Mohave County miner., 1913-04-12
Mines. of the County

ing in the vicinity of Copper Canyon, has located mining claim below the mouth of that canyon and the work done is showing up q splendid body of copper ore. Mr. Miller believes he has ar exceptionally good thing and is begging away at development.
 It is reported that the deal on the Copper Giant mines, at Brownsville, is to be taken over by the Clark in terests and that work will be under way by the 20th of this month A large number of men are getting ready to go over to the camp to take positions in the mines with the Clark people.
 Owing to the death of George Gum, of Salt Lake City. the deal pending on the old Hack berry properties has been declared off, the associates of Mr. Gum not being willing to assume the bond. Had Mr.. Gum lived few months longer this deal would have been so far advanced that the estate could have carried it on.
 Considerable trouble is being exper- fenced in the work of drilling the ground at Mineral Park, the string of tools in one instance having been lost and the jars having been broken in another. Owing to the hard nature of the walls and the soft surrounding ma. terial the drills are thrown off and the holes are hard to hold in shape. It is expected that the driving of light casing will obviate this.
 Harry leClar and wife were over at the Frost-Meyers strike, near Wall apai Springs, last week and they re- port that the shaft on the property had reached depth of thirty feet, showing a fine body of ore that ran well in lead, gold and silver, the sil- yer values predominating. The vein looks better than on the surface and the owners believe that they have one of the bonanzas of the country. Work will be continued on this shaft until water level is reached, when hosting and other machinery will be put in.
 Work is progressing on the Yellow Jacket mine, in Aubrey district, owned by John Doyle and Pierre Schon. The work is Tn charge of R. c. Jacobson, Walter Burkhart being the mine fore man. This property has been worked for many years by Mr. Doyle, the ore being crushed by peculiar Chllian mill and the gold recovered by cyanide method, barrel agitator being used. | Mr. Doyle has cleaned up quite a nice little stake from the mine and the | present work is sure to bring him still greater results.
 w. D. Grannis. who has been look i ing after important work on his group of mining properties in the Cedar dis trict, is agaln in Kingman. He re- ports that the main property of the group is looking up we'll and that he has found another vein, on which | some very rich gold ore was encoun- tered. These claims are sure to be- come big producers of ore, which will | he pleasing news to the many friends of this industrious mining man.
 The Gold Reed Mining company, of which H. H. Schuck is the manager in charge of work at the properties, is getting its development in shape for the opening of the stopes. The prop erty is situated near the Tom Reed mines and is opened to a depth of about 223 feet. A contract has been let to drive the shaft to depth of 300 feet on the Jupitor and another shaft is to be sunk on the Maytowsr. The company has good treasury to work ; on and will have the mines on divi- dend basis within the year.
 This week Judge Duffy handed down his judgment in the matter of the estate of Joseph Wharton against the Klondike Mining company and Charles Gracey, holding in favor of the Gracey interests. The suit in. volved title to the Klondike mines, in Weaver district, about thirty miles west of Chloride. By this decision the KlondlKe Gold Mines company is