Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-20
MINING BOOM IS INCREASING IN
 MOHAVE

KINGMAN, Oct 16.-The activity that is making Kingman great min ing town, with big mines all around it, is getting started in great shape. Even the railroad is beginning to wake up and take notice. Three ad- ditional men have been put on the job at the depot And well they might be. The receipts for freight are three times what they were this time last year. They reach a sum now of more than $50OO0 per month
 The branch road that serves the Champion, Tennessee, Golconda, Col conda Extension and the other mines of the Cerbat range has been com pelled to put on two trains day in order to move the freight required and the ore produced by these mines Mining men from all parts of the country are arriving hourly by train and automobile The hotels and boarding houses are filled to over flowing.
 An important real estate deal, that shows which way the wind is blow ing, was consummated yesterday. Mr. T. E. Pollock, president of the Arizona Central Bank, purchased the lot at the northeast corner of Beale and Fourth streets, and will erect a large office building there, a part of the lower floor of which will be occu- pied by his bank
 The chamber of commerce met last night and $500 per month was quickly subscribed to be used for the purpose of advertising Mohave county. This sum will be largely increased from month to month
 News of the District.
 An eighteen-inch streak of $500 ore at the 500-foot level is reported by the Gold Ore mine, better known as the Worden property, at Gold Road. Another evidence that deep mining pays.
 The hills in the districts about Kingman are filled with prospectors. North, south, cast and west the search for mines is going on. Old mines are being relocated and new discoveries made. Properties that have been known for years arc being reinvestigated and values that the first corners overlooked are being 1 brought to light
 w. D. Grannis, president of the Arizona Venture Mining Company, has discovered in these mines a pc culiar crystal, said to have made pos sible long-distance telephoning. With | their aid 1t is expected to circle the | world with the human voice. The Marconi Company is reported to have paid S2,OOO for a match box full of 1 the crystals.
 The Rico, an extension of the C. o. | D. mine, and old-time producer, is be- ing worked by the Clack Brothers, a trio of the best miners in the county. | The Rico, like the Golconda Exten | sion, carries gold as its chief value.
 An eighteen thousand-dollar gold | brick, the weekly cleanup, came in from the Gold Road mine Saturday. !
 A notable transaction was consum- mated last week when P F. White disposed of his interests in the Tyro Gold Mines Company to Kansas City parties for the sum of $30,000. Pete White was the original discoverer Of the property and at the time of the sale was the holder of one-fourth of the stock. He also owns interests in other properties adjoining and has some large sales pending.
 The gold mine with the largest area of gold-bearing rock is found within three miles of Kingman. We refer to the Bimctal mine, a property south of town, over which the Santa Fe railroad passes. The deposit of mill ing rock is 500 by 700 feet and it is claimed that at no point can rock be taken which will not show colors Of gold
 Report comes from the Boundary Cone mine that a body of $50 ore has been found while running drift on the 500-foot level. High grade ore has been struck in this property in the past and no doubt it will be one of the big producers of the district.
 The Aquarius range, occupying the southeast portion of Mohave county, is rich in many minerals. Bismuth, tin, tungsten, and molybdcnum arc found, together with many of the rarcr minerals.
 CLIMAX LOOKS GOOD