Mohave County miner., 1912-05-18
Mines of the County

Kingman a few days ago. These are
 the men to whom the big mine owes
 its life and prosperity and they are
 still continuing to better the property
 every day.
 Tom McNeely is still driving tun- nel into the mountain at Mineral Park and making big progress. Two men have so far been making about three feet each day In quite large drift and it is expected that the main vein will soon be cut. The veins in that section carry values in gold, silver and copper.
 George Aitken cane in from Los Angeles yesterday morning and will soon go out to his mines at Music Mountain. The mines owned by Mir. Aitken are among the good things of that rich mining camp and are sure to net him a nice fortune when properly developed.
 The Frisco Mines and Power com- pany is now shipping regularly about l5,0OO$ in bullion from the mill each month. The ore is broken down and sent to the mill by six or seven men in the stOpes. The ore is broken by the caving system and the expense of min- ing is very light. With a larger mill the property would become one of the largest producers of gold ore in the state.
 Ward Priest, one of the oldest of the early settlers of this county, came up from his home in Yuma last week and has gone out to the Camp of Hogan and Potts, at the Atlantic and Pacific mines. Mr. Priest came to thls county in the early seventies and prospected much of the country in the Wallapai district, as we'll as the Wallapai moun- tains. He has lost mine that he would like very much to rediscOver and comes here every few years to take another look for it. MT. Priest has many friends among the old timers in this county, as well as in his home county of Yuma.
 One of the new directors of the com. pany operating the George Washing ton mines, at Mineral Park, passed through Kingman a few days ago on his way to Los Angeles. He reported that the company was putting in ma chinery and would soon be ready to work force of forty or fifty men. The mine, he stated, was showing up well | under late improvements and there was now some good ore bodies running above sos per ton in gold and silver. The vein is opened by drift that is now well under the mountain, but will | be extended further distance and wnzes sunk from the level.
 Report is current that the Gold | Road Mines company contemplates the doubling of the capacity of the big mill, which would double the output of bullion. At the present time the mill is producing in excess of 80,000& | monthly, the ore being taken from the lower grades of the mine run, and when the tram is completed enough of the higher grade ores will be taken from the east end of the big vein to sweeteu the run of the ore up to grade that will give the mill an out put in excess of 20O,OOO$ per month. The Gold Road property is one of the greatest gold mines in the United States and under the present manage ment will be brought up to a high state of production.
 Jesse Wallace was down from Hack berry few days ago and reported that he had opened rich streak of ore in the property of the Nevada Arizona Mines company's property, at Music Mountain. The ore was found at depth of 300 feet from the portal of the tunnel on the property and ex. tends l65 feet from that point, the ore being very uniform throughout the drift. On the surface some prospect ing has exposed the same character of ore, out so far no assays have been made from the surface ores. Assays from the ore in the drift gave results of l25S per ton in gold, the high grade streak being ten inches, while the whole vein carries milling values. At the places showing bigger body of ore the values run about 75S per ton. The fndinp of similar ora m ,bo .,n