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Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
MILL OF ARIZONA
 BUTTE Is MAKING
 EXCELLENT SHOWING
IFrom Sundays Daily MinerI

J. E. Leeper, accompanied by Wal ter c. Miller and W. T. Crocker of Jerome, George Babbitt of Flagstaff and l. M. George and Anson H. Smith of Kingman visited the mill and mines of the Arizona Butte yesterday.
 The mill was found in operation, all the tables except one being in com mission and turning out the highest grade of lead concentrates. Owing to lack of adjustment of the screens no zinc concentrates are at present be- ing made at the mill, although the ores carry big values in that metal. Every part of the mill is working nicely so far as the lead values are concerned, and there appears to be an abundance of water for all purposes of concentration. Assays from the concentrates give values of over T per cent lead, per cent zinc, .98 ounces gold and IA ounces silver. This gives a value of better than $120 to the ton.
 At the mine ten stopes of ore have been opened and are supplying the mill to capacity. The deep tunnel, which is designed to tap the veins of the company at depths of from 500 feet to 1900 feet, is now in 125 feet, the work having been done by hand. The new compressor and engine are in place, well housed in an iron build ing, and will be in commission by the first of next week.
 When machine drills are put into use in the mine ten feet daily will be made on the tunnel. With this rate of driving ahead it will be but a short time until the ore bodies in the vein are exposed, and the old and rich shoots tapped. Other veins will be brought to light and many hundreds of miners put to work on the richest ores in the county.
 The gentlemen were well pleased with the prospect of opening a big producing property and are sanguine of the complete success of the new mill.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SEEKS RECRUITS FOR
 THE NATIONAL GUARD

Lieut.. Charles R. Price of the Ari- zona national guard, assisted by Cor poral F. Smith, has established a re- cruiting station in the Kingman post office and will hold forth there for several days for the purpose of en- listing applicants for membership in the organization.
 While in Mohave county Lieutenant Price will conduct recruiting cam paigns in Oatman and Chloride, spend ing several days in each camp, after completing his work in Kingman. He announces that he will be glad to re- ceive for examination for enlistment men between the age of IS and 45 years.
 Lieutenant Price says that men en- listing will be given taste of real life in the camps on the bor- der.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SAN BERNARDINO
 TEAM VANQUISHED
 ON LOCAL DIAMOND

The box score below tells the story of a ball game or, at least, it was supposed to be ball game. San Der nardino, the much-touted team from California, fell before the mighty on- slaught of the Kingman warriors on the local diamond Sunday afternoon. When the smoke of the battle had cleared IiP Ray Robinson was seen slowly making his way home, the the scars of battle upon his broad chest.
 On his tommyhawk could be seen three small notches, which meant that he had made two home runs and a triple. Behind him came his trusty warriors each carrying a scalp of one of the members of the different tribes they had met and conquered. The score, in detail, follows:
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
NEW STRIKE MADE IN
 LOST BASIN SECTION
From Sundays Daily MinerI

Guy E. Pierson and J. G. Dugan came in to Kingman yesterday from Lost Basin, where they have just com- pleted the location of a number of mining claims on a new gold strike made by the former. Mir. Pierson dis covered gold in a new vein, and was able to pan good values for a dis tance of seven claims along the lode.
 MT. Dugan took up the extensions of the vein and also found gold in the outcrop. Assays taken from the vein gave results of S130 in gold and silver and SAY in gold and silver to the ton. Much richer ore, however, was brought in yesterday. The new loca- tions are close to the property of Joe Winchester and similar in character.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
ENGINEER
 OPENS NEW ROAD
 OVER GOLDROAD HILL
[Fron Tassday,. paIly MinsrI

County Engineer Wright yesterday went out to Goldroad to make the of ficial opening of the new road over Goldroad hill. He reports that the big cut through the top of the mountain has been smoothed down to grade and that it has been put in condition to receive traffic. He says he drove his "jitney" up the new grade on high gear, which indicates the splendid grade that has been obtained by the department.
 On the west side of the hill a splen- did grade has been made and the road
 safeguarded in every possible way. No place in the state can show a bet ter road than that over Goldroad hill. It makes possible a greater degree of safety and grade over which any kind of vehicle can be driven on high gear. This road has cost considerable money, but it is worth every dollar that has been expended on it.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
NELLIE DRAINING
 THE BLACK RANGE
CFrOm oatman Section Daily Miner.l

