Mohave County miner., 1912-01-13

| section. The main shaft on the prop erty is to be sunk considerably deeper and the vein exploited at the deepest working.
 The Santa Fe has received the sup. plies for the wiring of the yards and depot and Harvey House at this place, and it is understood that the work will be commenced sometime next week. The lighting of the yards and the company's buildings in Kingman will be of great benefit to the company, as well as the public.
 The freeze the past week in King. man was really the hardest ever known in the town, some of the water pipes being frozen solid at a depth of four teen inc underground, while exposed pipes were burst by the freeze. But the bright sunlight cannot be denied us and today we are again enjoying magnificent weather.
 Last night Conductor Vencill was taken from his train at Kingman while very ill and placed aboard number l., west bound passenger train, and taken to Needles, where he died about one hour after arriving at that place. It is thought that death was due to pto- maine poisoning from eating tainted food at one of the stations east of King man.
 The new shaft on the Siamese mines, at Coppervlle, is going down rapidly and is showing good ore. The sha it is to be Used as the main working shaft from which the ore now opened up in the property will be taken to the mill. It is said that large tonnage of mill ing ore is being opened on the 800 and that by the time the mill is in com mission the stopes will show enough ore to keep the big plant running for year.
 Trains have been late from east and west this week. owing to the cold weather on the mountains and the . heavy snows through Kansas and Colo rado. Over the desert the cold has 1 been unprecedented, while through the mountain region of Arizona the thermometer has gone to 2J degrees below zero. Today alltrains from the east are from twelve to twenty.four hours late, owing to weather con6i- tions in Kansas.
 The Prescott Journal Miner states that letter received by friends in that city conveyed the information that one Henry Baxter was frozen to death between Kinyman and Beale Springs, during the recent cold spell and that his remains were found and buried by the Indians. Sorry, but the story appears to he fake as no such frozen remains have been found, nor is there any truth in story of the death of Baxter reported at the healtt office.
 Lotus Wilkinson, who was raised il this county. died at Phenix last Sunday The young man had suffered with
 nervous disorder, brought on, it IS be lieved by an injury to the head wbel quite small. His condition became
 serious about six months ago and h
 was put under the care of a spec alist
 but without improving his condition , He had been at work in the Gold Roa, section the past several years and wa
 we'll liked by all that knew him. H.
 leaves father and many relatives ir Kingman and mother in Los Angele
 to mourn his loss.
 } Charles Shell, superintendent of th
 Truxton Canyon Indian school, a ) Valentine. this county, has been work ing on a plan to make the Wallapa ? Indians self supporting. He purpose to purchase and have set aside some 0
 the ranches on the Big Sandy and pu all the Indians at that place with farmer and day school. The Indian will be aided until they have made tn farms productive to a self supportin
 extent. The Wallapais have receives
 from rentals of the reservation mor
 than 30, ,000$ that is now available fo the purpose of Indian betterments Along the Big Sandy are large benc lands that could be made productiv
 by the pumping of water from tn