Mohave County miner., 1912-08-10


 leasers did large amount of surface work, the vein showing that it bore ore many hundred of feet in length. This vein should become big produc- CT of bullion as soon as the mill is in com msssion.
 The company is in receipt of three cars of machinery for the new mill at Antarez station, six miles northwest of Hack berry, from which point it will be hauled to the mines. The mill is to be equipped with big Chilian mill and amalgamators. It is probable that later it will require concentrators, but at present all the ore above the levels is oxidized and will respond to treatment by amalgamation. The ma chinery is to be hauled to the mines at once, arrangements having been made to get big teams to do the work. The mill is to be erected and put in con- mission as soon as possible. The con- pany has built reservoirs for the con- seryation of water from springs some distance from the camp and this water is carried to the camp by pipe line. With the water obtained from this source and that developed in the mines it is expected that supply sui ficient for all purposes may be had.
 The company is now in shape to carry out it's plan relative to the min, ing and milling of its ores and should soon be on the high road 10 dividends. No one who has seen the properties will carry away any but a favorable opinion of them, and be impressed with their great possibilities.
 To the west of the holdings of the Nevada. Arizona mines is a group of mines, the central vein of which is the old Rosebud, at one time owned by the late David Southwick. This is one of the greatest veins in the camp, it being estimated that it had a width of fifty feet. It shows for miles run
 
 hills and appearing on the north sioe It has been opened in many places by shafts and drifts and everywhere shows ore of good milling values. At one point the vein produced ore that gave big returns from the smelter. This vein could be developed by a long adit drift and crosscuts made through the vein to ascertain the best part of it. This vein and its surrounding claims are owned by H. L. Stewart and associates, who propose to devel. | Op them as soon as the work can be conveniently inaugurated. The mines covered by their locations at one time could have been sold for lOO.OOO$ by Southwick, but he wanted not less than 25O,OO0$ for the property, al- though at the time only 5O-foot shaft was sunk on the vein.
 | Taking all the veins of Music Moun- tain as whole there is no better look ing proposition h the whole of Mo- have county, and we believe that with proper development and manage ment they are sure to become big dividend payers.
 The other day, while at Music Mountain, the editor had the pleasure oe meeting George Aitken. one of the pioneers of that camp. He has been developing a property there that gives evidence of being one of the good things of the county. The mine has a shaft sunk to depth of 100 feet on the vein, and the bottom is now in a change from the oxidized to that of the sulphide, although it is really be- tween wind and water. Above that level some of the greatest ore ever found in the district has been taken, some of the specimens running away up in the thousands and showing mas ses of free gold. Four pounds of the ore crushed and banned netted more than 3 ounces of gold. The average of the vein is good and ought to work out nicely in mill using straight amalga. nation. Like all the veins in that district, it cuts the country for long distance and everywhere it shows values in gold. Owing to the fact that the shaft is now capable of pro- ducing considerable water the mine on . th,t account ,1opn ic volr, bl,