Mohave County miner., 1911-03-04
Mines of the County

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 past two months and now has a large
 tonnage in sight.
 The new holster for the Iron King
 mine, in IXL Basin, has been erected on the property and the work of sink ing will be under way as soon as the shaft is cleared of water. General
 Manager Gibson is rushing things at the properties and expects to have his new camps comfortably fitted up with in the next month.
 With every shot on the 800 level of the Tennessee mine the workmen ex- pect to break into the old workings. A drill is kept we'll ahead to prevent the flood of water that will surely come when the break is made from catching the workmen. It is possible that the water will be encountered today or tonight, as the estimate shows the drift to be very close.
 A. NJ. Hewitt, special field man of the U. S. Smelling, Mining & Refn- ing company, who has had charge of the sampling of the Gold Road mines, accompanied by one of his engineers, H. w. Price, passed through Kingman yesterday on the way to the Red Gap mines, where they will make a thorough examination of that prop erts. MT. Howat is said to be one of the most thorough engineers in the business.
 John Boyle, jr., and wife, accom- panied by w. L. Jordan, a Los An geles mining man, came over from the Golconda mine last Tuesday afternoon to look after business matters. Messrs. Boyle and Jordan made an ex- animation of the Plnkham and Mid night mines few days ago and were pleased with the outlook. MT. Jordan represents the Braun Chemical con- pany, corporation now looking into possibilities of chemical manufactures in Los Angeles.
 It is currently reported that work | on the Golden Gem mine, at Cerbat will soon be started up. The Gem has a shaft 500 feet in depth, and it is understood that the bottom of the | shaft is coming into good ore. Above that level the mine produced some | wonderfully rich gold ore, T. L. Ayers, the former owner, having become | wealthy from the sales of ores. The | mine is well situated for economic | work and the owners of the property ought to be dolng big things with it.
 When H. N. Tracey went to Los Angeles last week it was expected that he wonld tender his resignation as general manager of the Desert Power x Water company. This action Was taken, but the company, realizing the importance of keeping such a good man with it, refused to accept the resignation. The many friends of Mir. Tracey will be pleased that they will continue their friendly relations with him and the power company indefinitely.
 Last Sunday morning three mining men, representing the Lewissohns, of New York, came in from the Tyro group of mines, where they had been making a thorough examination of the property. The gentlemen are said to be among the best field men of the big New ' 'rk corporation and on their re- port will depend the taking over of the mines. The Tyro group is situat- ed west of the Frisco mines, in the Union Pass section, and have big and well defined veins. The situation of the mines make them desirable prop erty from an investment standpoint.
 The Ruth machinery is now in good working order, the hoist and con- pressOr working smoothly. The work of driving of toward the old shaft is now under way and as soon as connec- tion is made stopes vill be opened. This mine has probably one of the richest ore bodies opened in that sec tion, five feet of the vein running nearly sos in gold. As the new shaft was sunk Tn lower grade ore the man. agement was surprised when they en- countered fine grade of milling ore at superficial depth. The grade of the ore increased with depth until practically the same ore found in the old works has been opened. It is ex- pected that the output of the new mill