Mohave County miner., 1912-03-02
Mines of the County

George Aitken is at Music Mountain developing his group of mining claims On the principal mine of the group he has opened up a fine body of shippable ore, from which shipments of ore have been made to the shelter.
 The aerial tram from the Rainbow mine will soon be in operation, many of the towers being in place and only awaiting the building of the small in- tervening towers. When in commis- sion this tram will carry about 100 tons of ore to the landing below each day.
 John Boyle. jr., of the Golconda mines, was a Kingman visitor this week. The mine is still showing phe- nominal ore in the new work and the great advance in the prlce of the zinc content is making the property one of the greatest paying propositions in the county.
 Thomas Steinburg, who has been at work on the Bellfower mine the past several months, reports that the drift from the POO level is now in favorable ground and it is expected that the ore body will soon be cut. The drift is be- Ing run across from the shaft to where they expect to tap the vein on it's dip.
 Tom Bosanko, one of the baseball en- thusiasts of Oatman, was Kingman visitor this week, having come into town to transact some important mln- ing business. Mr. Bosanko is one of the owners of the Tyro group of mines and it is understood that deal is now pending for the sale of that great prop erty.
 The machinery for the new chlian mill of the o x c. Development con- pany has arrived in Kingman and is being hauled out to the property fifteen miles east of Kingman. The company is also developing the mines and get ting things in shape for big output of ore when the mill is in shape to take care of it.
 Henry Lang went down to the Wini- ferd group of mines last Monday to make an examination of the property. He reports that the property is looking good and that many other good looking veins are being opened up in the same section, The miners have firm faith in the opening up of one of the richest districts in the Blue Ridge mountains.
 A. l.. McKesson came up from the Holy Moses claim yesterday bringing a twenty ounce bar of bullion, the re- suit of short run of the three stamp nill. The ore run gave an average of about sos to the ton. Owing to the small water supply the mill could only be run fe~ hours daily, but the sav- ing was quite high. The mine is situ- ated near Hancock, about seven miles south of town.
 l.. Hoffman, general manager of the Arizona Southwestern Copper company is home again from visit to the mines in Copperville. He reports that the big holster is almost ready to run on the new shaft. Owing to the breaking down of the old holster on the shaft ha1 tn ha SnSnnn6nl ,ptil ha new hoist was installed. The shaft has been sunk in very good milling ore and it is expected to open up a great body of lead-silver ore in this part of the mine.
 Supt. Brinton, of the Alpha mine, is in town attending to business of the company. The ore shipments from the mine are averaging about ten tons daily and already 400 tons of excellent ore has been shipped to the smelter. As soon as the full 800 tons contracted for have been received at the shelter the lot will be sampled and tested to ascer- tain just the class of mill that will be necessary to get the best results from the low grades of ore at the mine. The property is looking good and bet. ter results may be expected when the shaft is carried below the present lev el.
 E. M. Lamont, who was here last week to meet party of mining men,