Mohave County miner., 1912-02-10
Mines of the County

StOcktOn Hill, IS (n hlngman. MT
 Fields is now in the employ of tho
 Copper Queen company, and is taking
 a lay off.
 Yesterday silver was quoted at 6( Is cents per fine ounce. This is the highest market quotation on the white metal in many years. Zinc was als( hlgh, the quotation being from 6 40 tc 6 50.
 The Gro Plata mine continues its good work and the mill is keeping pace with it's last months record. The orbshows better grade as it passes o.er 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 300 level as 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 corn- pany, is we'll under way, while at the mine the work of raising to the old shaft will soon be completed. The property is looking fine and the man. agement is well pleased with the pro- gress that is being made.
 Mrs Edna Steen is a Kingman visi- tor, having come up from Yucca to at tend to 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 ore body looking good and that it is r )bable that the mine will soon be extensively worked.
 Ed, .Swope, who has, been doing as sessment work on the Salt Springs mine, owned by J. F Luthy, is in Kingman 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 Mr. Swope's belief that they will be- come large producers of gold with proper development and equipment.
 H. E. Bierce, mining man of Den- yer, accompanied John c. Potts through the San Francisco mining dis trict this week. He took in the big Gold Road and Tom Reed mines and the properties in the Finger Butte sec. tion and was more than pleased with the outlook for big future mining oper- ations. He will return in a week and make further examination of the mines.
 James Jackman, owner of mining property on the north end of the Wal lapai mountains, is visiting in King man. He has been driving a cross country drift from the bottom Of the hill toward the vein and expects to tap it at depth of POO feet. The drift is now in 100 feet and he has about 50 feet to go to tap the vein The property is owned by himself and J. F. Withers, and shows fine body of lead ore.
 O. B. Amsden, one of the best known mining engineers of the county will soon open an office in Kingman. For the present he will make White Hills his headquarters, having the interests of number of clients to look after in that section. MT. Amsden is a mem. Der of the American Institute of Min ing Engineers and has had years of experience in both mountain and desert sections of the west. Ills ex- perience qualities him as one of the most reliable mining engineers in the new state.
 Arthur Mcguire stopped off day to visit with his sisters this week, while on his way to Nevada from an inspec- tion trip to Jerome. Mr. Mcguire is chief engineer of the Salt Lake rail road. He reports that the company is n .op,plata tho Moopo