Mohave County miner., 1912-11-16
Mines of the County

1he udr was Valueu at aDOuU O,OoOD the result of ten days run of the mill
 George Klemp, who is making a raise from the tunnel on the Mint property, at Layne Springs, reports having opened up nice streak of very rich god-silver ore. The ore in the mine Is the richest found in that section.
 Jack Sanford, who recently discov- cred some exceptionally rich ore on a claim in the upper part of IXL Basin, is in town. He reports that he has succeeded in locating the vein whence came the rich float rock and is ready to do considerable development work on it.
 Ross H. Blakely was over at the Mocking Bird mine the first of the week and reports that w. H. Hall is running his mill on good ore from the old Mocking Bird property. The say. ing of values by the cyanide process is good and the plant and property are pronounced success.
 ]. Duff Brown, the we'll known Kingman carpenter, has gone to the Chemehuevis mountains where he will put the little Blakely mill in commls. sion crushing ore from the recent strike of Joe Martinez, in which he is interested. It is expected that this mill will be able to handle the output of the mine and as the ore is free mill ing good saying of values may be expected.
 Joe Martinez, who is doing assessment work on his School Ma'am claim, in Chemehuevis mountains, has encount- cred a splendid streak of ore that gave results of better than COOS gold to the ton. The mine is one of the old pro- perties of the Chemehuevis mountain and has been worked intermittantly with varying results the past ten or fifteen yeers. Mr. Martinez has so far made good wages from the property whenever he has worked it.
 Kirk and Lavell of Salt Lake City, have taken an option on the c. o. D. mine and will begin operations on the property not later than the twentieth of next month. The firm is one of the big mining concerns of Utah and will make things hum when they get to work on the property. Mir. Kirk and Herbert Sallnger were out looking over the mines, in company of John Boyle, Jr., this week. The c. O. D. is one of the great properties of Mohave county and it is to be regretted that nothing has been done on it the past year.
 Iu doing the assessment work on one of the Bi-Metal claims good body of ore was discovered in the shaft, sunk on the west side of the railroad track. This ore is said to have a superior grade to that of the main ore body on the old property The property is being considered by one of the large corporations with the view of taking it over and working it on large scale. The mine is one of the largest veins of low grade ore in the county, having a width of vein in excess of 700 feet, more than five hun dred feet in length being exposed be. low the volcanic cap.
 It is reported that the Clark inter- ests have taken bond on the mines | of Ridenour and others, at Brownville. in Cottonwood district, and that work on large scale will soon be under way on the properties. These mines are covered by the old Tawa prop. critics and the Luper and Carney mines. The latter mines are said to have wonderful showing in gold and silver. Shipments from these mines have given results of more than lOOS gold to the ton, while the Copper Giant, in the larger group, is one of the well known copper properties of the district.
 Dr. l.. D. Godshall was in Kingman this week, coming In from his home in Los Angeles, and went out to look after his mining interests near Layne Springs. He reports that ha has taken over the old Tecopa property, near