Mohave County miner., 1913-09-27
Mines of the County

will at once start work The mine shows fine bodies of exceptionally high grade gold ore. from which ship ments have been made to the shelter during the past year. The ore will average about 3OS in gold to the ton, and it is believed copper values will come in at a lower level.
 Gene Brown came down from the Copper Giant mine yesterday evening He reports that work is going on with dispatch at the mine and that many mining men are coming into the dis trict. Some of the outside mines are now being taken up and options are sought on the remaining idle mines. That section is sure to be one of the ivelest parts of the county this win ger, prospectors and investors going in khere in large numbers.
 Contracts are to be let for the haul ing of the big tonnage of ore which the Copper Giant contemplates ship ping from that property to the Jerome smelter. The ore will be dumped in. to bins at the mine ana road has been built up to that point, making It possible to fill wagons or trucks at will. Haulage for a while will be to Blackberry, but later a siding will be put in at Tennaca, which will cut the haulage by nearly five miles, the mine being but four miles from the railroad tracks.
 N, J, Churchill, superintendent of the Tennessee mine, accom- panied by his wife and child were Kingman vis. tors this week. Mr. Churchill has had charge of the big lead property for nearly two years and during that time has brought it into the producing class, there being shipped out to the smelter daily about l5O tons of good ore. The mine is capable of greater shipments and it is probable that with. in short time, or when the 900 level iido oCCh run tuiouSh tllC OIt DOuN and stopes opened, at least 300 tons of ore will be sent out to the shelter.
 A mortgage sale of the Gro Plata mine was held at the courthouse last
 onday. Gaddis M Perry company King the bidders, Toe sale covered about 8, 5,000$, which will clean up all the debts existing against that prop erty and pave the way to the resump. tiOn of work. The Gro Plata i, one of the old producers of the county, and while the main shaft has only reached depth of 2SO feet it has produced in the neighborhood of 50O.OOOS With the reopening of the mine and the sinking of the shaft to new level the property should become one of the big mines of Wallapai district.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. E. Frost, Harry Mehaffy and Walter Myers have been developing a mining property at the head of the Coin wash, a few miles from Wallapai Springs. A drift has been run in on the vein quite a dis. tance and the vein has been gradually widening until at this time four feet of heavy yalena ore is showing. Samples taken from this vein gave an average value of 25S per ton in gold, silver and lead. Better ore is now appearing in the breast of the drift and the owners believe they will soon have material that will pay well to ship to the smelt- CT. The haul from the mine to the railroad is all down hill and the ex- peDle of placing the ore aboard the cars will be light. The country along this range is cut with veins and many of them are of exceptional width and well mineralized.
 The Kingman Copper Mining X Milling company has discontinued the work of drilling at Mineral Park and is now driving drift along the fault plane on one of the large veins in the ridge south of the town. Some very good copper ha, been found in this drift and it is believed that further work will open large body of the red Eetal While no large bodies of ore was found in the enriched zone it was found that the whole country in the south part of the Park is underlaid