Mohave County miner., 1915-01-02


 ting the big mine in such shape that it will be able to output three or four cars of rich zinc ore daily. The mine is being sought after by the big fellows who are interested in the production of zinc.
 Charles and John Lynch went out to the c. O. D. mine one day this week. John Lynch has been working on new copper reduction method for several years, but owing to the depression in that metal he has taken time off from his duties to visit with relatives in King11 man and look over his mining interests here. It is to be hoped that he and his good wife will make Kingman their home.
 Judge w. H. Sawtelle, of the United States District Court, has issued tenn porary injunction restraining the oper- ation of the eighty per cent law until the hearing of the case in San Francis co sometime this month. This act will be heard before tribunal consisting of Judge Sawtelle, and possibly U. s. Judges Morrow and Mann.
 Jesse s. Hulet came down from Hol- brook yesterday to join his wife, who is spending the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Anson H. Smith. MT. Hulet is the manager of mercan- tile establishment at Holbrook and re- ports business in that section as excel lent. The young couple will remain here few days renewing old acquain- tances with the old friends.
 Charles w. Herndon is one of the old officers that secured a new lease of life at the election last November, and he is one of the men that will hold over. Without diparagement to any member of the local bar, it must be said that he is exceptionally well fitted for the position of County Attorney. He is not only well equipped mentally, but he has one of the best libraries in the state. His many friends are pleased to see him start in the new year with big clientele.
 James Meikel, general manager of the Nevada-Arizona Mines company, was in from the mines today. He re- ports that the mill has just been tried out on test run and that it was en- tirely satisfactory. The mines are having stopes opened and within short time the mill will be in commits sion with big ore reserves to draw up- on. The ores are easy to mill and the recovery of values ought to be very high, as all the ores so far opened are oxidized and the gold free.
 H. E. Strawbelle, who is doing the annual assessment work on the Copper Apex mine, of the J. F. T. group, own ed by Smith & Sawyer, is opening up a fine body of lead carbonates and galena ores. The average of fifteen inches is 32 per cent lead, IF ounces silver and AS gold. Lying alongside of this is about two feet of lower grade ma terial. The streak occurs in an i'm mense vein that cuts through the coun- try from the Wallapai valley to Chlo- ride. Every place that the vein has been opened shows ore, some of it run ming high in gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. It is located for about five miles on it's strike.
 A peculiar phase of the blacklist law has come to light in the attempt of Surveyor General Ingalls, to employ men for survey duties. He has to get each one to sign up statement as to his ability to engage in the work, where he has worked, the amount of experience, and all that. To get the men this form must be complied with or they cannot draw pay. If they do sign the form they put the Surveyor General in bad with the law. The same forms have to be signed up by all who are employed by the government, so that any person, an officer of the government, who en- ploys men or women will have to go out of the state to obtain employees.
 John Eshom, who was here from