Mohave County miner., 1913-07-12
Mines of the County

iuopooVoI, IS III hlu u3u OH HIS way IO the San Francisco mine, where he will make an examination of that property to ascertain if it is in shape for the employment of large force of men.
 c. M. Glasgow, of Tucson, accom- panied Eli Hilty to the Golconda and other mines to the north of kingman the past week. Mir. Glasgow is look ing into the matter of zinc production and was well pleased with what he saw in the big zinc mines.
 R. F.. Zuver, who has been mining and cyaniding in the Goldroad country the past ten years, was a Kingnan visitor this week. Mr. Zuver has a lease on part of the tailings pits of the Goldroad Mines company and has been making some money from them.
 A Mir. Banks. who formerly worked for local firms, has found vein of ore in the Moss Wash section of the Walla- pal mountains that is said to run sos gold across eighteen inches. Mir. Banks has been at work on the prop srty some time and has nice showing of ore in the opening, The ore also carries values iu silver and copper.
 George B. Ayers, messenger for the Gold Roads Mines company, brought in from that property, last Thursday, a bar of bullion weighing 2O,OOOS the cleanup for the week. These little bars of the yellow metal are giving Mohave county the reputation that has long been withheld of being the great est gold producing county of the state
 Jack Connolly, owner of mining properties in the Bob Tail basin, has received returns from his first car of ore. shipped to the Copper Queen shelter at Douglas. He says that he was treated we'll by the company, but that the shipment was made too soon to get the advantage of new rates, which would have made his check con- siderably larger. He will soon have another carload on the road and ex- poets to get much better results from it.
 Tom Sickles, ore of the best pros- pectors in this county, has discovered vein of ore in Moss Wash that carries big values in gold. silver and copper. The vein is of good width and where ever opened gives nigh assay values. Mir. SlckleS has been at work on the mine the past three or four months and has opened up splendid showing of this ore. The mine is we'll located, being in a well watered and timbered section, the high mountains above the mine being covered by heavy growth of pine.
 James w. Quinn is in town from his mining claims in the Grant x Nc. Greary wash section, and reports that he has his shaft down fifty feet with an excellent showing of ore The aver age of the vein is 5.5O$ gold, Is ounces silver and 6 per cent copper. The vein is very large, but no average samples have been taken across it, only the shaft, 4y6, having been tested for values. Mr. Quinn states that he will have concentration tests made on the ore and if results can be had he will put in mill to handle the ores.
 R. D. McCauseland has had force of men at work unwatering the Key. stone mine and now that the water mas been reduced it is expected to commence sinking 10 the 800 level as fast as possible. The Keystone should make good, as it was one of the first big producers the county had. When the Keystone was found prospectors from all over Nevada and California flocked to this county, and many were the locations made. Owing to the re- moteness of the district and the hosti. lity of the Indians few of the proper ties were worked, and that only to the water level
 The drilling rig of the Kingman Copper company was put in commis- sion yesterday on the claims at Ithica peak and it is expected the deep hole will reveal something good. The whole oountrv in tho lowa, ,,.. af