Mohave County miner., 1911-07-29
Mines of the County

The recent find of ore on the adit
 level of the Orc Plata mine, continues to improve with development. With new machinery and greater facilities for the handling of ore the mine will be brought in as great ore producer
 Louis Rentsch this week took a crew of men out to his mines, below Boulder Springs, and is getting things in shape to begin the sinking of a shaft to a depth of loo feet. It is the intention to exploit the vein. at that depth by drifts, crosscuts and levels.
 A larger force of men are being put to work on the Enterprise mine and it is expected that the main shaft will soon be continued to depth of several hundred feet below the present level. The property is now in the hands of mining men and their intention is to show up a great tonnage of ore as fast as possible.
 Loper and Baker, who recently opened a rich vein of ore near the Wright place, in Cottonwood district, east of Blackberry, have purchased a gasoline propelled arastra and will at once begin the crushing of ore at the mine. There is plenty of water for all purposes in that section. It is said that they have a large streak of ore in their shaft that will run we'll above 2OOS, which will be extracted and milled in the arastra.
 J. c. Minge, of San Francisco. son. in-law of Ross H. Blakely, is in King man on mining business. He is to make an examination of the placer mines of the Chemehuevis valley, now owned by J. P. Jacobson and others. Should this examination prove the properties to be what the owners rep resent them a large plant will be in- stalled and the deposits worked. The mines are among the oldest of the placer mines of the territory and have produced large sums of money bv dry washing processes. m
 W. H. Cullen, who has been working in the mines owned by George Aitken, at Music Mountain, returned to King man Wednesday last. These mi have been under option to F. P. Powell and a shaft has been sunk on one of the main veins of the group to a depth of 100 feet. From the bottom of this shaft drifts have been run of both ways along the vein distance of 75 feet. The shaft showed up splendid ore, al- though intrusive matter was found in the drift. MT. Cullen believes the mines to be among the best In that section and that further work would make them large producers. For the present work is suspended, but it is understood that this will not be for long.
 John Boyle, jr., general manager of the Union Basin Mining company, is in Kingman looking after important mining business. Mir. Boyle is satis- fled that in the consolidation of the mines surrounding the Golconda he has one of the greatest groups of mines in the county and that when he has completed the exploitation work now under way he will be able to more than double his present output of ore. The showing made in the properties within the past two months is a remarkable one and brings the Union Basin into prominence as one of the greatest mining corporations in the county. So far its product is practically zinc, but it receives pay for gold and silver. When the long adit drift is completed it will be able to ship varied class of ores.
 The aerial tram from the Banner mines, at Stockton Hill, to the base of the mountain is now in commission and delivering ore to the big bins, from which teams will soon begin hauling to the railroad. The bins are capable of holding several hundred tons of ore and delivery will be made from the mines daily by tram. The road to the railroad will be about eight miles, the greater distance being down hill. It is probable that the railroad contemplated to run from the main line of the Santa Fe to the foot of the tramway will be built within the next few months and a large ex- pense of haulage eliminated. The Banner mines are capable of deliver