(From Oatman Section Daily Miner.)
 Two shifts have started work in bottom of Nellie shaft, deepening it for a stump. The continued work of unwatering at the Nellie has drained the west Black Range shaft and the Wrigley Exploration company, which has obtained it's water supply by pumping from that shaft, is now talk ing it's water from the Nellie.
 The best grade ore ever found in the Black Range was mined from the west shaft, 80 feet east of the Nellie end-line. This shaft is about 1900 feet east of the Nellie shaft, the trend of the ore so far as known being west erly into the Nellie.
 The Nellie company anticipates cut ting the vein at $50 to 40 feet by October. A network of stringers is being cut by the shaft. The drainage of the west Black Range from the Nellie indicates a large open vein and the management is looking forward to another mine for the camp in the Nellie.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
OATMAN SCHOOLS
 ARE OVERCROWDED
,(FrOm Oatman Section Daily Miner.)

,(From Oatman Section Daily Miner.)
 The Oatman public schools opened yesterday morning with 94 pupils in attendance. A great number more failed to appear, their parents realiz- ing that there would not be room for them. As predicted by Director George Long recently, a third room will have to be rented at once and an other teacher employed.
 In Miss Finney's room there were 54 pupils. Of these fully half had to stand for want of seats. All the boys, were standing and leaning against the wall. In every seat there were two children, although the seats were made for only one. In Miss Can ning's room there were 40. None had to stand but there were two in each seat.
 Several parents and citizens were in attendance at the opening and Dr. Ed ward Bowes delivered an address to the pupils. The doctor is a fine speaker and a lover of children.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
RICH STRIKE: MADE
 IN UTAH PROPERTY
From Sundays Daily MinerI

William Barret Ridgely of New York, president of the Arizona Cop perfelds, Inc, who is now in Kingman on business connected with that com pany, yesterday received news of a high-grade silver-lead strike on the property of the Emma Copper com pany in the Alta or Little Cottonwood district in Salt Lake county, Utah. Mir. Ridgely is also president of that company and came to Kingman re- gently after a visit of inspection of three weeks to the Utah property.
 The message he received from the manager of the Emma was to the effect that the diamond drill being used in the exploration of the prop erty from the Bay State tunnel level had revealed at a depth of 128 feet a splendid body of ore of the char acter named. It added that the drill had penetrated the ore eight feet without disclosing a second wall. As says made on the drill core from the ore gave a return of 116 ounces silver and eight per cent lead.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
H. H. Watkins
ARIz. COPPERFIELDS EMPLOYS J. [. RAY
 AS ITS BIOLOGIST
From Tuesday's Daily MinsrI

J. C. Ray, well known in the county, has been engaged as consulting geo. logist by the Arizona Copperfelds, Inc, He will work out the geology and genesis of the disseminated DOT phyry copper ore deposit in Mineral Park basin. This will include mic roscopic study of the rocks by the refecting microscopic method. MT. Ray was the first engineer in the west to use this method of studying rock structure, having made many petro- graphic slides of the Butte ores.
 c. L. Herzig. of New York, chief consulting engineer of the company, whi enjoys an international reputa- tion, will also be on the ground next week to make thorough examination of the properties. MT. Herzig has been engaged the past year in working out the faults of the Little Cotton wood field of Utah for the Emma Copper company, and the recent strike in that property has amply de- monstrated accuracy of his conclus- ions.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
BIG OREDODY EXPOSED
 IN THE GOLCONDA MINE
IFrom Tuesday. Daily MiasrI

