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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
QUICKSILVER PRODUCTION
 IN J. 5. DURING 1918

The domestic output of quicksilver in 1918, according to statistics com piled b yF. L. Ransome, of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, was 33,432 flasks of 75 pounds each, valued at the average quoted market price at San Francisco ($117.92 flask( at about $3,942, ,301. Compared with the output in 1917 of 36,159 flasks, valued at $3,S08,266, this shows decrease in quantity of 2,727 flasks but an increase in value of $134,O35.
 The productive states were Cali fornia Texas, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, named in the order of decroas ing importance.
 The production of California was 23,231 flasks, against 23,93S flasks in 1917, a decrease of TOT flasks. As usual of late years, the New Idria mine, with which is included the San Carlos mine, yielded nearly half of the total output of the state. Its product was greater than in 1917 and exceeded that of any other year in its history except 1867 and 1868. No other old quicksilver mine in California has so well sustained in recent years a pro- duction comparable with that of those early years when quicksilver mining in California was in it's prime. Only one other mine in the state, the New Almaden (including the Fl Senador mine) produced over 2,000 flasks in 1918. New Almaden has produced to date about 1,124, 100 flasks and in 1865 alone produced 4S,13S flasks from ore that yielded 11.3 per cent of quick silver. In total production New Idria, with 315 ASA flasks to the end of 1918, ranks second, and Oat Hill (Napa Consolidated), with about 10000 flasks, comes third. The New Guada- lupe, Oceanic, Sulphur Bank, Aetna, and Cloverdale mines each produced
 Continued on Page Ten).
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
COPPER CRANN|S GROUP BEEN TAKEN OVER BY
 NEWLY ORGANIZED GO.

William D. Grannis has just re- turn from the Coast, and informs us that a company has been organized, and has taken over the large Copper Grannis Group, located in the heart of the copper, silver and molybdenum belt of the Wallapai range of moun- tains in Mohave county.
 , The Copper Grannis group of claims are in close proximity to other large mines, and those in the pro- cess of operation, notably the Levia- than mine, where it is understood there is approximately $4,00O,O0O worth of ore blocked out, carrying big values in silver, copper, molyb- denum and gold.
 Other prominent properties of the district are the Diamond Joe, The Berkeley, The Arizona Venture, The American Molybdenum, and The Ari- zona Molybdenum.
 The new company has determined that there will be no indebtedness allowed against the property, and to this end they have liquidated an exist ing bond and lease against the prop erty for $50,OO0. The company has been incorporated under the name of Cedar Grannis Mining Company" and the officers are as follows:
 Wm. w. Grannis, president; Joseph De Grasse, .vice-president; s. H. Watson, secretary and treasurer; E. R. Boyden, Dr. A. G. Timmons.
 The offices of the company are at the Laughlin building, Los Angeles.
 MT. Herman Hertz will be the eastern financial representative of the company, having had a great deal of experience financing and placing other mining operations in the past.
 Mr. Grannis, who for the past ten years has thrown his lot with Mohave County, is mining man of consider able experience and ability.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
HELP TO BUILD HOMES

Cooperation by building and loan associations on a national scale has lbeen proposed to the Division of Pub lie Works of the department of labor as means of aiding home building during the next few years.
 ! The retarded building development during the war has left somewhat serious condition of congestion in many large cities, and almost every where the amount of housing is be- low normal. On the other hand, many workingmen who have been working overtime during the war and who have saved their money believe that this is propitious time to put some of their savings into a home.
 The building and loan associations, it is pointed out, can function n be- half of the home builder much as the farm-loah banks aid the agriculturist. Certain difficulties are in the way of a national organization of this work, but it is believed that these can all be SurmOunted.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
FINE SPECIMEN OF HIGH
 GRADE FROM THE RICO

Some of the prettiest specimens of pold-silver ore that has been taken from a Mohave County mine for some years past. are. now beinp ~arnernd from the ore than is beinp produced bv the Rico mine. near the old .. O.. D.. about sixteen miles to our north ward. The specimen ore is of a very high grade. running as hiph as 300 ounces silver and 50 ounces gold to the ton and occurs as free gold and silver intermingled in a dark quartz. A few specimens have been obtained, wherein the metal content has been wire gold and wire silver, which, of course, are valued more highly for the reason of the scarcity of occur ence of this form of the metals. Sev- eral nice scarf pins and cuff but tons have been made from the speci- mems found.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
SILVER KING GROUP
 SOLD LAST WEEK

