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PAGE TWO THE MOHAVE COUNTY MINER AND OUR MINERAL WEALTH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. MINING R W ft Here and Elsewhere WT? MINING AND METALLURGICAL OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS Regardless of the plans already an nounced for the protection of mining under the new draft law, The Mining Congress Journal for September takes the liberty of commenting upon a plan proposed by Director Manning and his associates of the Bureau 'of Mines, and insists that the plan should receive immediate and favorable con sideration' from the war administra tion. While every effort will be made to prevent loss of man power in the mines, there will be some loss. It cannot wholly be prevented by the methods already devised. A number of technical men occupying positions of highest importance are liable to enlist or be drafted. They may be placed in obscure positions where their technical training will be of no partic lar value. The loss of technical men in the mining industry is a serious matter at any time, and much more serious at a time when every skilled brain should be employed in bringing production to maximum. The problem cannot be solved mere ly by exempting men because, regard less of the-expressedpreferences of the government, hundreds of these men will refuse exemption and will in sist upon joining the fighting 'forces. The suggestion of the Bureau of Mines officials almost excellent one from every standpoint is that there be organized a Mining and Metallur gy Officers' Reserve Corps made up of volunteers and in part of qualified men now of draft age, and that they be directed to work where they will be most efficient. This will mean, in the majority of cases, their present employments. With this Reserve Corps under con trol of the War Administration, the technical forces represented can bo moved when and where necessary, the trained intellects utilized to maximum advantage to the industry and to the government, and it is not beyond the realm of possibilities that such a body of men will be badly nee'ded for the rehabilitation of Russian mines and to open to the wqrld the vast mineral resources of Siberia. The scheme as already placed before the Administration includes the ap pointment of a special representative of 'the mining industry on each district draft board with advisory power in selection of the "key men" of the in dustry, for the proposed reserve ser vice. All men selected for the reserve were' to be assigned to remain in civic occupations until called for special du ty in the army. The plan is a good one. It did not originate in the army and it was promptly rejected. But this war is not going to be won by allowing the military spirit to override comhton business sense; and The Mining Con gress Journal suggests that the splen did business men of the nation.-.who have dropped their private affairs to assist in working out the enlarged mil itary program give serious attention to the thought advanced by the men responsible for much of the progress now being made in the production of our war minerals. TO HAVE INJURIES TREATED IN L. A. Stanley C. Bagg, who was recently injured by falling rock in the Cyclopic mine, departed a few days ago to Los Angeles, where he will have an ex amination made of his injuries at one of the hospitals. While working in the mine, about a month ago, a slab of rock fell from the roof, striking him on the head, inflicting a bad scalp wound and possibly causing a fracture of the skull. The wound had healed up but Mr. Bagg is still suffering from the injury to his skull. AT IIDO FOOT LEVEL The Hackberry shaft has reached the 900 level and the work of cross- cutting the vein is now under way. The ground at this point is reported to) be heavy, the work of getting the drift under way is somewhat impeded by the character of the ground. Should the vein prove up as good on the 900 as it 11 snows in ine ouu wis property win be a bonanza. On the 600 the vein is 16 feet wide in places, the whole of it being of high grade milling values. All the other openings in the property show ore of exceptionally high values. The camp buildings and mill foun dations are well along toward comple tion and within the next 30 days the camp will present a finished appear ance. G. S. Holmes, the principal shareholder in the porperty is taking a personal interest in the) progress of affairs at the property and is highly pleased with the way all develop-. mems are uemg camra on. TWINS MINE STARTED TO mwm TOOT LEVEL Superintendent Erickson has receiv ed notice from M. B. Dudley to at once begin the sinking of the shaft on the Twins mine to the 300, where the country will be crosscut to pick up the vein. The work is already under way and a larger force of men will soon be employed. The Twins is one of the best veins in the Cerbert section, but is is report ed that a fault that cut off the vein at the 100 level has not yet been traced