Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-10-27
IQ0Years Ago UU Today

Hank Williams and wife were feg1S- tered at the Hubbs House this week.
 G. w. Beecher is in San Francisco on matters connected with his mining and mercantile business.
 "Gunny Sack" Reilly paid a visit to the county hotel this week and will probably remain its guest during the next thirty days.
 Mrs. Charles Logan went up tc Blackberry last Thursday to visit witt her mother.
 Gideon Cornell is up from the Big Sandy on business connected with nj. farming affairs.
 Joe Finnegan came in from White Hills Monday night, accompanied b! R. T. Root and C. w. Barry, recent purchasers of the Schaefer interests in the big silver mines. The gentle men went on to Denver and MT. Fin negan returned to his home in Chlo ride.
 Al Eaton announces himself as 2 candidate for Justice of the Peace o1 White Hills precinct.
 Mrs. J. R. Russell is reported to be quite ill at her home in Kingman, the ailment being pleurisy.
 Billy Brandon, who has been pros pecting in the Old Woman's mountain over in San Bernardino county, Cali, fornia, was in Kingman Monday o1 this week and will probably go tc White Hills.
 H. w. Hitchcock was in from White Hills the first of the week on busi, ness with his mining interests here. w. E. Frost, of Wallapai Springs spent several days this week in King man.
 Harry Hanna, of the Rainbow mine, was in Kingman this week. Isaac Goodman and Nap. Boner, of the Big Sandy country were in King man several days this week. J. N. Teeter has gone to Gallup New eMxico, where he expects to re- main for some time.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Crozier and family, accompanied by Miss Lottie Cook, are spending a few days in King1nan.
 A shooting scrape occurred at Min eral Park last night (Friday, October 29) between Andy Shrope and a man named Emerson. Shrope had been drinking and a quarrel ensued and Shrope struck Emerson with a gun, knocking him down. Emerson got on his feet and ran to his room where he secured gun and returned shooting. After a number of shots were fired Emerson and a man named Rudolph were found to be badly wounded. Emerson was shot through the leg and Rudolph also was wounded in the up- per part of the leg ,amputation being necessary. The affair was hushed up, no arrests being made.
 The great White Hills mines were sold this week to c. w. Berry, repre- senting David Moffatt, of Denver, and R. T. Root. The sum is reported to have been s250,000, in payments. Moffatt is one of the largest opera tors in the Centennial State, but lit tie is known of Root. The new own CTS expect to equip the mines with heavy machinery and start extensive development, esepcially on the G. A. R. and Horn Silver.
 w. H. Lake has a carload of ore at the sampler from the G. A. R. mine.
 Fred Brawn's big team brought in 8 carload of ore from the Rainbow mine. This ore is high in lead, gold and silver values.
 The Norma mine, owned by Judge Schaefer sent in a carload of wonder fully rich silver ore. f.tt
 J! w. Marshall had ten tons of ore from the Prince Albert mine at White Hills treated at the sampler.
 Jim McCourt sent in a shipment of rich ore from the Fraction mine to the sampler this week.
 Merritt & Williams, who have been working on calim near Eupene camp, sent in a small shipment of very rich ore this week. =. .'." .... ..
 O. D: M. Gaddis had a shipment of rich gold ore at the sampler this week, some. of it showing wonderful values in the yellow metal.
 Cameron: & Shea had 30 sacks of very rich silver ore from their White Hills lease at the sampler for treat mept this week.