Last week Thad w. Boggs of Charleston, West Virginia, purchased the Silver King group of mines and made a cash payment on the purchase price. This property is situated 12 miles southeast of Kingman, on the main wagon road leading from King man to the Big Sandy country and just back of the residence of William E. Frost and was owned by w. E. Frost, Walter Meyers and O. D. M. Gaddis. It is the ground formerly known as the Cummings Mine." The deal was made by Mir. G. w. Gibson of Kingman, Arizona, and his uncle, Captain F. M. Imboden of Charleston, West Virginia, who hold an interest in the new purchase and MT. Gibson is the manager for the new company.
 The Silver King group was first To- cated about 30 years ago by Charles Cummings who had a small cattle holding but knew nothing about min ing, but managed to do some gopher ing in this mine down to a depth of about 160 feet and took out about $S0,000 in silver ore, that averaged diOuliu eOO oullSCo III pCl GOii. This was a big lump of money in those days for small COW man who knew nothing of mining and cared less about it. He let the mine slip to others. Finally, some fifteen years ago, Frost, Meyers and Gaddis be- came its owners and they contended themselves by doing their assessment work, until last year when MT. Mey- CTS climbed down the old shaft to a point about S5 feet below the surface and in an hours work to the south east uncovered a body of ore that proved to be bonanza stuff, running from 400 to $50 ounces in silver. With ore like this in sight it is not un- reasonable that the deal reported above was quickly closed.
 Development work will start at once.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
ARIZONA BRUNSWICK MOVING EQUIPMENT
 FROM BULLION HILL

The Arizona Brunswick Mining Con- pany, which purchased the equipment of the Bullion Hill are making good progress in moving the electrical equipment and buildings to the new location.
 A crew of men have been at work building about 800 feet of road and also excavating for buildings which will house the machinery at the mine. The gallows frame and build ings have been moved to the new property and the company expects to have things in operation in very short time. The electrical equipment they possess would be very hard to duplicate at this time.
 Mir. w. J. Cook, Jr., stated that the company expected to sign contract with the Desert Power and Water Company very soon for electric pow CT. This will necessitate the building of a power line about one mile in length to the property. The line voltage would be 45,000 and this would, be stepped down to 440 volts at the mine for power purposes.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
INTEREST OATMAN
 STOCKS GROWING

Each week sees the conditions bet ter in the big gold camp of Oatman. People are realizing more every day that important developments are pending and are getting ready for it by buying in all the cheap stocks which have fighting chance of mak- ing good.
 Following are the quotations for this week, as furnished by Black Bros., brokers:
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
ANNUAL MEETING OF
 CLEOPATRA COP PER
 COMPANY HELD HERE

The regular annual stockholders meeting of the Cleopatra Copper and Gold Mines Company was held at the office of the company at the residence of J. w. Morgan in this city last Tuesday, January 21. 1919. All of the incumbent officers were returned to their respective offices to serve the company for another year. The company shows healthy financial condition, with the near prospect of the complete financing of the treas ury for an active campaign of de- velopment work on their large hold ings in the southern part of this county.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
OVER PRODUCTION OF COPPER WILL TEMPORARILY
 KEEEP THE MARKET DOWN

