Mohave County miner., 1913-07-19
Mines of the County

TWO cars are now being Shlpped weekly to the shelter from the Rain bow mine, at Chloride, but it is under stood that a greater tonnage will soon be sent out. he mine is capable of sending out at least car of ore daily, and with greater depth the mine should be one of the best in that dis trict.
 Good progress is reported in the drilling of holes through the copper section at Mineral Park. The capping of that section is porphyry, but the drill has so far found quartz at depth of less than 100 feet, and in this quartz copper shows to some extent. Many holes will be drilled in this ground to ascertain the extent of the copper deposition and its value.
 John Barry came in from Chloride several days ago and is attending to business matters. He reports that Chloride is looking fine from mining standpoint and that it now looks as though that section would come into the limelight as copper producer. More copper is coming in the ore of the Tennessee mine at the 900 level and the opinion prevailed that copper would soon predominats. Other mines are also showing copper values.
 The Copper Giant continues to cut good ore in the shaft that is now being sunk to the 300 level. Some of the richer ore runs as high as B per cent copper and carries good values in gold and silver. The mine is reported to be looking exceptionally good. The Clark people took the property over with the idea of using the excess silica for converter lining, but owing to the increasing naturalization of the ore they will have to look elsewhere for their material.
 The White Elephant mine. near Cerbat, is shipping big tonnage of ore. It has just completed sixty-ton bunker and put on two ore wagons to haul to the railroad. The wagons have self-dumpers and will handle five tons of ore each. The railroad is but four miles distant and a down hill haul. The company has opened great body of ore carrying high values in gold, silver and lead, the silver value predominating. Specimens of native silver from the mine compare favorably with the best silver ores ever taken from the mines of the county.
 J. F. Miller, who has large mining interests ln the Deluge Wash section, of the Cedar district, reports that a good trail has been built from Copper vile to the mines by Gibson, Mason and himself. The trail can be readily widened to accomodate wagons and at small expense. The grade does not run above eight per cent at any point, which would make a most desirable grade for wagon road. With the building of road into that place con- siderable ore could be sent to the shelter, the values in the ores being high enough to stand heavy freight charges as well as shelter charges.
 J. H. Hoffman, secretary and treas urer of the Arizona Southwestern Cop por company, came up from that prop. city last Saturday evening and re- turned the following day. He reports that work at the mill is going on steadily and that it will be in comm,s- sion within a short time. The mine continues to show big bodies Of ore in the crosscuts, where the work of cut ting the vein at distances of forty feet is now under way. It is planned to open stopes through the vein and make it possible to draw at least thirty per cent of the ore as it IS being broken, allowing the balance to remain until the stope has been carried up to the other level.
 Robert Jacobson was out to the Lucknow and Roosevelt mines, at Music mountain, this week and re. ports that the stope in the Roosevel, tunnel shows three feet of splendid millinp ore Sample lOtS of tho ors