Mohave County miner., 1911-02-04
Mines of the County

property will be unwatered and the
 old level reached.
 Wesley Nader, of St. Louis, has
 gone to his placer mines on the Colo
 rado river, in the neighborhood of
 R'oville. Mir. Nader has been work
 ing on these placers intermittantly for
 a number of years and believes he has some of the best ground in that country.
 Owing to the influx of water in the shaft of the Aurora mine, at Chloride, work has been discontinued until a hoist and pump can be installed. In the bottom of the shaft good ore is showing up and the entire depth of vein shows an exceptional good ship. ping lead ore. The people having the property in charge expect soon to have things moving at the mine.
 James McNees, of the Gold Cross mine, Cedar district, arrived at the mines a few days ago from San Diego, bringing with him a mining engineer to place in charge of that property. He stated that it was the intention of the company to operate the mines to their full extent and ascertain their value as soon as possible. The mines are near the San Francisco mine, and have produced some exceptionally rich ore, although the greater part of the vein system is fair grade of milling ore.
 c. B. Van Deman departed to Los Angeles last Thursday evening to look after business matters connected with the Ruth mine. He will be gone but a few days. At the mine matters are shaping themselves so fast that it will be but short time until the mill is in commission. The installation of the electric hoist will soon be accom- plished and the plant in commission. With the better power the work of sinking the shaft will go on with greater rapidity and all other cotem- poraneous work will also receive an impetus.
 Peter Miller, owner of several min ing claims contiguous to the Cleopatra group, in the south part of the county, is in Kingman. He states that many people are awaiting the starting up of work on the Cleopatra property, but that there will be little doing until alter April. The company has made surveys of all its holdings and have covered large portion of the vacant ground with locations. The title work has been done on all of these claims and all legal requirements complied with. Superintendent Ryan is on the ground awaiting instructions.
 E. H. Barton, who has been with the Frisco Mines & Power Company since its organization, rendered his resignation to the company this week and departed to Los Angeles Thursday evening. III health is given as the cause of the resignation. MT. Barton is considered one of the best mine managers in the business and during his connection with the Frisco Mines and Power company made a wonder ful showing in the property known as the Gold Crown. He will be succeed ed by Howard W. Squires, of Los Angeles. MT. Squires was for years superintendent of the Sheep Ranch mine, at Bishop Creek, Cal, one of the great old properties of the Golden State, and made a great success during his management. He is we'll known in Mohave county among mining men.
 Thursday the first carload of lead ore from the property of the Sacra- mento Valley Mining Company was sent to the shelter. The ore was taken from the recent find of ore in that property, and is said to run about fifty per cent lead and to carry values in gold and silver. The ore body is three feet wide and appears to be sev- eral hundred feet in length. The com pany has three claims in the group, the Constitution, Cactus Blossom and Marion. A holster has been purchas- ed and will be removed to the mine at once. The old shaft on the property, which stands at depth of about ninety feet, will be sunk another one hun- dred feet and drifts will be run of along the ore body. As soon as the hoist goes into commission three shifts will be put on the mine and the work push ed as fast as possible. The mine was