The Los Angeles Times has the following concerning the copper situ- ation in Arizona:
 The Arizona copper productions estimate of the Geological survey for 1918 is 777,00O,000 pounds, to be con- trasted with the estimate of the Ari- bona Chapter of the American Mining congress, of 819,000,000 pounds. The 1917 copper production was 712,167,- 900 pounds. It happens, however, that the increase of 65,000,000 pounds has been of no added benefit to the pro- ducers, for the average copper price in 1917 was 27.3 cents per pound, while in 1918 it was only 24.75 cents The gross value of the output in 1918 was about $192,OOO,OOO, compared with $194 ,421, ,561 in 1917.
 No information is available at the present time concerning copper costs, but it is known that they were much higher in 1918 than ever before, run ming through every item of labor, ma terial, taxation, etc. It is understood, also, that the wear has meant serious inroads into the developed ores of all the larger. producing companies which have taken out their best ores and have limited development in a patri- otic effort to produce, for the nations demand, the largest possible amount of copper bullion.
 In one way the year was remark able one, for there were no labor dis turbances of any importance, while in 1917 the summer months knew strikes and enforced idleness, to a large degree, in Bisbee, Clifton, Globe, Miami and Jerome. This continuous operation has had something to do with the comparative gain in produc- tion, but large production gains have also, that the year has meant serious tion of the United Verde Extension reduction works and the teaching plant of the New Cornelia at Ajo, while there have been gains in out put at Miami and Ray, due to en- largement of plants and to better ment of milling methods.
 Peace has left the copper mine operators of America very much "up in the air" In storage points on the Atlantic seaboard is as much copper bullion as has been produced in Ari- zona during the past year. It has been subject to the order of the United States government, which now may throw it on the market or which may hold it for foreign export. But something like chaos in the copper market may exist for some time, until new commercial, shipping and manu- featuring conditions have been es- tablished. But one fact seems to be thoroughly established-that there is far too much copper on hand in the United States for present absorption of anything short of a world war. There is confidence that American manufacturers and European rehabili- tation next year will consume Ameri ca's maximum copper production, but the growth of the new demand will undoubtedly be gradual.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
CHLORIDE QUEEN HITS
 HIGH GRADE SILVER ORE

Operations at this promising mine are now under way on a large scale, the main shaft is now being sunk to three hundred and fifty foot level, with two shifts of men at present, and a third shift may be added soon.
 A fine vein of ore has been opened up on the 220-ft. level, which is at the present time two foot and over in width, and its values assay from 40 ounces to 200 ounces in silver. Con- siderable of this fine ore is now being placed in ore bin, preparatory to making early ore shipments to the smelter.
 The Chloride Queen mine promises to become large silver producer.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
 TO REOPEN HERCULES

MT. o. Brown, representing Seattle capital, was in Oatman last week making arrangements for reopening the Hercules which is between the Times and the Hardy Group. They closed down some time ago but think the time is now right to go ahead with the opening up the mine which they are sure they have. In fact, they opened up some good ore before stop ping work.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
Edited By=
ISLE COPPER STOCKHOLDS MEET TO
 ELECT OLD OFFICERS

The Emerald Isle Copper Company held its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday of this week, in Kingman, Arizona.
 The same officers were elected for the ensuing year as last. A. J. Brawley, president; I. c. Stricker, vice-president; J. H. Conway, treasur- CT; Carl G. Krook, secretary; James Robertson, w. c. Gould and R. c. Jacobson. The management, under Bob Jacobson was continued.
 The report of the manager was in regard to enlarging the plant and to get estimates and to decide upon necessary drilling and sampling of the property and generally prospect ing it more thoroughly.
 In the managers report was shown the operating expense of fifty-nine consecutive days for each pounds of cathode copper produced, as follows: Mining and hoisting .........$ .O26 Crushing ore, filling and empty
 ing vatS .Ol4
 Electrolytic Precipitation LaDor .............. ....... .oSo5 PoWef ...... ........ .OLoo Office supervision and repair. .s .0125
 Total cost per pound ........ 1873
 These figures are based on run of 175O pounds of cathode copper every twenty-four hours. During this period, 234O tons of ore were treated, and a net recovery of thirty-six pounds of copper per ton of ore treated, was made.
 Also the report showed that $30,000 had been put into the construction of the plant since last June.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
KAY MINE
(From Phoenix Republican

(From Phoenix Republican).
 Geo. w. Long and associates, who secured control of the Kay Mine, (better known as the Tribolet prop erty) the first of the year started ex- tensive development. The property is now reported to be past the experi- mental stage and is classed as mine.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
RECORD LODE SINKING
 TO 6OO-FOOT LEVEL

