Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1911-10-21
Miss Nina Uncapher, of Mineral
Park, is visiting in Kingman.

Engineers have been examining the
iss-American property, at Vivian,
and it is understood that if their re-
port is favorable work will be started
up at one. The mine was a wonder on
the surface, but when the older ande-
site was encountered the values deter
iorated to such an extent that work
was suspended. The deepest shaft is
down 200 feet and shows good ore for
some distance. Not enough work has
been done on the property to ascertain
whether the ore goes below the bl eak
and it is the impression that the COM
pany will make an effort TO finance it
to make the test. The ore taken from
the surface of the vein was wonder
fully rich in gold, nuggets of the pure
metal being found sticking out of the
rock. Many of these were in the form
of budding rose and were much sought
after for jewelry. Hundreds of pounds
of this class of ore we're saved out in
sinking the shaft on the Ben Doran
claim.
This week ]. W. Cornelius, ". P
Carr and w. B Alley Incorporated the
American Metals Mines company. with
a capitalization of three million one
dollar shares. The corporators own a
group of mines in Bonanza Basin,
; Cedar mining district, this county.
They have been worked to some ex-
tent and show big body of ore carry
ing gold, silver, lead and zinc. A
shaft has been sunk on one of the
claims, which exposes an ore body
about seven feet wide, every inch of
which is ore bearing. 1t is expected
that a number of eastern men will be
interested in the proposition with the
corporators and that work will soon be
commenced on the mines. With a
proper treasury to work on the COM
pany is sure of success, as the men at
the head of affairs are practical min
ing men.
John C. Potts, Billy Ridenour, Thos.
Devine and Sam Withers this week
visited the mines at Brownsville and
were surprised with the great mineral
showing in that place. They brought
back with them samples of rich gold
ore from the mines of Lopez and Car
ney, free gold showing all over the
broken faces of the rock. They believe
that the mines in the district are sure
to create considerable excitement when
it becomes known Just how rich they
really are.
The Frisco mill has been running on
good grade ore the past month and
getting splendid results, it being es-
timated that only few cents of value
gets away. The mines have an i'm
mense body of ore and ought to have a
great milling plant to crush and ex-
tract the values. With cheap power
and an abundance of water the proper
ty should be making the largest of
gold of any of the mines in the terri
tory.
Jack Lane, who is attending court
from Cerbat, has been working a gold
property in that section that makes a
splendid showing of ore. He has
about a carload of the ore ready for
shipment, but is awaiting the expira-
tion of an option before taking up the
matter of further explorations in the
property. The mine is west of the
Flores and in the best mineralized
section of the district.
People coming in from the Colorado
river section state that little damage
was done by the floods of last week, the
! breaking of the big dixie being the
only loss sustained by the company.
The people having growing crops in
the valley were little losers, the lateral
bikes cutting off the water from flood
ing the low lying lands. At Needles
the flood was very high, reaching the
level OF the high banks above the
smelter, but the breaking of the dixie
allowed the water to spread out to such
an extent that it saved the day for the
property owners on the west side of the
great stream. With the extension of
the dixie to a point far below Needles
it is the opinion of many old timers
that the town of Needles will be en-
dangered, unless some protective dixie
is built on the Needles side.
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