out. It is the opinion thati it will be easy to pick up the vein at greater depth by crossing the country, and also picking up some other veins that run through the area. FURTHER COPPER ADVANCE EXPECTED The President has approved the agreement fixing the price of copper between the producers and the War rixing Board end has extended the agreement l. November I, v.h'or. it it possible that the price vS'.I bo further advanced. Co- r.ons arc tighting .. in the, labor .voi'd and jit is possible that the 1 will v.ave to he another boost of miners wages to'keep the bet ter class of nwhenics trttrr. leaving for more remunerative employment While copnc-i ;:i.iu-rs are the best paid men in tl.e v.or,d engaged in that businesv, theie msny othe. employ ments lhat Oeui.ru somewhat skila labor to keep up the production o( es sentials. Lvrry branch of mining is being hi; hard by the incrjiv": . st and onlv cor-n.v Is being truilCi! fair ly by the 've'oiment, the. cthjr min ing industries being left to their own shrift. NEW MACHINERY Thursday last a carload of machin ery, consisting of engines and pumps was received at Kingman for the Stan dard Minerals company. ' This ma chinery is to be hauled to the mines as soon as possible. The company also has many cars of machinery and supplies on the way and may be able to begin the work of assembling for the big mill within the next 30 days. For artillery, automatic rifles, and small arms, and for ammunition for them, we have spent oyer. $3,700,000. Every Liberty Loan subscriber helps to arm! our soldiers. Phone Blue 230 for SASH and DOORS FIRE BRICK SEWER PIPE PLASTER WALL BOARb NAILS TERRA COTTA CHIMNEYS RIVERSIDE CEMENT LIME BLACK ROCK SCHUMACHER WHITE KILLS DISCOVERER VISITS MOHAVE COUNTY Judge Henry Schaefer and wife ar rived in Kingman Thursday night on their way to Chloride, and yesterday morning paid a pleasant call at the Miner sanctum. Judge, Schaefer, the discoverer of the White Hills mines in the early nineties and sold a big group to Root and Moffat for a large sum of money. He had been interested in mining in Gold Basin and other sections of Mo have county and when he took his de parture to Cailf ornip. he took with him a big bunch of money and an abiding faith in the mines of this county. He has always been a Mohave county booster and is now one of the owners of the Emerson mine, at Chloride, one of the important properties of that camp. At the present time the mine is equipped with machinery and a mill aas ju&k ueeii put in commission, xius; mill is turning out splendid concen trates, and it is to see this mill in op eration that Judge Schaefer is now visiting the county. DESTROYS MILL The Red Cloud mill, at Silver Dis trict in Yuma county, was destroyed by fire last week. This was one of the big mills of the county and was valued at $100,000. The mine was re cently opened and $30,000 spent on im LIKES IT FINE Private F. T. Flynn formerly em ployed by C. A. Patterson writes:. ' Have been over in France with the Army for six months. Like the place and we are all having a good time Plumbing over here is a lot different but that is not bothering the boy over here now. With best wishes to you all, From your friend, Frank LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF APPLICATION POS U. S. PATENT A Large Stock of Oregon and Arizona Pine Constantly on Hand. Also Fire Wood iu Large or Small Quantities. PROMPT SERVICE. Mohave Lumber Co. KINGMAN CHLORIDE OATMAN Survey No. 3405 A&B United States Land Office, Serial No. 040286, Phoe nix, Arizona, August 31, 1918. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of Chapter 6 of Title XXXII of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Acts amendatory there of, AGNES SCANLON, whose post-office address is 703 1-2 South Broadway, in the city of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and State of California, by her duly authorized and appointed Attorney-in-fact, O. F. KUENCER, whose postofflce address Is Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, has made application to the United States for patent for 1500 linear feet on EMPIRE and MANHAT AN lodes, respectively, bearing Gold and Silver, the same being 1498 feet souther ly and 2 feet northerly on said EMPIRE lode, and 1498 feet northerly and 2 feet southerly on said MANHATAN lode, from the respective discovery shafts thereon, with surface ground 600 feet in width on each of said lodes, and for the EMPIRE MILL SITE, all embraced in Mlnerol Survey No. 3405 A&B, and are situate in Lost I Basin Mining Dis trict, County of Mohave. State of Ari zona, and described by the offlolal plat, and by the fle.ld notes on file In the of fice of the Register of the United States Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, as follows, viz: EMPIRE LODE, SURVEY NO. 3405 A&B Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S. M. M. No. 1 (erected in connection with Survey No. 822), bears S. 73 deg. 50 min. W. 4247 ft. The Section Corner common to Sec tions 28, 29, 32 and 33, T. 30 N., R. 17 W. G. & S. R. M. (unapproved survey), bears N. 19 cleg. 29 min. W.. 420 ft. Thence N. 3 deg. 12 mill W. 