Mohave County miner., 1911-11-25
Mines of the County

R. J. Ferguson has gone east for
the purpose of interesting capital in a
number of mining enterprises in which
he is interested or the owner. He will
be gone about two months.
The big concentration plant of the
Needles Mining & Smelling company
is now running full blast on ore from
the company'S mines in this county
and custom ores sent in for trial.
Thousands of tons of ore is piled up at
the plant awaiting treatment and it is
expected that it will take several
months to make a cleanup.
DR.. L. D. Godshall, who is interest
ed in the Alpha Arizona Mining COM
pany, spent a day or so at the mines
last week and returned to Kingman
enthusiastic over the looks of the prop
erty. He brought back with him
some very rich gray copper ore from
the breast of the deep tunnel. The
tunnel is now getting under the old
workings, where it was expected that
rich ore would be found, but the level
is in the leached zone and cannot be
expected to have unbroken ore bodies.
If the vein is sunk OIL below water
level it is the opinion of mining ex-
perts that a great ore body will be
opened. The vein is large one and
has produced some exceptionally rich
ore.
Yesterday Lovin & Withers Com
pany's big teams loaded up with six
and ten inch water pipe for the Gold
road mines. One of the big wagons
carried many tons of values and other
fittings for the big pipes. The water
pipe is understood to be for use in the
mine, in which large flow of water
was recently encountered. The drift
east from the Billy Bryan shaft on the
700 level has been cutting water
stratas that have given the pumps all
they could do to handle the volume,
and it is the understanding that the
company is now making ready for any
flow that may be encountered in run
ming up the mountain.
J. G. Hooker. of San Diego, was in
Kingman last week, having come here
to take look at the new work that is
being done on one of the properties of
the Treasure Hill mining company.
He spent few days at the mine with
Supt. Masters and returned well salts
fed with the showing. At a depth of
l20 feet the shaft is in rich gold ore,
the body being of good width and Civ
ing promise of getting better. Practic-
ally all the ore opened by the shaft
will pay to mill and much of it will be
shipped to the smelter. Mr.. Masters
has been working only few men on
suits. The gasoline holster was re-
moved to the new shaft about two
months ago and the work of sinking
has been carried on since that time
with considerable dispatch. A cross
cut and drift are being run and il is
expected that the vein will be opened
each way from the shaft. To the
north great depth Will be gained, the
vein running up the high ridge TO the
south of the Banner lode, now being
worked by the U. S. Smelling COM
pany.
q. D. Atlee, general manager of the
Longstreet mine, was in Kingman the
first of the week. He reports that
work is now progressing on the drifts
on the property and that the ore is
showing better and better with each
day. The Longstreet is locally known
as the old Xxi, but an amended loca-
tion of the property has given it the
former name. Those that know the
mine believe it to be one of the most
promising properties in the district,
and under the present progressive
management it is sure to make a big
producer. The shaft is to be sunk sew
eral hundred feet below the old work
ings, where it is expected the enrich
ed ore body will be found. The vein
on the surface showed about 500 feet
of rich ontcrop, but the heavy body of
water found in the deeper workings
scared out the original owners and the
leached part of the vein was never
sunk through until it passed into the
hands of the present owners. In all
the openings good ore has been found,
the lower grades having a splendid