Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1914-08-22
Mines of the County

The drifts on the $50 and 500 levels
of the Copper Giant mine are said to be
in the best ore ever opened in the prop
erty, the ore on the 500 showing better
values and a more substantial ore body
than at any other place in the property.
In one of the drifts the ore body is nine
feet wide and the walls are going away
from each other at a wide angle,
Those who have had the pleasure of a
look in at the property are very enthu-
siastic over the future Of the mine.
The gold mills people of this county
are allowing a needless worry to con-
sumo them because there is a war now
going on in Germany and it is possible
that they may not be able to get cyan
ide in sufficient quantity, or at a reason
able price. Uncle Sam has had large
number of the Geological Survey nosing
around the States of Utah, Nevada,
Arizona and California in search for
potassium salts, but while some small
= deposits have been found there has not
been quantity sufficient to fill the bill.
1t is reported that Peru is liable to
enter the field ard provide a large
amount of the potash sal and make
cyanide in sufficient GU nifty to az
comodate the demands of the United
States. The recovery Of gold and
silver by the cyanide treatment has
created great demand for this pro-
duct, which is now almost entirely
supplied by Germany. 1t is reported
that the big gold mills of this county
have six months supply on hand, but
that they are in fear that they will not
be able to get new supply when this
is all gone. 1t is probable that some
means for the recovery of cyanide from
the tailings will soon be devised.
Charles Wagner arrived from London
last Sunday and was met here by James
Irving, the well known Los Angeles
mining engineer, and w. D. Grannis,
and the party at once got away for the
mines Of the Arizona Venture Corpora
ton, in Deluge wash. The party re-
turned Wednesday. Mr.. Wagner in
formed the Miner editor that the mines
were looking fine, the big shaft being
at depth of 100 feet, the ccosscut
almost to the vein, and fine body of
lead ore cut outside Of the main ore
body. He was 50 well pleased with the
outlook for the opening Of big prop
erty that he forgot all the inconveni-
ences he experienced on his trip to
London, Paris and Berlin. Mr.. Irving
is also enthusiastic over the develop
ment of the property and believes the
company has a winner. He informs
us that the shaft is soon to be sent down
to the 500 level and the whole vein ex-
plotted. This will intail large amount
of work, but the company is now
financially able to take care of every
thing that comes up. The mines are
situated in one of the best mineralized
sections of the great Wallapai mountain
range, and it is expected that large ore
bodies will be opened within the next
hundred feet of depth.
Report of great find of gold in the
vicinity of Hunters Canyon, in the
Chemehuevis mountains, comes to
Kingman. Harvey Klotsch and another
prospector found a small stringer in a
large vein and sunk shaft short dis
lance when they broke into mass of
rock that contained nuggets of gold
as large as walnuts. Mr. Klotsch was
in Kingman Wednesday last and ex-
hibited some of the nuggets and Great
ed considerable excitement. Several
prospectors have already gone to the
scene of the strike and others are get
ting their outfits ready.
The country in which the find was
made has produced some exceptionally
rich ore, Joe Mariner, Fred Drawn and
others having produced many tons of
very beautiful gold ore. In the Drawn
mine the vein faulted and only small
amount of work was afterward done to
find the vein, but without result. At
the old Hunter mine rich ore was also
found, but when the ore streak pinched
the miners quit work. 1t is thought
that if the faults could be traced out
some great mines would be found in