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 2. identical with Cor. No. 1. MANHATAN lode of this Survey. Thence N. 86 deg. 48 min. E. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 3, Identical with Cor. No. 4, MANHATAN lode of this Survey. Thence S. 3 deg. 12 min. E. 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 4. Thence S. 86 deg. 48 min. W. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. MANHATAN lode, SURVEY No. 3405 A&B Beginning at Cor. No. 1. Identical with Cor. No. 2 EMPIRE lode of this Survey, previously aescrlDed, whence U. 8. M. M. No. 1, bears S. 56 deg. 08 min. W. 4809 ft. to Cor. No. 2. Thence N. 86 deer. 48 min. E. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 3. Thence S. 4 deg. 46 mini W. 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with Cor. No. 3, EMPIRE lode of this Survey, previously described. Thence S. 86 deg. 48 min. W. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. EMPIRE MILL SITE, SURVEY NO. 3405 A&B Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical with a corner of the location, and with Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 823, Golden Gate Mill Site, whence U. S. M. M. No. 2, (erected In connection with Survey No. 823 Gol den Gate M. S.), bears N. 27 deg. 10 min. W. 1620 ft. The 1-4 section corner between sec tions 31 and 32, T. 31 N., R. 17 W G. & S. R. M. (unapproved survey), bears N. 33 deg. 27 min. W. 1378 ft. Cor. No. 2, MANHATAN lode, Sur. No. 3405 A. bears S. 10 deg. 32 min. E. 25,704 ft. Thence S. 46 deg. 40 min. E. 330 ft. to Cor. No. 2, Identical with corner of the location and with Cor. No. 4, Sur vey No. 823. Golden Gate Mill Site. Thence S. 43 deg. 20 min. W. 660 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical with corner of loca tion and with Cor. No. 5, Sur. No. 823, Golden Gate M. S. Thence N. 46 deg. 40 min. "W. 330 ft. to Cor. No. 4, identi cal with corner of location and with corner No. 2, Sur, No. 823. Golden Gate M. S. Thence N. 43 deg. 20 min. E. 660 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. There are no known adjoining claims to either of said EMPIRE and MAN HATAN lodes or said EMPIRE MILL SITE. There are no known conflicting claims with either of the EMPIRE or MANHATAN lodes. Area In conflict with EMPIRE MILL SITE, Golden Gate Mill Site, Sur. No. 823, 5,000 acres. The respective location certificates of the EMPIRE and MANHATAN lodes and EMPIRE MILL SITE are recorded In the Mining Records and Mill Sites and Water Rights, in the office of the Recorder or Mohave County, State of Arizona, as follows: EMPIRE lode, in Book, HH of Mines, at page 12. MANHATAN lode. In Book HH of Mines, at page 13. EMPIRE MILL SITE, In Book 2, M. Si & W. R., at page 337. J. L. IRVIN, Recrlater. First publication Sept. 7, 1918. Last publication Nov. 9. 1918 up. DOES NOT APPROVE OF CLAIM JUMPING Editor Mohave Miner Kingman, Arizona. Dear Sir: Some two years ago while an important mining deal wss pend ing, an ambitious citizen of Los An geles saw fit to jump some valuable ground here, belonging to two of our leading companies with the evident purpose of levying blackmail on them. The Chloride Mining Bureau at once took action and adopted the following: "Whereas, This Bureau, anxious to promote the best interests of the camp, is firmly opposed to claim jumping, fraudulent stock and promotion schemes, which must eventually prove detrimental to the mining industry, Now, Therefore Be it Resolved, That the Chloride Bureau of Mines con demns in unmeasured terms the ef forts of unscrupulous persons to bring disaster on the camp by any of the methods mentioned above, and that it will look with disfavor upon any member of the Mohave County Bar who lends himself to such questionable methods and takes cases of this char acter, and be it further resolved That this Bureau, backed by the sentiment of the entire community, will take steps if necesary to purge the camp of parties engaged in questionable practices of the character referred to, and hereby warns them .to1 keep away." Some, of our citizens made a few re marks to the party referred to, and he found it advisable to depart sud denly, and has not since then been seen in this town. The feeling is still strong here along the same lines. Many years ago the worthless claims of this district were dropped and only those of promise re tained for further exploitation. On these claims the owners have tried to keep up their annual assessment work until Congress suspended the require ments for the -years 1917 and 1918. One of the objections to this meas ure was the knowledge that in mining sections' where the laws are lax, as in California, parties would take advan tage of the law to cover up their past delinquencies, by taking advantage of its provisions. ! Of course it is well understood that if there is a failure to do the work