Mohave County miner., 1915-05-08
Local Mining News.

John Olson has bonded his mines in the Secret Pass country and work has already been commenced on the mines. MT. Olson has opened up some nice ore bodies and believes he has one of the best propositions in that part of the Blue Ridge range.
 H. H. Shuck was in from Oatman last evening. He reports that Supt. Moore is unwatering the Gold Reed property, preparatory to sinking to the 800 level The Gold Reed company has some of the rest property in the Tom Reed section, and with further develop ment we expect to see it brought into the dividend class.
 Wells Bates, well known in this coun- ty by the old timers, has taken over the old Copper Basin Mining company's properties, in the Riverside mountains, and is to sink Accompaniment shaft to depth of 800 feet on one of the claims. MT. Bates is one of the best hustlers in the mining game and knows a mine when he sees it.
 John L. Munds has been sampling the property of Joe Huyer, in the Secret Pass section. The mine is said to have the best surface showing of any of the properties in that country and the work done the past several months has opened some great ore bodies. The vein is said to give an average of over POS for a width of eight feet.
 O. D. M. Gaddis. R. L. Dimmick and w. J. Rolfe were out to the Frisco and Catherine mines, in the Union Pass section, last Wednesday. They found conditions in that country in fine con- dition and the mine owners optimistic as to the future. Messrs. Gaddis and Wolfe were surprised with the extent of work and vein showing on the Cath erine and Frisco mines and the values that showed in the ores.
 The Hartman estate is trying to ex- ploit the big iron deposits of Riverside county, California, but it is understood that the government is opposed to the gathering in by railroad interests of the big iron sources of the country and it is possible that some action will soon be taken to divest the railroad interests of these holdings. The Hartman and Rockefeller interests hold practically all of the iron sources of the west and southwest, so that it will be but a short time until no iron will be obtain able only through these interests.
 Frank Kieth, who is largely interest ed in both the Tom Reed and United Eastern mines, at Oatman, has been looking over that camp this week. MT. Kieth has been interested with John Hays Hammond in mining ventures, al- though it is understood that MT. Ham, mand is not interested in the United Eastern. With MT. Kieth is Philip Wiseman and Seeley w. Mudd. MT. Wiseman is known in the county. having been superintendent of the Banner mine, at Stockton Hill many years ago. MT. Mudd is also we'll known in Ari- zona. The two gentleman made their pile in the copper mines of Ray.
 We have it on authority that the Arizona Southwestern Copper company has been financed and that the un- watering of the mine below the level and the sinking of the new shaft to the 800 will be but the work of short time. The company has the property equipped with large machinery and it is now only necessary to put on men to do the work. The mine at the 200 showed up splendid ore bodies, and it is considered certain that lower levels will show still better ore. The change from the carbonates and oxides still are indicated in the vein and with depth below this change it is to be expected that big bodies of the sulphides will show up. A splendid body of lead ore was encountered in the crosscuts on the 200 and this ore body is found going down strong. J. H. Hoffman, secre-