Mohave County miner., 1912-01-06

 month or two in New York on mining business, is home again.
 James Uncapher and John Casewell, of Mineral Park, were in Kingman few days this week attending to bus:- ness affairs.
 Superior Judge elect Carl G. Krook was at Needles few days ago looking after some legal business before the local court at that place.
 Mrs Maybelle Blakely, matron of the Tempe Normal, returned to her duties at the school Monday, after a pleasant visit with friends in Kingman
 Mrs. Esther Starkey, who has been visiting over in the Prescott country, arrived in Kingman yesterday. She says that country is to cold for her.
 The case of the United States against the Grand Canyon Lime and Cement company, growing out of the cutting of wood on the public domain, has been settled by the paying into court of the sum of 3,l25S. The government contended that the cor poration had cut l2,Oo0 cords of wood and that the value was l67 l.2S per cord. The Grand Canyon Lime and Cement company is operating the kilns at Nelson and is the owner of thousands of acres of land covered by scrub cedar, title being obtained for the big lime deposits covering that whole section of country.
 c. T. Dutton, postoffice inspector. has been in Kingman few days this week looking after matters appertain- ing to the new postotfice that will soon be put in commission. The office is to be an uptodate affair, thing long needed. It is the impression that at least four people will be employed in the new office to care for the business which has outgrown the cramped quarters now used. During the past month the re2istrations of the office have amounted to approximately one hundred per day, something unknown heret ofore in an office of the class of Kingman. while all the other business shows .he same general increase.
 E. H, Barton, general manager of L O. came in from Los Angeles last Wednesday, where he has been sever. al weeks under surgical care. Son e time ago he had the middle finger of one of his hands badly injured in the machinery at the mill, and upon ex- animation by a surgeon it was decided that an amputation was necessary
 The operation was performed, but the injured member had been in con tact with a solution of cyanide and had become somewhat infected, which de- layed the healing of the wound. It. is now getting along nicely and no furth CT trouble is expected from this source. MT. Barton will go out to the mill at once to resume his duties.
 The past two weeks has been the coldest in years in this section and there appears no immediate prospect of moderation. While the cold wave appears to have been general through out the United States, some sections have been hit harder than O hers. Southern California has been hit hard by the cold wave, the loss being esti- mated at millions to the orange and lemon industry. In Arizona the loss has been small, as the citrus fruits have practically all been marketed. There has been no loss of cattle re- ported, as nearly all live stock has been on excellent range and able to stand the cold. Householders in King. man have been somewhat incon- venienced by the freezing up of the water mains, but only few bursted pipes have been reported.
 w. Roe, who has just returned from prospecting trip into the Aquarius range, east of the Windmill, brought with him samples of tungsten ore that appears to carry goodly per- centage of that metal. He reports that ten miles northerly from the old wolfram belt he and others have lt- cated many claims and that all show values in the mineral. The claims al, e on the same belt as the Williams tung-