Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-03
By William P. De Wolf.

crease in all sections of Mohave coun- ty, and as the attendant results are for the most part satisfactory grad ual increase of capital for develop ment work is becoming available. The Oatman, Katherine. and. Secret Pass districts are the most active in min ing way, although the McCracken, the White Hills, the Cedar and other sec tions more remote from Kingman, the principal outfitting point for Mohave county mines, are also finding marked favor with mine operators. It can with all truth be stated that the min
 ing industry of this county is more
 firmly established at this time than
 ever before and that the ore show
 ings in the various districts fully jus
 tify the money that is being expended
 for development.
 Everything is in readiness at the
 United American mine for the lnitlal shipment of ore to the Tom Reed mill and the start of its career as pro- d,cer. With ore opened on three levels and to a depth of $50 feet the physical condition of the mine is all that could be desired and is indica- tive of a generous production and not long-to-be-delayed dividends. The United American will therefore soon be firmly established as the third pro ducing mine in the Oatman district. Shipments will be at the rate Of 70 tons of ore daily, and as the values range from $50 to $100 gold a ton the gross value of each shipment Will be about $500.
 Early March will witness the cree tion of a plant of machinery at the Katherine Rand property, adJoinng the bonanza Katherine mine in the Katherine district and probably the crosscutting of the vein south or the shaft in the Katherine EXtension workings. At about the same tune a nlant of machinery will be erected at the Treasure Vault property ad, joining the Katherine Extenslon' ana work be resumed in the. Treasure Vanlt shaft. M. B. Dudley, general manager of the property, has just re- turned from San Francisco, where ne was successful in financing the pro. feet and arranging for the listing o1 Treasure Vault shares on the San Francisco Stock Exchange.
 The Gold Chain shaft will reach a denth of 200 feet the first week In Marcb and as soon as station mas been cut at that level will be sunk to a depth of 800 feet. To expedlte this work the blocking out of ore on the 1OO-foot level has been abandoned fo,. a time and mining effort concen- trated on sinking. Extensive cross cutting and drifting. operations VIII fo,,ow the establishing of leVel at q ;depth of 300 feet. This wofk VII. denoonstrate the extend and value o1 tha downward continuation ot the stronylv mineralized Gold Chain tis- S,,re and determine the tonnage tapa, city of the plant the management WI Min ,hn;,d for the reduction of the ore' J ne Cold Chain is located about two mics north of the bonanza Katherine lhiiie and was the second property at ha9n7 crime to show ore in large tonnage.
 At the Adams mine, located apou' a mile from the Gold Chain, wloe and strongly mineralized veln mas pee" anared mn the 100 and 200-foot levels The shaft is now to be sunk aep.h of 400 feet and at that level the Ven will again be crosscut and developed Al the Revenue Mines property to tbe south and east of the Gold Chah' nlans are being made to resume WolN' M while at the Thumb Butte property work will soon be resumed with a f,,nd of s1O0.0OO available for devel- opment purposes. .,, soor
 Diamond drills will begin work soon m the 50O-foot level in the oatman cnrrhination Co workings with view to ,srosnect;ne the extension of the rhyo- i;t;. puartz ore channel that has given such high gold values at the Catman United property. The Comoinaeion sbaft is located on the Blue Bird ciam about 400 feet from the east endlnes dimes hf the Oatman Gold estate: Eli h,l.y, ,ocator Y, % of the bonanza Tom Keeo no;ne discovered the first high grade ore opened in the oatman dis'r's', .Ss as a point about 200 feet west Of the east endline of the Oatman Goid pr0p erty. The find was made by him In 1900 at the juncture of the ore chan nel before referred to and strongly ledge which makes Tn from Oatman Combination ground, The management of the Oatman Gold isi to be afforded the opportunity to drill to this vein intersection from the 5O0-foot level of the Oatman workings and will prob ,bly do so.: | : Ross Housholder, we'll known civil md mining engineer of Kingman, has ust completed the survey of the Gold loads Red Top group of four claims n the Oatman district, and the sur ey of the Gold Link group of ten laims in the Secret Pass district. The T. l. tlo cf ,