Weekly journal-miner., 1911-08-09
GOLD ROAD SHIPS
 BIG BAR or BULLION
(Mohave County Miner)


 Last Sunday James F. Mcconnell. messenger for the Gold Road people brought in from the mill bar of bullion weighing s23,OOO. the result of six days cleanup. The former bar was SS4,OOO, a cleanup of eight days run of the mill, the two bars making $57,OOO taken out in four teen days ending last Saturday. The mill is now capable of turning out more than $lOO,0OO per month and it is expected that this rate of pro- duction will be maintained until a larger plant is installed, when the production of bullion vii reach close to s2,0O0,OOO per year. The mine has the ore to keep the production above 5000 tons of ore per month for at least twelve years, so it is report ed by those in authority.
 D. R. Muir, general manager of the Needles Mining & Smelling com pany went out to Chloride this morn ing to take a look at the crosseut that is being run to cut the big Ten nessee vein. According to the ealcu- lations of the engineers the erosseut is now eight feet beyond the point where the vein should have been encountered, but it is thought that 1 it will be struck at any moment. From the indications on the 600 level great body of ore should be en- eountered on the 700, and it is hoped that the prediction will come true. The Tennessee is one of the strong est veins in the country and the ore bodies found above the 500 would indicate that these bodies would de- scend to several thousand feet.
 It is about time for the Tom Reed to send Ou one of its big monthly chunks of gold bullion. The company has been gradually building up a treasury for future betterments of the property that will allow of greater milling facilities and the payment of si per cent per month to the share holders. The payments are now av- eraging about four per cent with an extra dividend twice a year. This shows what a real Mohave county mine can do when called on. And there are many others.
 W. H. Cullen who has been working in the mines owned by George Aitkin at Music Mountain. returned to King man Wednesday last These mines have been under option to S. F. Powell and a shaft has been sunk on one of the main veins of the group to depth of 100 feet. From the bot tom of this shaft drifts have been | run off both ways along the vein a distance of 75 feet. The shaft show ed up splendid ore although intrus- i've matter was found in the drift | Mir. Cullen believes the mines to be | among the best in that section and that further work would make them large producers. For the present work is suspended, but it is under stood that this will not be for long,
 John Boyle, IT,. general manager of the Union Basin Mining company is in Kingman looking after important mining business. MT. Boyle is satis- fled that in the consolidation of the mines surrounding the Goleonda he has one of the greatest groups of mines in the county and that when he has completed the exploitation work now under way he will be able to more than double his present out put of ore. The showing made in the properties within the past two months is a remarkable one and brings the Union Basin into prominence as One of the greatest mining corporations in the county. So far it's product is practically zine, but it receives pay for gold and silver. When the long adit drift is completed it will be able to ship a varied class of ores.
 The aerial tram from the Banner mines at Stockton Hill to the base of the mountain is now in commission and delivering ore to the big bins. from which teams will soon begin hauling to a railroad The bins are capable of holding several hundred tons of ore and delivery will be made from the mines daily by tram. The road to the railroad will be about eight miles the greater distance being down hill. It is probable that the railroad contemplated to run from the main line of the Santa Fe to the foot of the tramway will be built within the next few months and a large expense of haulage eliminated.