Mohave County miner., 1912-08-03
Mines of the County

over at Thumb Butte. in which he is a large owner.
 The mill of the Arizona Southwest ern Copper company, at Copperville, has been about completed and the
 work of installing the machinery is under way. This work will take about ninety days. The new truck is now engaged in hauling the machinery and materials to the mine. The company has purchased part of the machinery from the Frisco Mines X Power con- pany and will remove it to the mine as soon as possible.
 c. k. Walker, of the Rainbow Moun- tain Mining company, accompanied by Mir. Crapo, chief engineer of the Noun tain States Telephone company, of Denver, passed through Kingman a few days ago on their way to the mine S at Chloride. The gentlemen will stop over day or two on their way home. MT. Walker having the plans of the improvements to the Elks Opera House and club rooms in view while here. It is expected to have the plans ready for the bidders within the next thirty days and contracts will then be signed up. Mir. Walker is among the most prominent of the architects of the west and his designs are to be seen in all the large buildings of the mountain states.
 w. w. Gates was called to Needles today to look into the matter of a re- ported find of oil south of Needles. It is stated that gas was found at a su- perfcial depth and that oil seepage was also found there. In what is To- cally known as Chemehuevis valley there has been indications of oil for many years, the seepage coming up through the concreted gravel, while on the west side of the Colorado river there are prominent anteclire, that show through the eroded conglomerate capping. On the north side of the mountain inclcsing the valley there are other prominent anetclnes and other oil bearing characteristics. In the valley the gypsum and saline wa ters are very pronounced.
 H. l.. Stewart, of Chicago, one of the directors of the Nevada Arizona Gold Mines company, operating the Lucknow and other mines at Music mountain, is in Kingman. accompanied by William Grant, the Blackberry merchant. Mir. Stewart and his asso. ciate stockholders are driving the adit drift on the Lucknow vein at Music Mountain and getting good results. The ore that is being taken from this drift is rich in gold and silver and carries good width. The veins in this group of mines are among the best in the county, the values running very high. The recent strike of ore in the Lucknow vein gave results above l00S gold to the ton. The con- pany is soon to have a mill on the property and save the expense of the haul to the railroad and shelter charges.
 It is reported that the Grand Gulch Copper company, operating mines about forty miles north of the Colo rado river in this county, is shipping large tonnage of ore to the Salt Lake smelters by way of St. Thomas, Nevada. Since the completion of the railroad to St. Thomas the company has shipped out about 800 tons of heavy copper ore. The average of the as- sorted ore is better than 45 per cent copper, carrying values in gold and silver. The shaft on the property is down about 800 feet, the ore body ly- ing on shelves in the sandstone as a distinctive geological freak it stands preeminent among the mines of the country. While the gangue is lime and silica the enclosing walls in sand- stone. At the sandstone mines of southern Utah the vein filling is sand- stone, while the enclosing walls is of other material. Throughout the | region from southern Utah to the Colorado river the veins bearing ore have peculiaritles found In no other
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