Mohave County miner., 1913-03-01

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 Charles Ridenour, the Hack berry merchant, was in Kingman yesterday on business matters.
 Goldfeld people are understood to have taken lease and bond on the Nighthawk mine and the work of cleaning out the old drifts and pre- pairing for sinking will soon be under way.
 County Treasurer Devne this week received S0,S0O$ in payment of the re- cent issue of Mohave county bonds, the purpose of which is to build a courthouse in ilingman. The buyers were very prompt in tine payment of the bonds, the signed bonds having only reached Kansas City last week.
 B. L. Lunceford, assistant superin- tendent of the Tom Reed Gold Nine, returned to Oatmau last week with his bride. The happy young couple met most cordial reception from the people of that place, MT. Lunceford being very popular among the residents of the big gold camp.
 The Arizona Central Bank has gone into its new quarters and appears to be most comfortably situated. The furnishings are very handsome and are so pleasantly arranged that it will be pleasure for the bankpeople to wait on customers, while on the part of patrons of the bank they will find the greatest convenience. No banking office in the state can boast of more uptodate home.
 Last month the Tom Reed shipped 67, ,5OO$. the decreased amount being caused by the temporary shutdown owing to frozen water pipes and other troubles. It is expected that the bar that will he shipped; next week. will run above 75,O0OS, and that if no trou- bles from frost are encountered this month more than lOO,O ,O0O$ will be sent out. The mine is said to be in splen- did ore below the old levels, where new stopes have been opened.
 Ira l., c. Richardson and Miss Bertha Alice Prince were united in marriage last Thursday evening, at the Locust House, Anson H. Smith, Justice of the Peace, performing the ceremony. Mr. Richardson is we'll known miner of the Union Pass section, while Mrs. Richardson is new arrival in town. The happy young couple will make their home at Union Pass, and their many friends wish them long and happy married life.
 Machinery for the new addition to the milling plant of the Frisco Gold Mines company is fast being hauled to the mill at Union Pass and is being in. stalled in that plant. With the bet terments the milling capacity of the plant will be increased to about 100 tons daily, and later this will be in- creased to 800 tons. The mine is capa. able of furnishing ore for more than 800 ton mill, but water will have to be brought in from Burns Spring to fur nish the necessary supply.
 The storm that passed over Mohave county, this week was one of the great est in thirty years, the big snow storm of March, 1884, only surpassing it. At that time two feet of snow fell in the valleys and many feet in the mountains. It was reported at the time that four feet of snow fell on the Cerbat range and six feet in V allanai mountains A number of adobe build ings in Mineral Park were wrecked, and three members of the Steen family were killed by the destruction of their home by the storm, Mir. and Mrs Steen and their oldest daughter Nellie. The other two children were miraculously saved Alum wash and the Empire wash, at Chloride ran big streams of water far into the valley all the following summer. At the present time it is reported that there is better than four feet of snow on Wallapai mountains and nearly two feet fell on the Cedar divide, near the Red Tanks. Many parts of the val IAVS OnAUmlrl and will h..