Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28


 in Silver Creek, upon which he has been at work the past several months.
 Charles Metcalf and Howard Smith went out to the Great Eastern mine, in wallapai mountain recently re- turning in the evening. Lon Wells has been at work on the mine and has opened n fine showing of orc in the property. ' "
 K. J. Holmes has just returned to Kingman from visit to his mining properties in San Francisco district. He says that there is great activity in all camps and that it will not be long until more of the big pfopcrties are among the producers of bullion.
 J. A. Ferguson, of Forest Hill, Cali. fornis, spent a day or two in King
 man this week After an examina. ton of property in Yavapai county Mir. Ferguson will return to King. man and look over the various mining districts for . month or two.
 Representatives of eastern investors are expected here to make an investi' gation of the Tyro group of mines, over in the Union Pass section. The Tyro group is one of tho best looking propositions in that section and we
 hope to see it in the hands of people
 able to develop and equip 1t with the proper machinery.
 John Olson who has been doing as
 sessment work on the mines of !. F.
 withers in Secret Pass, is in the city. Mir. Olson is one of the best known miners in the county and knows a good thing when he sees
 1t, and in his opinion MT. withers
 has ono of the best properties in the Secret Pass section. The vein is , large and shows good values wher ever opened.
 q. IT. Burlock has returned from
 San Diego to his Mossback mine, ir the Silver Creek section, and expects e to have the mine in operation short , ly. A big pumping plant and holster b are to bc shipped to the mine shortly
 and as soon as the mine is unwatered
 the work of sampling will be under taken. The Mossback vein is one of the largest in that section and show, excellent values.
 It is reported that R. P. wheclock
 general manager of the Enterprise M K. & I. Co.,, has discovered . flint showing of tellurium ore in one oi the veins owned by the company. as r says from which run above tl200 t'
 tho ton. Mir. Wheelock has beer
 making n thorough examination of al ' the mines owned by the company ant d believes he is now in possession o y information that will be of grea benefit to the company in its futur'
 operations. .
 l.. Hoffman, general manaGss Q the Arizona Southwestern Copper com y pany, returned from the mins . ], Coppervills Tuesday uisht. He rs '' ports that the biz holster has bee
 placed on the new shaft and ia now fl
 operation. The shaft has sssehe' Fl . depth of 100 feet and is in zoo, ! ore. The orc carries values Ii A Iced, gold and silver. This shaf 2 is to be carried to . depth of 60 n feet As fast ss possible, after whic y drifts are to be run on the vein sn
 tho mine thoroughly exploited.
 A MT. Boyd, who has been proi D, pecting in the Secret Pass sectioI Ir came into town this week and report a cd that he had discovered fine vel g. of ore near the Withers propert, B. The vein has been crosscut four fee a- and shaft is being sunk in the oper 7. ing Every foot of the ground horn
 big values, the lowest estimate of tn V whole vein being SEQ, while many e' y inmates run as high as si00. Tn y. gold is quite coarse and occurs in tn H. iron. A shaft is to be sunk to som v- depth on the vein. It is understoo 'f that Flagstaff people are intereste 'f in the mine with the locator.
 'e The main shaft on the Neglccte ,s mine, known as the Dr. George proI s. erty, in Silver district, has reache
 the 300 level and the crosscut is b,
 ing run to cut the vein. The shai y, has passed out of the vein about l IS feet and it is expected to reach th C. vein within a very few days. Tn P. same company operating the Neglecte lg group is said to have taken an optic nt on the old Hardy mine from Georp ig Miller, This mine lies to the soutl le west of the Neglected and Is one c Il. the oldest mines in that section. ne Tn letter Hon. A. F. Davis, no