The Record Lode, not far from the Hercules at Oatman is putting in good time sinking their shaft toward the 600 foot level. They have some good rock and hope to have enough ex- plotted soon to warrant a mill. It is out of the proven belt in the dis trict so the making of mine will prove particularly beneficial to the whole country.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
TUCKAHOE IN GOOD
 ORE ON THE $50

The Tuchahoe, operated by E. J.. Carter, has opened up nice bunch of ore on the $50, where it shows the full width of the drift. Just what the ore ran could not be learned.
 MT. Carter plans to drift to the northwest to get under the old shaft and raise for a connection. This will give more air and better work ing conditions.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
BELLA UNION MILL
 SOON TO BE RUNNING

The Bella Union mill is being re- modelled and the company expects to have things running very soon.
 There are fourteen men working at the present time and the shaft is being sunk deeper and more water will be had for the mill. The mill is of about thirty ton capacity and better results will be obtained after everything is completed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15
Py.thia!ns

Pythian education has been neg
lected by this, as well AS by a great
many other Grand Domaine. The lack
Of knowledge, on the part OF q great
ma 3ority OF our membership upon the
vital facts Of the order il appalling,
and tends TO deprcciate the value Of
the organization to outsiders. Eff
forts are being made 10 enlighten the
membership. and to educate them In
various ways.
There arr = number Of periodicals
publiqhed. but their circulation Il
limited to those who will pay the sub
scrtption price: some Grand Lodges
issue monthly bulletins, similar to this
Grand Lodge. but the benefits from
thesA are limited to those who attend
the subordinate. lodge meetings and
hear them read by the, Keeper Of Rec
ords ana seal.
In both cases only those members
who are interested enough IN our work
70 guhDcrfbe for the paper or attend
the ledge msetings rcceive the benc-
At while the great majority Who really
nsed enlightenment remain IA utter
daH3EMeGo. II Il s ss s
& rs not helisvs mat w. WI eve.
|AANe - e1ll9ht aMSd n1nabsreAip until
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15
Moose

The thirty first annual supreme
convention, Loyal Order of MOOSE
which will convene at Moosehart on
Sunday, June 22d. will be one of the
great legislative sessions of the order.
Problems left by the war, problems
of reconstruction. and problems or
technical operation of the many fea-
lures of the order will vie with the
consideration of. many new problems
regarding a new policy for operation
of lodge homes. All OF these are inn
portant problems to every lodge and
every available past director should
be In his seat when Supreme Past Die
tator MCGEE raises the gaveI upon the
big session-Moosehart Magazine.
Honorable John W. Ford, past 81
preme dictator and chairman OF the
executive committee, representing
Philadelphia lodge NO. 81, subscribed
for $4,000 worth of Liberty bonds
of the Victory loan. The vote in favor
of the purchase was unanim Gus. This
lodge purchased $4,000 worth of the
Fourth issue and sold its membership
100000 worth of the Third lcan. Phil
adelphia lodge now has $4,000 mem
bers, over 100000 assets and every
penny of Indebtedness on its property
is paid--Moosehart Magazine.
Richmond lodge> NO. $50. L. O. o.
NJ, meets every Monday night at 8
o'clock at its home, 101 East Frank
lin street J. r. McCauley Is dictator
and E. NJ. Earman. secretary, 318
Cha ma her Ia yrfa. avenue 49, - :. SIS q q .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15
Royal Arcanun

