an electric hois- ter. As soon as the new mill can be put in commission it will use a large amount of electric energy. Taken al- together the new plants will consume large part if the power that will be generated by the new unit.
 Don't fail to see the play Along the Kennebec tonight at the Opera House.