Mohave County miner., 1915-02-20

ing company has Stebbens concentra- = ting machine at it's plant in Kingman and has been making tests on many varieties of ore. Samples of the tung- sten ores from the Williams mines have given good results, while other ores have also responded we'll to this method of treatment.
 c. J. Walter was over at Music Mountain last Sunday and saw his first mine and mill in operation. The mill of the Nevada Arizona Gold mines com pany was running on rich ore and the mines were producing considerable tonnage of the ore. This mine and mill is now doing splendid work, the recovery of values being very high, while all the mine openings are giving up high grade of ore. The camp i'm pressed MT. Walters greatly and he be- lieves it is sure of successful future.
 H. E. Woods, who has been over at the Lexington mines, at Oatman, the past week, arrived in Kingman Sunday last and departed to his home in Los Angeles. He reports that there is con- siderable excitement in the Oatman country and that every foot of available ground in that country is being staked off. At the Lexington mine arrange ments are being made for the installa- tion of large equipment and the sinking of the big working shaft to the 600 level, from which point the mine will be opened
 L. Hoffman and Frank Miller have taken lease on the Samoan mine, at Chloride, and are now driving drift on the vein from the Bowman tunnel. Along this drift considerable ore is available and it is also expected that the drift may be driven ahead into another large ore body that was enter ed at the level above. The Samoan has produced large tonnage of ore in the past and it is to be hoped that it will soon be among the big producers of that section,
 The work on the Frisco shaft has been suspended for the time being, the company now making arrangements for the installation of big hoisting plant to sink to greater depth. From a superficial depth to the 100 level the shaft was in splendid ore, some of it running as high as 987$ in gold to the ton. It is expected that this will de- velop the mine below the old zone and establish the fact that the vein does go down. In the old works the vein lies at depth of about twenty degrees from the horizontal, while the new vein is al most perpendicular. The ore bodies in this property are great and it is to be expected that it will soon be worked in large way.
 A. G. Frazer, we'll known Pacific coast mining men, has taken bond on the Banks property, in the Wallapai mountains, and Thursday last a party of miners with big outfit of provisions and mining supplies departed to the mines to begin work. The mines are situated on the east side of the ,Walla- pal mountains and were discovered several months ago by Dick Banks. Associated with MT. Banks are I. M. George, George and Frank Kayser. o. O. D. M. Gaddis and c. M. Stowe are also interested in adjoining properties that go into the deal. It is the inten- tion of MT. Frazer to sink the main shaft on the mines to depth of several hundred feet and thoroughly open the veins at that depth. The veins are among the largest ever found in the Wallapais, where large veins are the rule. The ore is lead, copper, gold and silver, and some big assays have been taken from the veins. There is plenty of wood and water to be had in the country and it is an ideal spot for work.
 Virgil s. Smith, R. c. Jacobson and Jacob Stricker went down to the Cop per Canyon mines last Monday, where they looked over the properties of the Leviathan Mining company. Mir. Smith, who came in from St. Paul last