Report comes from the Golconda mine that on the 10th level there has been exposed one of the largest bodies of high grade zinc ore ever revealed in the state. It has been drtfted on several hundred feet and remains un- broken. On the 11th level the com pany is cutting a station.
 General Manager J. D. Wanvig has been untiring in his efforts in the development of the property and can now rest assured that the Union Basin Mining company which owns the prop erty can produce zinc at the five cent mark at a profit. The big mill has been operating successfully on dumy and stope ores, the fiotation method being used to clean the product to a high percentage.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SAMPLES 0F ORE FOR DISPLAY
 AT FAIR IN PHOENIX

A. M. MacDuffee of Chloride was in Kingman yesterday, having retur- ned from trip to the various min ing camps of the county in the interest of a county exhibit for the State fair. He reports that mining men are quite enthusiastic over the matter of preparing an exhibit of the ores.
 Arrangements were made by Mir. MacDuffee, while in town, to have ores for exhibit left and cared for at the courthouse by Fred Cooledge, where they will be packed and shipped to Phoenix
 Mohave county has the greatest variety of ores of any county in the state and it is to be hoped that the exhibit will be one that will demon strate the superiority of old Mohave as a producer.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
TYPHUS FEVER NOT
 PREVALENT HERE
From Tuesday. Daily MinsrI

lEEum AuG4QAy OAAy
 Stories are afoat throughout the state to the effect that a case of well developed typhus fever was discovered last week in Kingman. This is not true. A Mexican who had just come here from Fl Paso was thought to be infected with smallpox and was at once sent to Los Angeles. There the doctors diagnosed his ailment as typhus fever and the local health officer, Dr. T. R. White, was informed.
 Dr. White at once took precaution- ary measures and had the section house quarantined. The Mexicans were yesterday all disinfected and placed aboard railroad cars and the section house burned. The cars bear ing them will be moved this morning to Louise, where quarantine will be established until the danger point has passed, at which time they will be brought back to town.
 A few cases of smallpox in a mild form have appeared among the Mex jeans. They were promptly isolated under quarantine. Doctors do not be- lieve that more cases will develop among the Mexicans, but no chances will be taken. Every Mexican section house along the Santa Fe is to be disinfected and the inhabitants to be freed of lice and other germ breeders by the usual method.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
JEROME OATMAN FORGED
 BY WATER TO CROSSCUT

For the past 30 days the Jerome Oatman management has been having the battleof it's life with water in.the shaft. Not to exceed 10 feet in depth has been made in over two weeks, and at present the sinking pump is under 30 feet of water. The company has two pumps, but every shot opens more water and it is beyond control.
 Under the circumstances Superin- tendent B. P. Delahanty has deter mined to start cross cutting the ledge and will drift for ore on both walls and in two directions.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
RECORD LODE TO START

J. J. Mccarthy, one of the directors and superintendent of the Record Lode Mining company, has reached Los An geles from Manhattan, New, en route to Oatman. It is planned upon his ar rival to start work at the Record lode, and the work will consist of taking out ore at once from a tunnel already opened and shipping it to the nearest mill for treatment. Various samp- lings have indicated a value in the tunnel of about S3O a ton.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
WELL KNOWN MINER IS
 WE'D TO BOSTON WOMAN

Elmer Pfouts, miner well known to many mining men of this county, was married to Miss Nan Calkins of Boston at Albuquerque. N. M., last Friday. Mir. Pfouts is a native of the state of Montana and prior to his resi- dence here followed mining in that state as well as in Canada and Mexi- co. He is now in charge of a prop erty at Kelly, N. M., where the newly weds expect to make their home.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
AMALGAMATED HOLDS
 ITS ANNUAL MEETING
(From oatman section Daily Minerl

(From oatman Section Daily Miner)
 A number of capitalists interested in the Oatman-Amalgamated, most of them from Flagstaff, were here yes terday to attend the company's annual meeting. They also made a complete inspection of the workings of the property.
 In the party were George Babbitt, president of the company; Charles Prochnow, vice president; Fred Hen sing, c. c. Acker, Leo Verkamp and Walter Durham, stockholders. D. A. Byrne, a director, was from Los An geles.
 They were accompanied on the visit to the property by Harry Simmonds, it's original locator, J. T. Burns, Jr., J. B. Wilmeth and others.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SPEAKS WELL OF OATMAN

