Weekly journal-miner., 1915-09-22
WEATHER CHANGE
 INSTILLS PEP" INTO WORK
(By William P. DeWolf.)

otplelllDcI -1eCOTGed CnanSe III
 temperature here whereby the sum
 mer caloric, which is ordinary hot
 weather raised to the fusing point
 by the heat of the Mohave desert sun
 was given jolt in the solar plexus
 that put it down and out. In other
 words, the backbone of the hot spell
 is broken and cooler weather pre-
 vails. There are yet days, to be sure,
 when the sun takes on something of
 its summer ardor, but these periods
 are intermittent and are becoming
 farther and farther apart. As re- suit of this change in temperature
 the people of the camp are taking on more pep" and mining operations are being prosecuted with increasing activity Also as result, the travel inward IS increasing in proportions, representing for the most part pros pective buyers of mine acreage and new residents.
 That this will be the most prosper ous and talked of camp in the Unit ed States within a short time is gen. orally conceded in mining circles, and this concession is made good by the vanguard of investors that is ar irving by auto stages from Kingman, | Topock and Needles the points of debarkation from railway train. The new corners express themselves as being well satisfied with the local mining conditions, refer to others who contemplate journeying to this point in the near future, and are writing optimistic letters regarding the future of the camp to their busi- ness connections on the outside.
 Plant in Operation.
 Prominent among the properties at which increased mining activity is manifest is the Big Jim group of the Big Jim Gold Mining Company. The acreage end lines and side lines the estate of the Tom Reed Company, carries the southwest extension of the main Tom Reed ledge, and is believ- ed to carry-on its dip-the body of pay ore opened in the Black Eagle workings of the Tom Reed Company. The hoist, compressor and jack ham mers recently installed at the Big Jim shaft are doing the best of work and since they went into commission the shaft is being deepened with great CT rapidity than was possible when hand hammers and drills were used At the time of filing this dispatch it has an approximate depth of 160 feet Big Jim shares continue to be fav- orite with local stock buyers and are in steady demand.
 Among the stockholders of the Big Jim Company is Master Barkham Garner, fine upstanding little chap, aged 12 years. He is a Floridan by birth and an investor by birthright his father having at one time been identified with southern realty and financial affairs. In character and shrewdness he reminds the former NevadaEs here of little Jimmie Curtin of Goldhed, who when lad of twelve years bought Mohawk stock at from ten to twenty cents per share and sold out for the sum of $20,0OO. At that time young Curtin was just the same sort of a lad as is young Garner i "a regular human boy, with all of [ the average boys propensity for fun and harmless mischief. Today he Is a mining engineer for whom brilliant i future is predicted, he having utilized | the money realized from the sale of his Mohawk stock to pay for an edu- cation. There is good reason to be- lieve that young Curtin will prove to be a prototype for younger Mfr. Garner.
 Arizona-White Chief.
 Articles of incorporation for the Chief Mining Com pany have been applied for by H. s. Cooper and A. R. Glenn, who purpose turning over to the company group of valuable claims u the south end of the camp. Judge T. w. Wampler IS associated with them in the enter prise and is looking after the financial md. Judge Wampler is an authority on mining law and is equally as well yersed on matters pertaining to prac- ical mining. He has practiced min ng law and followed the mining { business for space of more than 25 , -ears. Many former Nevadans now esiding here remember Judge Wam- S ,ler as a prominent banker, 6urist C nd mine operator at Wonder dur i ng the halcyon days of that camp. t The estate of the Arizona-White S thief Company comprises ten claims V nd carries an outcrop 10 feet wide S or a length of 4OO0 feet. Develop | nent of the property was started con urrently with the filing of the incor- c oration papers with the Arizona Cor V oratiou Commission. At a depth of r