Mohave County miner., 1912-01-20

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 Union Pass, has gone to his home in Colorado Springs. He expects to re- turn soon and resume work on the
 properties.
 | This week O. B. Stanton came in from the Gro Plata mire and went down to Needles to look after u @ sampling of a carload of concentrates from the mill. He reports that the mine is looking fine and that shi ipments of rich ore will be sent out, reinforce ing the production of concentrates from the lower grades.
 George Steinburg, who has had a contract driving drift from the 200 level of the Bellefower mine, return ed from Los Angeles Thursday last and has gone out to the mines, where he and brother will continue the work The drift in this mine is being run with the object of cutting the vein at that level. In the level above the vein has value of about sos gold and shows an excellent ore body.
 The Calumet X Arizona company, the big Bisbee copper company. is said to be taking options on all the prop critics in the Silver Creek section of San Francisco district, paying cash for the small mining properties and agree ments to purchase the big veins. The com pany is one of the largest copper producers in the world and has great treasury back of It's operations Fol- lowing the usual departure of the big copper concerns this company is d- versifying it's mining operations and will take flyer in gold mining. It is sald that the company is to secure its power from dam at Bulls Head, the development of that project to be in. augurated at once. The company is also taking over the water in the Silver Creek section and preparing the way for milling as well as mining. So far they have taken over all the big properties and are said to have their eye out for more. The advent of this pany in the county will be welcom- ed by all our people.
 John Boyle, jr., wife and sister in law, Miss c. c. Fast, were Kingman visitors the first of the week, coming in from the ,Goconda mine in their auto. MT. Boyle reports that the 400 level of the mine is being opened and that the outlook for big ore in that part of the mine is excellent He is now shipping rich ore from the mine and the mill is turning out an excel lent grade of concentrate. Thirty tons of ore and concentrates are now being shipped to the shelter daily. At all points where work is being carried on in the property the ore body is rich and big. At no time in the history of the property has it looked so we'll as the present. It is the intention to be. gin sinking another lift on the main shaft as soon as the drifts on the 40 level are far enough out of the way. The long tunnel from Prosperity ground has been driven into the Col conda ground and is draining off the water nicely. By getting the ground drained the work in the drifts and shaft on the Golc"nda can be continued uninterruptedly.
 James F. Carter and Ed. Schott- miller are still working their Bonanza below the Tom Reed mill, where the seepage waters from the tailings pits run onto their ground and evaporate. The crust that forms from the evap- orating waters is skinned off and piled up, later being sacked and ship. ped to the shelter. Last week they shipped the first carload of these tail ings. the estimated value being 2OOS per ton. So far they have been unable to effect a saving of the gold by the old methods used by Mr. Carter below the Gold Road mill but are getting re. suits from the smelter. It is the usual mechanical loss at the mill that has so far given these gentlemen bonanza in their tailings pits, the waters seep- ing through the pits of the Tom Reed and flowing into the ground owned by them, where the water evaporates and leaves a cake of shines and auro.cyan. ides. The Tom Reed company has damned up the pits below the mill