Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1911-10-28
Mines of the County


The Yucca Copper company has
few men at work on its mining claims
near the south end of the Chemehuevis
mountain.
Frank A. Wait and A. H. Phelps,
who have mining interests in the
country south of the old Jumbo claims,
were in Kingman several days this
week. They report that work on their
Ada group is showing up good ore
bodies. The mines have strong leads
ard carry high values in gold. These
men came over from Searchlight about
a year ago and have been mining and
prospecting IN Weaver and Minnesota
districts ever since. They are of the
opinion that the mines of that section
will become large producers when
given the opportunity.
S. R.,Porter spent part of this week
at the Leland mines, where he is carry
ing on work in the interest of a num-
Der of Los Angeles gentlemen, but was
called to town to appear as a witness
in the cause of the estate of Eugene
O'Hare, deceased, against the Go d
Road NJ. & (. company. Mr.. Porter
states that good Roadway is being made
in the big shaft and that it is now close
to the 100 level, where a station will
be cut and drifts started off before sink
ing will again be resumed. 1t is ex-
pected that the shaft will be driven to
the 500 level before exploitation of the
mine will be carried on extensively.
Will and Mat. Carr have about COM
pleted the assessessment work on one
of the mining claims in Deluge Wash,
Cedar district, known as the Molybden-
tie group. They report having found
some nice ore while doing the work.
Messrs. Carr have been testing out
some of the ore from the mines of that
section and obtained good results by
concentration. The old Berkely mill
has been used for the testing purposes
and will soon be in use for milling a
large tonnage of available ore. Will
Carr is one of the best men in the
county in the handling of concentrat-
ors, or other mill work
The Santa Fe shareholders held the
annual meeting at Topeka Thursday
and arranged for the issuance of lO0,-
O00,0O0S worth of stock and also author
lied the issue of 100000, CO.'S in mort
gage bonds. This issue is to be used
in the betterment of the road and the
purchase of new branch lines. About
forty millions will be used in double
tracking the main lines of road through
New Mexico, Arizona and California
1t is expected to make the money avail
able at once for the double-track work
and that many heavy sections of the
work will be undertaken within the
next few months, especially through
this county. The reducing of the grades
will be one of the important improve
ments mapped out by the engineers in
charge of the double. track work.
The mill of the ORC Plata company
is in commission and doing excellent
work, the saving of values on the
plates being close and clean. The
value of gold and silver is above zoos
to the ton of concentrates. Another
product of the lead content of the ore
is made, the lead and iron going to-
gether and making a splendid product.
The zinc is sloughed into the tailings
and will later be cleaned up and ship
ped, although the values have shown
above thirty per cent with the present
process. The mill is handling a good
tonnage. The mine has large ton
mage of high grade milling ore in
sight, and the dumps contain many
thousands of tons that will be milled.
Some of the openings in the mine show
ore that will not be milled. but will
be made merchantable by cobbing.
Mr.. Stanton, who is managing the
property, is we'll satisfied with the re-
suits so far obtained and believes he
has a sure winner. Every miner that
has worked in the Orc Plata mine be-
lieves it is one of the best properties
in the district.
WANAED-By single man, a po-