Mohave County miner., 1912-01-13

coming spring, so we are informed. Some of the claims show splendid bodies of gold and copper ore, much of which is of shippable grade.
 At the Needles shelter an electric haulage system has been put in to handle the slag pots and as soon as it has been tried out satisfactorily the smelter will be blown in. The plant has been put in good shape and enough ore is on hand to insure lengthy run.
 Work on the Ward x Blakely mine, in Aubrey district is being carried for ward with all possible dispatch. The new mill is expected on the ground shortly and the milling of the ore on the dumps will soon be under way. The ore shows big gold values, and as it is quite free large percentage of saving ought to be effected in the bat teries and plates.
 The shaft on the Boundary Cone mines has reached depth of 800 feet, where very rich ore has been opened. The people owning the big share of stock in the company live in Yavapai county and they are wearing broad smiles over the success of their ven- ture. The shaft is now more than 300 feet in the old andesite and gives in- dicatiOn of great vein permanency, as we'll as ore bearing quality.
 This week Supt. Briuton, of the Alpha, made mill sample of the ore on which the long drift has been driven and shipped it to the smel ter at Nee. dies, where a test of it's value and the best plan for handling will be made. There is now in sight valuable ore in distance O more than POO feet and running to the surface, more than 20) feet. A large flow of water is coming from the drift. which would insure supply for milling purposes.
 H. K. Rosenberger, of Needles, pass ed through here 8 few days ago to Chloride, where he conferred with mining men on the possibility of hand ling big tonnage of concreted gravel 1 near the Topock bridge. The gravel is said to give an average value of 2S per yard in gold, but the values are not free enough to handle by the ordin- ary method, so the mass must be crush ed and concentrated to save all the values. The ground lies on the south side of the track, on the California side of the river and in an ideal spot for economic handling.
 Last evening w. G. Sharp, of Bos. ton, Frederick Lyon, of Salt Lake, A. P. Anderson, of Los Angeles, respect fully president. vice president and field engineer of the U. s. Smelling, Refining & Mining company, arrived in Kingman and this morning deoart. ed to the mines with D. R. Muir, manager of the company's interests in this county. The company has large interests here. especially the Gold Road, Tennessee, Banner and ether mines that are now under active de- velopment and producing. It is understood that many betterments at all the properties are under contem- plation.
 It is understood that the option for the purchase of the mining claims of J. D. Jordan, George S. Krom and w. M. Harrison, known as the Winnifred group, in Secret Pass, has been taken by H. w. Squires and associates and a contract has been let to the Richardson Bros. to do considerable developmen nt work on the group. Lumber and SUD- plies for the camp have been ordered and will go out in few days. The mines are situated in an accessa ble part of the district, being reached by wagon road from Kingman. Teams can be driven onto almost any part of the claims.
 H. l.. McCarn, general manager of the Rainbow Mountain Mining com pany, who has been in Denver the past three weeks attending to business in connection with the big tram that is being installed from the Rainbow mines to the landing near the Payroll, returned to Kingman last evening.
 As soon as he gets back to the mine the work of completing the line will be undertaken. The tram will be able