for any given) year, and no one takes ad vantage of the fact by re-location, the owner may fully re-establish hisclaim by complying with law in the succeed ing year. It also follows that if the Govern ment excuses me from doing the work for that year, and I file, the requisite notice, my past delinquencies are cured. Quite recently a claim was jumped hertl on which the owner did nearly the required work for 1917, but upon the passage of the Joint Resolution by Congress, he filed the required no tice, and rested upon his rights. And now comes the claim jumper and files on the claim, asserting that the required work was not done in 1915 arid 1916. ' It is a significant fact that in this instance also a deal is pending for the sale of the property and a cloud is thrown upon the title. It is safe to assume that our prop erty owners and all citizens will join in handing to the claim jumper a very lively dose if jobs of this kind are in dulged in, and possibly they will not wait for "due process of law." Kindly warn such parties to keep from this camp. Yours Truly A. W. KELLOGG We have spent over $500,000,000 to clothe our soldiers. Every subscriber to the Liberty Loan has had a part in this care of the Americans who are fighting in France. , MINING STOCK IMPROVING The tide has turned on battle field ana stock marjeet; rsuy ea Lion and Alcyone now. BLACK BROS. BROKERS Oatman Black Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. OF ORE IS SHIPPED BY ANTLER L. A. Newton, who has a lease on the property of the Commercial Cop per company (Phelps-Dodge Corpora tion), has just shipped a carload of ore from the old Antler to the smelter. The Antler mine is one of the group pur chased by the Phelps-Dodge people in the eighties and from which a large tonnage of ore was shipped to their plant at the Bogg and Hackberry smel-, ter, in Yavapai county. Owing to the decline in the price of copper the mines were closed and all machinery shipped away. Since that time I no work has been done on the mines up to the present time. Shipments will nowtbe made regul arly to the United Verde Con. smelter, at Verde. WALTER MYERS WILL SOON ENTER SERVICE Walter Myers is reported to have sold'his interest1 in a mining claim, near Wallapai Springs, the first pay nient'tb be $10,000, As "soon as the deal.is closed he expects to enter "the services of the government as inter preter. Mr. Myers is said to be able to speak French, German and English fluently and would be worth consider able to the American forces. GOLD IS RATED HIGH BY PRIORITIES BOARD The Priorities Board of the U. S. War Industry Board, has carefully considered the matter of gold produc tion and the necessity for its safe guarding and at a meeting recently held adopted the following resolution: "Be it Resolved by the Priorities Board that gold mijfiing is an essen tial war industry, and the powers of this board will be so exercised as to accord to such industry preferential treatment in the supply not only of tools, machinery and equipment, bat in transportation service, fuel supply and labor supply." It is also understood that this board is considering the necessity of making some provision for the takinir over of the entire gold output of the United btates at a price tobe fixed by it, in the event that congress fails to make provision for the protection of gold mining. We have spent over $120,000,000 just for staple supplies for our army, such as flour, bacon, rice, etc. Every Liberty loan subscriber helps to feed our soldiers. WILL START SOON ON BIG TUNNEL Supt.H. 'M. Crowtherhas put a force of miners to .work cleaning op somccavek in the? Stockton 'Hill tun nel and getting things in shape for the resumption of driving ahead on the big bore. This work will be of great importance not only to the sharehold ers, but also to the town of Kingman. The driving of this tunnel into the mountain and the crosscutting of the gridiron of veins would put to work many hundreds of miners on tribute work, as well as giving the company hundreds of feet of ore backs in its own property. wnKSef M OK mil S ANGELES tI'JtR4nmne ifeendResfaurairf Garogp in connection TakeTaxid Station at our expense mrouMiw Pro. GcaAGbiuaSra HI! ' If M VlUfi nPTELJ IQSAAGfllS 1L3, . vrfinvcm CTSV 'WSS B.CLARK, Prop. mmmamvm ALL DEPOT CA'iPj PASS THE DOOR WMCCHHKIEO-CiFEHEXTDOOR THZNDUSSQFCOMrO'Zr NO MATTER HOW rtATKfc fiAfirtriir iinvnti Afir tjv fuel I Lu HOW MUCH YOU PAY, YOU 7R?fft&00 rAuwrtrnirrAiijroF&TiTD 1 r. " COMFORT THA.NTHI3 HOUSE PROVIDES. DRAFTING, MAPS, UNDERGROUND SURVEYS HOHAVE ASSAY & ENG1HEERWG OFFICE New Modern Plant Phone Blue 127 One Block East Arizona Central Bank L. H. FOSTER ; CIVIL ENGINEER U.S.Mineral Surveyor Patent and Underground Surveys Kingman, Arizona. ' Mining Machinery & Supplies Lumber and Building Material Fuel and Gas Oil SPECIAL: 2 USED 5000 GAL. CORRUGATED STEEL TANKS IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION Tarr, McComb & Ware Com'l Co. KINGMAN OATMAN CHLORIDE H &