Mohave County miner., 1912-01-13
Mines of the County

It is reported that the milling plant on the Juno mine at Chloride is near ing completion. The plant is designed 10 handle the ores from the property, the old stopes carrying good values.
 Thomas Sickles came in from Wal lapai mountain last night, having completed assessment work on some of his mining properties. He reports that it has been intensely cold in the mountains the past month and that there is quite depth of snow.
 The heavy ground on the 700 of the Tennessee is causing great deal of trouble to the timberman, the big square sets being crushed by the stress of ground in many places. l2xl2 timbers are being used, but even these are crushed by the sagging ground. Along the level much good ore is opened and it is expected that as soon as the opened ground is drain ed off the ground will stand fairly we'll.
 Many prospectors have gone into the Secret Pass section, where some mighty good looking veins have been discovered. The prospects are good for a large amount of work in that section, many of the known veins car. rying high values in gold and the veins being very large. The locality is one of the oldest known in the county, the soldiers of the first California Batal- lion having proSpected the country in the early sixties.
 Judge w. G. Blakely has returned from trip to his mines in the Cheme. huevis mountains, where he is having the assessment work done on the Morning Star group of mines. Jack Simpson, who has been doing the work, states that an average sample from the veins of the Morning and Evening Star lodes gave returns of 96$ and 78S respectively. Three tons of average ore milled from the claims gave re- suits of better than 4S$ to the ton. A sufficient quantity of water has not yet been developed. although plenty of water for camp use can be had. The property is one of the best in the dis. trict and it is believed that few men could take out nice little stake in a few months from it.
 William Ochs, James Otis, and James F. Conner, of Long Beach. who are interested in the O. & c. Develop ment company, arrived in Kingman Thursday last, bringing with them a Buick truck for use between Kingman and the mines, at Wallapai Springs. The gentlemen are getting things in mill to handle the ores from the Last Chance mines. The mill is to be on the ground within the next sixty days and will be equipped with concentra- tors, amalgamators and cyanide tanks. The ores carry good values in gold, silver and lead, the average being about 25$ to the ton in the three metals. The showing of ore in the mines is excellent and every days work adds to the tonnage in sight.
 The work of sinking the shaft on the Ohio mine, near Wallapai Springs, by Emerson Gee and associates, is going along nicely. The shaft shows splendid grade of milling ore throughout, the values being iu gold and silver. Sa0ples from streaks in the shafs and in the outcrop of the vein have yielded as high as 5,OOO$ This is the Vein discovered by A. L. McKesson last year on the Ohio ground and from which phenomina assays have been obtained, the golt values being carried in silvanite being the first discovery of that ore ir this county. MT. Gee, who is looking after the work, is of the opinion tha he has one of the best veins in tha section, and in fact one of the best ir the county.
 The shaft on the Mitchell mine ha reached depth of 200 feet, whenc, crosscut of the vein has been made The ore body at this point is reported to be fourteen feet wide and carries 4O in gold. The development company under the management of S. R. Porter with Joe Onetto as superintendent a