Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-02-11
WHITE HILLS, FAMOUS OLD CAMP TO START
 UP SOON
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charge of making the leases TOT most of the White Hills during 27 months was buying the ores. l was myself interested in lease. knew the men personally and well. It was the uni versal belief among the miners who worked there as it is my belief today that the White Hills mines have only started to produce ,ahd am glad to know the leasers are to have a chance in White Hills again. They have put many of the camps on their feet and they will do the same for White Hills.
 The Kingman Ore Sampling Works burned down several years ago, and with it the books recording all the ore purchases which I have referred to, but my memory on this whole sub ject is so clear that I am sure l have not overstated either the assay values of the ores nor the amount produced.
 am in no way interested in White Hills, and have made the above state ment because I would like to see the old camp started up again. .i:.
 I am, very truly yours,
 J. s. WITHERS. ..,
 "Does the ore go down." we asked Fred F. Brawn, of the firm of Brawn and Robinson. He answered, &"Sure it goes down. was working in the bot tom of the Occident shaft when the mines were closed down. The drift running off from the bottom of this shaft was all in ore, and streak as wide as your hand carried values from 400 to 600 ounces silver. We miners all thought it was the apex of another rich ore shoot, like the mine had from the surface, one after another all the way to the bottom levels". The Occi- dent is by far the deepest working in the camp, being 700 feet on the in- cline. The Miner could be filled to the brim with similar statements from the men who worked there. Likewise the engineers who have seen the prop erty believed it would develop into a great property. Especially was this the opinion of the late Billy" Wes- ton, of Denver, one of the best engi- neers in the Rocky Mountain region, and who was consulting engineer for the old company during its palmy days. He informed the editor of the Miner that his report for the rehabili- tation of the mines contemplated the expenditure of $100,000 and that with that sum he would deliver to the old owners real property. Owing to the fact that only one man stood ready to put up his share of the money and the others refused to put up a bean the further development was discon' tinued and the mines closed. Since that time MT. Weston has tried to gel the properties untangled and take hi friends in on their development, bu concluded the job was too large. H. could get the money to mine with, bu not to fight lawsuits. He believed "that the expenditure of $100,OO( would make these mines the larges dividend payers in the state of Ari zona." This is the minimum amour that Senator Keller contemplates ex pending on the properties.
 Senator Keller came to Kingmal two years ago; he has been here . good many times since; he is one O. the most genial and companionable O. men. In the two years he has beer coming here he has said very littl' about himself or his affairs, only thu men associated with him really know ing much about him. But to thos' associates there was no secrecy nol mystery about himself nor his busi ness. He came here first on a scout ing expedition, looking for old silver mines and silver mill tailings. It wa on one of these expeditions that ht arrived in White Hills. The expedi tion was the finale of a search ovel the states of New Mexico, Arizona southern California, Nevada, ano parts of Utah and Idaho, covering 27, 900 miles of actual travel. In thi: long journey he saw all the famou! districts in the states named, and in vestigated all the well known mines phu SolAlhSo uuliipo Ol SAAC tCSloiii covered. In preference to all thu mines examined he selected the White Hills as being the one desirable prop erty. '>
 Senator Keller when asked by youl correspondent about himself said "Oh, ask some of my friends" Ane we did with the result of gaining thi. information: He is native of Jack son county, Illinois, and his home i! and has been in the pretty little city of Ava. He is about fifty, walks likt a man of 30, and is constant worker He is graduate of the Southern Il inois Normal, University at Carbon dale; student at the University ot Heidelberg, Germany, in '91 and '92 A graduate of Washington law school taught school in Nevada as a young man, and did his first mining anc prospecting there. Then in the great Flat River lead district of Missouri in Mexico for 12 years, where he wa anoauad c,Iccac sf,,1lv in tho rninine