Mohave County miner., 1914-02-14

A. c. Werden, Justice of the Peace Cf Goldroad, is in Kingman.
 Mss Nina Uncapher, of Mineral Park, is visiting in Kingman.
 North winds keep the temperature close to the freezing point these nights.
 Mrs. Steiver, of Richmond, Califor- mia, sister of Mrs. A. l.. Hilton and Leslie Estle, is visiting in Kinyman.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. R. Reyes. of Col. oradO. cousins of the Misses Keysers, are visiting in Kingman.
 Dr. T. R. White has moved his fam fly from Goldroad to Kingman and expects to make this his future home
 Isabel Blakely came in from San Francisco the first of the week and is visiting with relatives for a couple of weeks,
 Miss Gertrude Miller. of Kingman, made great hit at the recent Normal musicale. at Flagstaff, on her rendition of a musical aria.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w Ward. of the Big Sandy. have been spending the week in Kingman and have invested in one of Jesse Tarr's automobiles.
 Mr and Mrs. c. N. Nickell and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hutchison left this morning in an auto for Los Angeles and other parts of southern California
 Some difficulty is still being experi- snced in the handling of the water in the c. O. D. mine. but this will soon be obviated and the shaft sunk to connection with the 300 level.
 Sheep shearing is now under way at the oens east of town. It is under stood that fully O,OOO sheep will be brought here this spring to shear, the herds being scattered over the coun try to the east of town. Many bands are now in the Sacramento valley.
 Monte Westlake and another miner are working on a mining proposition near the head of Copper Canyon, where they are driving across the big dike that appears to he the feeders for all the veins in that section. They encountered quite body of water heavily impre gnated with arsenic.
 A fire this afternoon brought out the whole population of Kingman. It was in the rear of the residence of Sylvia Whitman. small outbuilding being burnt to the ground. The loss was probably fifty dollars, but had the discovery not been made in time sev- eral buildings would have been de- strOled.
 Fred Pike, a miner who recently worked at Copper Canyon, is reported to have fallen from a train near Yucca, last Thursday. and was badly injured. Pike had been in Kingman several days drinking with boon companions and it is thought that he was injured while under the influence of liquor. He was an excellent miner and was well liked wherever employed.
 The Clark people have been granted an extension of time on the Copper Giant mine with the understanding tha, the main shaft is to be sunk to the 800 level at once. The shaft is now at a depth of $50 feet. Three shifts will be worked on the Cnine from now on and large pumps will be put in to handle the water.
 k. F. Thompson this week received letter from Senator Mark A. Smith, which conveys the information that the Indian Department has taken up the matter of bridge across the Col orado river at Topock. The depart ment has offered an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill covering 25,- O00$ on the basis that Mohave county or the State of Arizona will give 25,- OOO$ and the county of San Bernardo 10 25,0O0$ more. The department also obliges Mohave county to spend at least 5.00Os on a wagon road on the high ground between point west of Oatman to the bridge, the departm mt ,o hn;ld . oonnaotipu l;pL tn Eort Mo