Mohave County miner., 1911-12-16
Mines of the County

through hllgt0an lew Gay dBO lTOlu
the mines TO his home in Pasadena.
He is much pleased with the outlook
a: the mine. believing that the COM
pany has one of the greatest proper
ties in the territory.
NJ. Scanlon came in from White
Hills a few days ago to attend to i'm
pOrtant mining business. Mr.. Sean
lon is the owner of rich mining prop
erty in the Lost Basin mining section,
that was recently Incorporated and is
now being financed in the east by well
known operators.
It is reported that in the drift from
the bottom of the 200 foot shaft on the
Iowa group, near Vivian, Supt. Powell
has encountered a splendid body of
gold bearing ore. The vein has widen
ed and the ore has increased in value.
The work is progressing satisfactorily
and it is probable that another lift will
be sunk on the property.
Robert Zuver, owner of valuable
mining property in the Silver Creek
section of San Francisco mining dis
trict. was in Kingman last Tuesday
and Wednesday. Mr.. Zuver believes
tllt the whole of San Francisco dis
tri:t will some day become one Of the
greatest mining sections of the United
.otates. and from present appearance
t is would appear to prophecy that
will come true.
H. L. McCarn, general manager Of
the Rainbow Mountain Mining Com
pany, is in Kingman attending to bus
mess matters. He reports that the
aerial tram is we'll under way, the big
towers being in place, and as soon as
the material for the smaller support
ing towers is received the heavy ca
bles will be strung and the line fin
ished up. 1t Is expected that the line
will be in operation within the next
sixty days.
Frederick Lyon, of Salt Lake, and
T. Z. Proctor, of Boston, officials Of
the L. S. Smelling, Refining & Mining
company. were in Kingman this week
looking over the properties of the
subsidiary corporation, the Needles
Mining & Smelling company, in COM
panv of d. r. Muir, manager. They
visited all the properties owned by
the company and now under develop
ment. The company is operating the
Banner, at Stockton Hill, the Ten
nessee at Chloride. and the Gold Road
mines, all of which are showing up
satisfactorily.
The Gold Road Mines company is
shipping bullion regularly to the
mint. the shipments averaging about
lS,OOOS every seven days. The mine is
improving with the explorations
through the Billy Bryan as the drifts
reach cut toward the Railroad claim.
Water channels are being broken into
and the volume of water is increasing.
With the new pumps and the big wa
ter columns that are being installed
the mine will be in shape TO handle all
the water that the mine can possibly
make.
The big smelter at Hunt bolt is re-
ported to have again secured financial
assistance and will blow in within the
month. 1t has been closed down the
past month and the intention then was
to allow it to remain idle. The smell
ter and mining property is said to be
worth several millions of dollars. The
impression is that with the building
of the railroad from Cedar Glade Ia
the Verde the Clark interests may
take over the smelter and other prop.
erty and operate them in connection
with the United Verde.
Last Wednesday Lon Wells loaded
up two horse wagon with camp anG
mining supplies and departed to the
Great Eastern mine, in the Wallapa
mountains, where he will develop the
property during the winter months
The mine is owned by the Great East
ern Mining company, of which Charlie:
Metcafe IS the heaviest shareholder
The property is one of the larges
veins in the mountains and the ore,
carry good values in lead, gold anC
silver. a large amount of work ha,
already been done on the property anC
big tonnage of ore is now in sight
1t is expected that by the time tn,
SHOWS depart from the mountain tn,
mine will be in shape 70 commencI