Pocahontas council. No. 1873, OF
Norfolk, on last Thursday night, June
IL. initiated a class OF about loo can
didates. State Deputy Harry Kemp
had the matter in charge, working
up the membership.
This worthy Arcanumite thinks that
nothing succeeds like success and no
doubt his perseverance will accomp-
Iish the task he set for himself.
Ia. G. Avery. supreme representa-
tive for Virginia has just returned
from meeting OF the supreme coun-
Gil and will render an account Of hts
Stewardship The council la very glad
to note that Mr.. Avery was placed
on very important permanent COM
mittee which makes him q fixture in
the supreme council. Pocahontas is
very proud of this honor as Mr.. Avery
Is one OF Its most enthusiastic and
loyal members,
The attendance upon the council
was record breaker, there being q
large turn out of member together
with visitors from other councils. Re-
Treatments were served, and most
enthusiastic meeting was had.
Bclvidere Council, No. 118s. second
and fourth Thursday nights each
month at Colombo hall. 304s West
Broad street. ]. 8. Hopkins, secre-
! tary. 3025 West Grace street.
Eliza Council, No. sic. meets nrst
and third Tuesday nights each month
at Leo Camp Hall. 694x East Broad
street G. W. Tyler. secretary. 3il
| North Third street.
HcnricO Council, No. 73S. meets
hrst and third Thursday nights each
month at Jr. o. A. NJ Hall, 614
Louisiana avenue. H. II. Coghili.
secretary. s07 North Thirty-nfth
| street.
Mccarthy Council, No. 468. meets
month at Leo Camp Hall, SIAN East
tary. f3o1-D Barton Avenue.
! Manchester Council. No. Isi<. 1neets
| 4rst and third Friday nights each
month at Leaders hall. 1000 Hull
4os West Thirty-third street.
| Shockoe Council, No. 8DS,. meets
second ana fourth wednesday nights
each month At Eagles Hall. corner
Marshall ana Third streets. Cortss v.
Jones. sscrstary. tsi1 Ind Avn.
Union Council, NO. 81. nieess second
and Fourth Monday nights each nontl,
II Pythian Castle. 3So7 Nast Bread
| street. \. INV Butte ascretaxy. 34S
80 rs \: I'll ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15

Sons Of AIr,crica,

The srea. war has tEaf1g y n
United states one striking ~
should never be Forgotten ~ ID
not the danger OF 1 fOr$t4 81
not the fear OF being 0vAtcpe M S4s
European nation. but the peril t1lAE
threatens our existence from the ~
within our own gates, s
And what e meant by ihefV$ &1shs
in2 The spy? Yes, he II 4 foes ~
the true spy. the paid ern1loSe ~ 4
foreign power 10 tho least ofCuxaeyilA
He, anyhow, In patriotic for HI OWu
country, and he believes that M MI
sion IL pure. Above all, nc rum thu
risk OF death IL discovered. md "a
ingnominious death. A real Gpy may
have a noble character, like NkfhaM
Hale in our own revolutions Much
men are not to be confouHd4A With
the sneak thief type OF masquerade.
who under the. protection OF 6ut Jaw1.
and without the protection Of our,
laws, and without any danger "a him-
self. is a convert enemy OF the liaS.
A man OF foreign birth or. paEenfae4
who rears his children in this Limited
States should realize that 4 thAF and
their children, and their chitqren's
children. even. unto the ten&h- and
twentieth generations, will 1smain ID
this country. Therefore III the hy-
phenate stabs US by his moan actions.
he is planting the stilleto@ intos the
backs OF his own descendants. Z.
Archibald Webster.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15
Modern Woo,:,dm,-ll,e.n,.,l n.

4 satisfied membership is the best
asset of a fraternal beneficiary society.
There are 1926 Modern Woodmen
who have been members for twenty
Ave years or more. =.
Fathers who are Modern Woodmen
can now with confidence have their
sons also become members.
The up-to-date, energetic. well-in-
formed deputy says he can write more
new members on the new rates than
ever before. About everybody knew
the old rates were too low and must
be increased. Modern Woodman.
Capitol Camp, No. 1904. meets first
and third MONDAY mighty In each
month ut Lee Camp Hall. 514M East
Broad street. Clerk, W. A. Dixon,
1921 West Main street.
llrst and third Wednesday nights in
each month at Lee Camp Hall. S14h
East Broad street Clerk c. /. Clark,
II South Davis avenue
Church Hin Camp. No. f1733, meets
first and third Thursday nights In
each month at Marshall Hall. 2505
East Broad street. Clerk, r. A.
Zones. s13 North Twenty second
street
Evergreen Camp, No. 1854 meets
second Tuesday night in each month
at Masonic Temple, Highland Springs.
Stop 80. Harry w. Hardy. clerk.
Box 1073.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15
pYTHuAN SISTERS

Richmond Temple, No. S. meets see
ond and fourth Tuesday nights IN
every month at Pythian castle, No. SIX
East Marshall street Mrs. Julia X.
Hill. NJ. of r. c., 500 East Main
street.