Mohave County miner., 1912-04-20


 ing eastward to reach the mountains early in the summer.
 The work of completing the aerial tram from the Rainbow mines to the valley will soon be complete and placed in commission. The mine has big bod ies of ore ready to be shipped to mar ket. H. L. McCarn, general manager of the property, has been developing the mine the past three years and now believes it is ready to begin selling off the big ore tonnage opened up.
 w. H. Smith is reported to have brought in to Yucca, last week, sam ples of the grain grown in the dry farming section near Castenada wells. The grain shows generous growth and the heading out is practically complete. While only about ten acres of land had been seeded It shows conclusvely what may be accomplished by proper care of the ground and early seeding.
 J. A Nieset and wife, after visit of a few months in California, are at the mines in which they are interested, at Mineral Park. Mr. Nieset has been operating the Orc Fino vein, taken over from L. Davidson some time ago, and is also mapping out work on the Golden Eagle group, in which he IS largely interested. The properties are good and should soon be in the pro- ducing stage.
 Jack Barnes, one of the old timers of this county, passed away Sunday at the hospital. He had been ill but a few days and his death resulted from heart failure. Deceased had been one of the best known miners of the county and no matter what his faults had been he had done much good for the world while alive. He had mined and prospected all over the desert section and helped make this part of the American continent habitable. He had many personal friends in King man, and his remains were followed to the grave last Tuesday afternoon by many of these old acquaintances.
 The time of the Superior Court has been taken up the past two days with the trial of cause to quiet the title to mining property close in to the Tom Reed mines. The relocators of the property contend that the old owners failed to make discovery and that insufficient work was done on the mines to cover title work. It was also set out as matter of defense that the old owners had switched their original monuments to cover a new piece of ground. Yesterday the plaintiff had his inning and the defense will present it's case today.
 The new unit of the big power plant is now in commission and is doing splendid work. It is reported that SO far this plant has been one of the most economical of any of the big steam power plants of the Pacific coast, se- curing greater degree of efficiency than any of the other plants. The new unit has been designed to still further reduce the cost of generation and it is believed will bring the cost down to the lowest possible degree. With wider use of the power it is expected that much lower rate will be given the power users of the county.
 A proposition is soon to be put up to the Santa Fe railroad looking toward the building of railroad from King man, by way of the Big Sandy, to the McCracken mine and on to Swansea, where it will connect with the brarch from the main line of the A. & c. railroad. This road would pass through a well mineralized section of country and also through the agricultural sec tion of the county. It could be built for small price per mile, there being little rock work on the grading of the road. The early government survey contemplated the building of the Santa Fe railroad through that section, crossing the Colorado river near the