Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-18
MININ 6 ACTIVITY IN MOHAVE COUNTY
 DUE TO WAR
OLD PROPERTIES ABANDONED ON ACCOUNT OF LOW PRICE OF slL- YER AND LEAD ARE REoPENEp AND PROSPERITY NOW REIGNs AMONG PEOPLE, IS REPORT

PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. 17.-Consid- erable activity is manifest in Mohave county in several well known mining sections and a number of old proper ties abandoned during the days of low prices of silver and lead are being financed and worked with the view Of these properties coming back to their own and once more going on a per manent shipping basis. Of course, the high prices of materials of all kinds and labor is a drawback in many in- stances, but with silver bringing S1 per ounce and the better freight and smelling facilities of today is overcom- ing the present costs, and gives a much larger margin of profit than dur ing the crude mining days of the early nineties.
 Kingnan is the center of the mining industry of Mohave county and is en- toying more activity in all lines than for several years past. In the old Ce- dar district about twenty-five miles east of Yuca, the Cedar and Berkley silver mines are being put in shape to resume shipments of ore at an early date, and Yuca, on the Santa Fe, is where this ore will be loaded The road east from Yucca is in fine shape and is the most direct route from Phoenix to the coast via Congress Junction, and as soon as the crossings on the Fill Williams" and a couple of smaller streams are repaired, will be a popular route for the coast tray eler.
 In the Chloride section, where some of the largest and richest properties are located, mining men are confident that within the next twelve months will see more properties producing and on a shipping basis than any section of the state. Here Is located the worlds famous Tennessee mine lying one-half mile east of the center of Chloride or practically considered a part of this little mining camp. This property has a record of shipping eigh teen to twenty million dollars in rich silver-lead-zinc ores, with a depth of 1900 feet; and is said to have more ore left than has been taken out
 The Scuvlkill and Bullion adjoin the Tennessee on the north and have been big producers of rich ores. These two properties with the. Tennessee, it is reportedfi, have joined forces, and rep resentativs ar east making arrange ments for the machinery for a 800 tor mill daily, to be located on their prop critics and at a point at the end of the railroad. What great advantages of mill of this magnitude will mean to this district are hard to realize as the forces of men which will be employed in the mines and the mill are esti- mated by the hundreds. The entire mine and mill equipment will be cleo trifed and machinery will be of the most modern that money can buy
 Adjoining these properties on the north is the Elkhart mine and mill This property shipped over one million dollars worth of ore and the deepest workings are 800 feet. It is given out automatically that large eastern capi- talists are making arrangements to be- gin work in the near future on this property and install electrical equip ment and modernize the mill, and it is expected work will begin within six ty days.
 Just north of the Eikhart lies the Chloride Queen, which property ship ped something like S200,000 of high grade silver ores, in the early days and deepest workings were l40 feet. Old records show that about 1896 one Barney McCall' shiped silver ore as- saying from 50 to 33O ounces in sil- yer If one will figure silver at SL0O per ounce and total cost oi production. hauling and smelling at Sl5 per ton, it is easy to see how large tbe ne. profits are per ton. The Chloride Queen started to operate their large machinery on August 1st. which con sists of one 15- HIP Western hoist. one SO H-P oil burning Bessemer on . zine, Chicago pneumatic compressor . capable of handling jack hammers and pump. and other equipment necea sary for this class of mining. The | holdings consist of five fuH sized !. claims and two fractions with equip 1. ment and property fUiiy paid for The |. main working shaft is down 220 feet . timbered in fine shape. double com . partment. and cross-cutting at this level was started last week, and drift . ing on the vein under the bill will D. 1, carried on with the utmost dispatch ! The management expects tc go on a , permanent shipping basis ia about six