Weekly journal-miner., 1911-04-19
(Mohave County Miner )


 nit of the Cerbat range, and on the Rico ground, he has made an impOr- tant discovery of ore. Some time ago he discovered float rock that gave re- suits of over 400 ounces silver and fourteen ounces gold, but was unable to find the vein whence 1t came. Some doys ago he went to the place where he found the float and started a systematic search for the vein. Over 200 feet down the mill and on the Rico vein he dug out ore that greatly resembled the float rock. This ore is mass of horn silver and estimated to have a better value than that of the float. As soon as the Clark brothers are excused from attendance at court they will go to the mine and begin development on the new find. The property is situated on the sum- nit of the mountain, above the c. O. D., and has been a producer of ex tremely rich gold-silver ore. The vein from which the new ore came is very wide and the impression is that the boys will open up one of the greatest properties in the county.
 The big mill of the Tom Reed Gold Mines company is in commission and is said to be working smoothly. Yak ing it for granted that the same class of ore will be sent to the new mill as that furnished the old mill, the out put of bullion will undoubtedly be in the neighborhood of $2O0,0OO. The main working shaft of the mine has reached a depth of about 600 feet and drifting for the vein is under way. Should the same grade of ore be found as that produced by the older work ings the mill will at once become one Sf the most valuable properties in the United States. The average val ue of the ores sent to the mill during the past six months has been over so per ton.
 George Aitken was over from his properties at Music mountain, where he has been working a force of men. Two shafts are being sunk on the mines and hoisting plants are soon to he put in. One of the shafts en- countered water at a depth of seventy feet, while the other struck the water stratum at a depth of fifty feet. To make progress against the water the hoisting plants are a necessity. The mines are showing up well and it is expected that some big bodies of gold ore will be opened.
 It is well known saying in the mining country that some men have a "nose for ore," and this may well be said of A. L. MeKesson. Wherever he goes on his prospecting trips he is sure to make finds of ore, more or less rich in value. This week he has been prospecting in the Wallapai range, between Wallapai Springs and the Enterprise mine and returned to Kngman with some of the finest ore we have seen in a long time. The ore is a mass of horn silver and from appearances it ought to carry values Tn gold, but so far no assay has been made. MT. MeKesson says that he went to the Coin spring for water and while there saw some gslena ore that had been broken down near the water trough. While looking at it he observed some smoky looking quartz in ledge and picking it up he was surprised to note that it was plastered over with horn silver. The ledge Is on the main travelled trail and hundreds of people have passed over it, but owing to the appearance of the ledge have probably concluded that it contained nothing. He will at once begin active work on the mine and expects to open up a bon anzs.
 A. W. Bratland, general manager of the Hercules Mining company, ar rived in Kingman yesterday from that property. He reports the property has been equipped with a 3O-horse power electric hoist, pumps, and ma chine drills. The main shaft has reached depth of 12O feet. At the -60-fOot level where the shaft has been connected with the adit drift, a sta tion has been cut where an immense body of ore shows. The shaft is to be continued to a depth of 200 feet from which point the vein will be crosseut and drifts run north and south. So far in the development the mine shows wonderful ere bodies. O P. Brown, president and treasurer of the company, with offices in Los An