Mohave County miner., 1912-02-24
Mines of the County

streak of gold ore in his Times mine.
in Silver Creek, upon which he has
been at work the past several months.
Charles Metcalfe and Howard Smith
went out to the Great Eastern mine,
in Wallapai mountain last Sunday re-
turning in the evening. Lon Wells has
been at work on the mine and has OPP
ened a fine showing of ore in the prop
erty.
r. J. Holmes has just returned to
Kingman from a visit TO his mining
properties in San Francisco district.
He says that there Is great activity IN
all the camps and that it will not be
long until more of the big properties
are among the producers of bullion.
J. A. Ferguson. of Forrest Hill,
California, spent day or Two IN King
man this week. After an examination
of property in Yavapai county Mr..
Ferguson will return to Kingman and
look over the various mining districts
for month or two.
Representatives of eastern investors
are expected here to make an investi-
cation of the Tyro group of mines, over
in the Union Pass section. The Tyro
group is one of the best looking prop
ositions in that section and we hope to
see it in the hands of people able to
develop and equip it with the proper
machinery.
John Olson, who has been doing as
sessment work on the mines of J. +.
Withers, in Secret Pass, is in town.
Mr.. Olson is one of the best miners in
the county and knows a good thing
when he sees il, and in his opinion Mr..
Withers has one of the best properties
in the Secret Pass section. The vein
is large and shows good values wher-
ever opened.
c. H. Burlock has returned from
san Diego TO his Mossback mine, in
the Silver Creek section, and expects
TO have the mine in operation shortly.
A big pumping plant and holster are
TO be shipped TO the mine shortly, and
as soon as the mine is unwatered the
work of sampling will be undertaken.
The Mossback vein is one of the larg.
est in that section and shows excel
lent values.
1t is reported that R. P. Wheelock
ger eral manager of the Enterprise NJ
r. & l. Co , has discovered fine SHOW
ing of tellurium ore in one of the vein:
owned by the company, assays from
which run above l20OS to the ton. Mr.
Wheelock has been making a thorough
examination of all the mines owned by
the company and believes he is now il
possession of information that will bt
of great benefit to the company in it,
future operations.
L. Hoffman, general manager of the
Arizona Southwestern Copper com
pauy, returned from the mine at Cop
perville Tuest ay night. He reports
that the big holster has been placed
on the new shaft and is now in opera
ton. The shaft has reached a deptl
of 100 feet and is in good ore. The or,
carries values in lead, gold and silver
This shaft is to be carried to depUl
of 500 feet as fast as possible, afte
which drifts are to be run off on tn
vein and the mine thoroughly exploited
A Mr.. Boyd, who has been pro,
pecting IN the Secret Pass section
came into town this week and reporte
that he had discovered a fine vein c
ore near the Withers property. Th
vein has been crosscut four feet and
shaft is being sunk in the opening
Every foot of the ground horns bi
values. the lowest estimate of Tn
whole vein being POS, while many e:
Inmates run as high as zoos. The gol
is quite coarse and occurs in the iror
A shaft is TO be sunk to some depth o
the vein. 1t is understood that Flag
staff people are interested in the min
with the locator.
The main shaft on the Neglecte
mine, known as the DR.. George PROF
erty. in Silver district, has reache
the 300 level and the crosscut is bein
run to cut the vein. The shaft has pas
sed out of the vein about u feet an
il is expected to reach the vein With
very few days. The same compan
GENERATING the Neglected group is sal
TO have taken an option on the oil