Mohave County miner., 1913-08-02
Prosperous Searchlight.
Special Correspondence.

period there have been many notable successes and some failures. A re
 equalization of the leasing system in
 Searchlight with detailed account oI
 the profits and losses make an interest Ing story. The losses that were sus. tained never amounted to over a few
 thousand in any one case while the
 biggest prize was the ownership of the Quartette mine recently purchased by Charles H. Jonas an1 B. F. Miller r.. former lessees of that estate.
 Under company management the Quartelte mine was supposed to have been worked out and Mr. Jonas who at that lue was foreman of the mlne was given a lease and bond on the property. he in turn subletting various blocks of ground on some of the mine levels. Ore was uncovered on most of those leaseholds and in some instances large bodies of pay ore were develop ed. The notable successes on the Quartette mine are the Jonas- Pember ton, with a production to date of co., 000$, still producing; Harley Holmes produced l3,500S selling for S.500$ Tom Post produced 7,O0OS selling for 5.50u$: Mock bee Bushnell operating on the west extension of the Jonas Pemberton lease now sacking ore run hing 2O0S per ton and the Charles Pemberton lease which has just en. countered bonanza ore. Against this array of producers and on the loss side of the ledger are the McQuaide. Cabell, McNett, Corn and Stark leases whose losses ran from 500$ to l50O$ each.
 The Duplex mine has been a mecca for leasers since the early operations of Fred Crittenoen and associates who took out 65,00OS from the New Years shalt. J. J. Smith produced l2,O0O$; Cook and Took l0,Oy0S while several other leasers took out l6,000$ ap. proximately. Ore has just been struck on the Morrison lease on the IXL claim of the Duplex properties. Emu, lating the example of Mr. Jonas, Mir. Morrison who has been superintendent of the Dulpex mines for the past seven years recently resigned his position to lease on the lXL claim and the strik- ing of pay ore seems to prove the correctness of his judgment. The strike was made in the crosscut tunnAl 22O feet from the portal, cutting several leads running from 6 to IS in- ches in width banning coarse gold and opening up the vein at depth of about 200 feet. The tunnel is headed to catch the strike of the main ore body winch will very probably be en- countered within few more feet of crosscutting.
 On the Good Hope mine adjoining, Carlsen and Lund have been taking out ore steadily for some months past and a recent shi pment of two carloads ran over l00$ per ton at Selby's smelt- CT. Preparations are now under way to work this property on large scale the leasing of nearby mill be nego- tiated for and the working of this property from the 400-level to the sur face will be reality. On the 4OO-foot level the ore shoot has been develop. ed for distance of POO feet in length with an average valuation of l6S per ton. The Mock bee Emerick and Weeks H usband leases on this prop erty are sacking ore from shallow depth.
 The Blossom mine under the lease managemento of Frank Peroue produced 45, ,000$ during the life of the original lease. The next leaser on this estate with the bined assistance of Crow ley, Fountain, Sayles, Reddy and Booth have taken out approximately 35,OOOS with large body of ore now in sight ready for extraction.
 Wells, Allcock, Ingraham and Booth are sinking to the 200-foot level on the North Star claim of the Searchlight M. X M. taking out ore all the way down. The mill is working three shifts pounding away on ore from the l00-foot level east of the shaft.
 A careful cOmp1lation of tho nro duction of the Fourth of July mountain section, which comprises the Chief of Il ,f Il |.