Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-15
MOHAVE MINES

sam Fields, who formerly was a superintendent Of the Banner mine at Stockton Hill, is in Kingman MT Fields is now in the employ of the Copper Queen company, ahd is taking a lay off Yesterday silver was quoted at 50 l-3 cents per fine ounce. This is the highest market quotation on the white metal in many years. Zinc was also high, the quotation being from GAO to 6.6O
 The Ora Plata mine continues it's good work and the mill is keeping Iace with its last months record. The ore shows better grade as it passes over the tables and the concentrates have a better value as the adjustment of the mill becomes more perfect
 Ross H. Blakely was at Boulder Springs the past week or so looking after mining interests. He reports that Solomon and Rief have a fine showing of ore in their mine at that place and that while recently at work they took out some ore rich in gold.
 The main shaft of the Ruth mine is being sunk to the 500 level Us fast as the miners can drive it. The plan is to sink the shaft the total distance and then run levels at convenient points. The mine is showing up splendidly and gives indications of an immense body of milling values.
 The work of assembling the mill and machinery at the Last Chance mine by the O. & C. Development company, is well under way, while | the mine the work of raising to the old shaft will soon be complet- ed. The management is well pleased with the progress made. and the pro perty is looking fine.
 Mrs Edna Steen is Kingman visi- tor having come up from Yucca 10 at tend 10 mining business. Mrs. Steen is part owner in the old Blue Mary mine, in which recently a splendid strike of gold ore was made. She re- ports the ora body looking good and that it is problble that the mine will soon be extensively worked.
 Ed. Swope, who has been doing as l sessment work on the Salt Springs mine owned by J. F. Luthy, is in ] KingmaI attending to business mat ters. He reports that the work for the year 1912 will soon be completed
 The mines are looking good. and it is
 Mir. Swope's belief that they will be
 como large producers of gold with proper development and equipment
 II. E. Bierce, a mining man of Den
 yer, accomp, nied John c. Potts through the San Francisco mining dis
 trict this week He took in the bie Good Road and Tom Reed mines and , the properties in the F1nger Butte section and was more than pleased
 with the outlook for big furture min ing operations. He will return in ; week and make further examination
 of the mines.
 James Jackm3n. owner of mining property on the north end of the Wal lapai mountains. is visiting in King 1, man. He has been driving a eros , country drift from the bottom of th' hill toward the vein and expects ti tap 1t at depth of 200 feet. Tn, drift is nov loo feet and he ha i about 50 feet to go to tap the vein The property is owned by himsel
 md J. F. Withers. and shows fin body Of lead ore
 O. E. Amsden. one of the bes known mining engineers Of the couu try will soon open an office in Kini 2 man. For the present he will mak | White Hills his headquarters, havin
 the interests of a number Of clients {
 look after in that section. MT. Am' n den is a member Of tbe American IT 1 stltute of Mining Engineers and ha