Show l 10 lo 0 ARIZONA irn epitaph at the big T C 0 o s shaft the work of letting down the pumps continues systematically but in arder der to not interfere with the regular days foisting sting operations is restricted to certain ours this work is peculiarly difficult and ab bo orious rious some soine pieces weighing as high as pounds the work is not half over et as it will be sufficient lelent if it is completed y athe the time the column arrives which will ie ea a week or more yet tombstone epitaph the tombstone consolidated mines company is in making aking cupid progress in installing its mammoth bumps the most modern and powerful in he e southwest the water column is expected acted daily and the end of this clever bece of engineering is in sight when in ull 11 commission the T C M pumps will ep present resent a capacity of ten million gallons very ery twenty four hours this is some yater ater to be hoisted 1000 feet in that length f time kingman miner A contractor has one to the weaver mine district where he vill investigate the possibilities of building L series of dams for the purpose of con erving e the flood waters of that region fhe he salt lake people who are operating he e kemple mines are at the head of the no ov ement and if feasible propose to the waters for farming mining I 1 and ther aher purposes estimates will be made of he cost of the dams and the proposition vill be submitted to the directors of the at salt lake for their action williams news W W bass the grand lanyon canyon mining man was in the city tue bues lay on business connected with his mining enterprises and stated that he was expert icing an unprecedented demand for sam les of ore from his asbestos mines mr bass ass has an enormous body of asbestos ore n the canyon and as soon as he succeeds n arranging all the difficulties in connection on with the enterprise he will begin the ore asbestos mines pay handsomely amely and mr bass should have no difficulty in financing his proposition and taking ng out the thousands of bofis of asbestos 0 ore 2 kingman miner E B smith and A N baumann aumann of fremont ohio arrived in kingman ingman tuesday last and departed to eNe needles edles the following day from which place they will visit the mines of the swiss american mining company in which they f are heavily interested the mines compose a group of claims near vivian this county 1 among the group is the ben doran and uncle le sam claims at the time of the discovery overy of the ben doran considerable excitement cit ement was created on account of the Ivond wonderful erful xich richness ness of the surface ore n nug ug gets of pure gold being found at various places along the outcrop the property was sold to the swiss american company by the discoverers jeff lane and M IF wilkinson for a good sum of money since passing into the possession of the new company considerable work has been done on the property and it is probable that as soon as electric power can be arranged for more work will be mapped out |