NJ. c. Barnard, a mining man of Los Angeles, with strong connections at Boston, was visitor yesterday in company with F. M. Dorsey. They have been taking in a lot of country, and came here from the copper mines at Ray. Mir. Barnard spoke most en- Enthusiastically of the mines of Oatman and said the coming of capital would be like the law of gravitation. Mir. Dorsey has been away from camp most of the time since July. They left in the afternoon for Los Angeles.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
RULES ID AVOID
 TYPHUS FEVER
From Sundays Daily MinerI

Dr. T. R. White, acting health officer of Mahave county, has received from Dr. R. M. Looney, state health officer, with offices at Phoenix, the fol- lowing set of rules for the prevention of typhus fever:
 1. Typhus is a serious disease, giving a death rate of from 8 to 30 per cent.
 2. Typhus is contagious, the conta- zion being transmitted only by lice that have bitten a person sick with typhus fever, and that later bite a well person. The body lice, or white louse, is the most dangerous one; more so that the head louse,
 8. As it is not possible to know which lice are infected with typhus fever, all lice should be killed.
 4. Persons sick with typhus are not dangerous, as spreaders of the disease, unless they nave lice on their bodies.
 5. All persons should, however, keep away from one sick with typhus in order to avoid the bites of lice, if any should be present.
 6. Convalescents from typhus fever not dangerous 36 hours after their temperature returns to normal, as they then cannot infect lice, so they need not be quaraIGined
 2. Avoid coming into contact with dirty persons who may carry lice in their clothing. It is unwise, there fore, to visit shows, or other crowded places, or ride in street cars, when typhus is present, as lice may be transferred from one person to an ether.
 8. It is easy to get rid of lice be- cause they live only in contact with human beings, on whose blood they feed, and in whose clothes they live and deposit their eggs.
 g. Any person that develops ty- phus fever should be thoroughly dis infected, by having the hair cut short, and the body bathed with soap and water, or kerosene oil. All clothing should be destroyed by burning or be disinfected by boiling for at least 5 minutes, or by being dipped into gaso- line and submerged there for a few minutes.
 10. All persons that are lice in fested, whether sick or not, should free themselves from lice by undres- sing and taking a bath with warm water and soap, or with gasoline, or with kerosene and vinegar, equal parts. While they are undressed their clothes should be boiled for five min utes or more.
 II. Clothing that is boiled each week will remain free from lice. Ironing clothing will also kill lice eggs that are attached to the seams and folds of the garments. A person that bathes two or three times a week, and changes underclothes at least once each week, cannot become lice infested, if the clothes are boiled each time they are washed.
 12. To get rid of head lice, tincture of larkspur, or stavesacre, may be used, or the head may be soaked with kerosene and vinegar, equal parts, for a half hour and then washed with warm water and soap. Repeat if nec- essary. Men and boys should have their hair clipped, after which simple washing is sufficient.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
ATTENDING CONFERENCE

Rev. w. c. Norcross departed yes terday afternoon for Santa Ana to att tend the annual Methodist conference. After it's adjournment he will proceed to Prescott to the mission conference. He will be away two weeks and dur ing his absence Rev. Swartzendrubber of Old Trails will conduct the,regular local Sunday services.
 J. J. Walsh, owner of the Walsh building, arrived in camp Saturday afternoon from his home at Monrovia.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SUMMARY

Home runs-Robinson 2, Jamieson, Archibald; three base hits-Robinson, Clarke; two base hits-Smith, Bale, Archibald; struck out byJamieson 8, McKesson 2, Clarke 2, Price 2; base on balls of Jamieson 1, Clarke 2, Keir 8; hit by pitcher, George, Price, Hancock; Umpire Rivers.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
YAVAPAI RESULTS

Many people in this county are in- terested in the results of the primary election in Yavapai county, especially the offices of sheriff and recorder. Joe Young was successful, being re- nominated for the office of sheriff, and Mrs. Edith Ruffner for recorder. Tony Johns was renominated for the house of representatives
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

Charles Conner, familiarly known as Mickey, will leave Kingman to- night for Decatur, H., having been called home by the illness of his mother. He has host of friends in Kingman who will regret his depar- ture.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

F. R. Fancher of Needles was a visitor in Kingman yesterday for a few hours while on his way to visit her mother in the Big Sandy section.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Advertising that may appear in these columns should not be con- strued as denOting the editorial policy of this publication.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
GOES TO COAST

c. W. Boris, publisher of the Oat- man Miner, departed yesterday after noon for Los Angeles.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
WANTED

WANTED All to call at Knights of Pythias, Western Lodge No. 12, every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall. Special invitation extended vis- iting brothers.
 JOHN HAMILTON, c. c.
 H.F. WILLIAMS, K of R. & S.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-12
FLATTERER NOT A FRIEND
Only the One Who Can Bring Out the
Best That Is in Us May Be Called
by That Name.

Loyalty is not blind adherence; it
is clear-sighted devotion to the high
est interest of a friend. It will not
hesitate to oppose an unwise plan,
to tear away the bandage which
closes the eyes to unwelcome truth:
it will bear misunderstanding and
jeopardize loss of friendship, if these
are the price of loyalty to the high
est interests of a friend.
For friendship can have no sure
foundation save the frankness of ab-s
solute truth, and loyalty no aim save
service to the higher nature of
friend. Our friends are not those
who are silent when we make mis-
takes and fatter lis when we do less
than our best; they are those "who
make us do what we can."
Such friend is not only de-
Eghtful companion by the way, but
fellow traveller who makes the goal
clear when fatigue and doubt cloud
the vision, and resolutely urges us
onward when we are tempted to fall
ter IN the quest; and such a friend
ship is the highest expression of
integrity; it is noble form of serv-
ice to the world.-The Outlook.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-12
GO TO DEATH OVER FALLS
Birds Fall Asleep on Niagara River
and Are Carried Over the
Great Waterfall.

Swimming too near the brink of
the falls, hundreds of water birds.
even swans, ducks and geese 90 over
Niagara falls to their death each
year in the migratory season. So
many birds pay the penalty for their
daring each year that bird lovers On
both the American and Canadian
sides of the falls are considering
steps to lessen the animal toll of the
feathered life.
Since majority of the victims
are claimed in the night, the theory
is advanced that the birds 90 to sleep
while swimming and don't wake up
until the rapids have carried them
over the danger line. Usually they
are killed outright in the fall. Some
times they are on Y stunned and are
picked out of the river below the
falls and sold for food.
In 1912, SO Ernest Harold Baynes,
the naturalist, relates, $40 whistling
swans went over Horseshoe falls.
Boys and men ished the birds out,
knocked them on the head and sold
them.
Games Savage of Buffalo," Mr..
Baynes says, with some friends, once
saved a flock of swans by chasing
them in a powerboat and making
them fly away just before nightfall.
1t was daring thing for these men
to do, for, if by any chance the en-
CINE had become disabled, nothing
could have prevented their going
over the falls '-Philadelphia North
American.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-12
WAS NOT HIS TIME TO DIE
British Altman May Truly Be Said
to Have Escaped by the "Skin
of His Teeth.

The flying corps of all the armies
have distinguished themselves for
daring and gallantry during the pres
ent war. An eye witness at the Brit
ish headquarters, says the Field, tells
about one thrilling episode that was
more sensational than most of the
adventurous exploits that occur
along the front almost daily.
A British airman, alone in a
single-seated aeroplane, saw and pur-
sued a German machine. While try
ing to reload hi machine gun he lost
control of his steering gear, and the
aeroplane turned upside down. The
belt round the mans waist was
rather loose, and the jerk almost
threw him out Of the machine; but
he saved himself by clutching hold
on the rear center strut, while the
belt slipped down round his legs.
AS he hung thus, head downward,
making desperate efforts to olsen
gage his legs, the aeroplane fell from
a height of 5000 feet to about $500
feet, spinning round and round like
falling leaf At last he managed
to free his legs and reach the control
lever with his foot. Then he sue
ceeded in righting the machine,
which turned slowly over, completely
looping the loop" Thereupon the
pilot slid back into his seat and came
composedly to the ground.