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400 West Beale St
Kingman, AZ
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80 to 100 YEARS AGO
From the Mohave County Miner
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May 1928 & 1908
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80 Years Ago
May 4, 1928
Doctor Preston of Oatman was in Kingman on business yesterday.
Carl Reiterman, principal of the local high school principal, left for
Tucson, accompanied by Pemberton and Bonelli of the local track team.
They will return to Kingman Sunday night.
Clyde Cofer, well known cattleman of Mohave County has been at the Raw
Hide mine near the Bill Williams, looking over his property and
outlining the future development of his property.
May 11, 1928
M. B. Wilson, local tailor and cleaner, joined forces with Ray Skinner
in the cleaning business, is now located at the old stand on Fourth
Street.
Word was received that Minnie M. Kayser and E. L. Ming of Hackberry
were married on April 18. They are making their home in Hackberry after
spending their honeymoon at the Grand Canyon. The bride and groom
endeavored to keep this a secret but the news of the marriage finally
gotten out.
May 18, 1928
J. C. Spear, former U. S. government cattle inspector at Peach Springs,
was a business visitor in Kingman.
The Gavin-Gillan lease on the Ben Harrison shaft of the Tom Reed
property is supplying the mill with about 30 tons a day of ore that
will average $15 per tons.
Miss Dorothy Mann, daughter of the superintendent of the Indian school
at Valentine, was Kingman shopper
May 25, 1928
The school at McConnico graduated Harold Lewis from the eighth
grade. Mrs. Ruth Hilty, the teacher.
Mrs. Francis Casson has been appointed as matron of the Mohave County
farm by Mrs. Emaline Walker, superintendent of the Mohave County
Hospital. Mrs. Casson is thoroughly competent and a practical women and
one well fitted for the position of matron.
100 Years Ago
May 2, 1908
Bud Walker and family have gone to Yucca, where they will remain. Mr.
Walker is running a blacksmith shop at Yucca and is said to be doing an
excellent business.
Tom Cannon arrived in Yucca with a carload of big mules, which he
intends putting into service at the McCracken mines. The mules were
purchased by the McCracken company in and around Seligman
Anne F. Cartlidge, formerly of the District Attorney’s office, will do
all classes of typewriting and stenographic work.
May 9, 1908
E. M. Carrow came up from his ranch on the Big Sandy. He reports his
orange trees doing nicely and believes that orange culture will become
one of the industries of the Big Sandy.
J. M. Farley and a force of men are clearing out the alley in the rear
of the Miner office. It is probable that the alley will be opened from
Fourth to Fifth St. only a few more fences to be torn out.
Miss Vina Starkey came to Kingman from the Grass Springs ranch and
departs to Los Angeles.
Marion Derrick, who has a ranch near Hardyville, on the Colorado River
was a Kingman visitor.
May 16, 1908
F. J. Murphy is up from his mines near McConnico and reports that in
the bottom of the shaft the ore is showing up nicely. He exhibited some
specimens of gold and copper ore that were really fine.
J. W. Wood, foreman of the Santa Fe water service, has a large
gang of men at work on the foundations for the two big water tanks that
the company is to build at this place. The tanks are to be more than
forty feet high and will hold an immense quantity of water.
May 23, 1908
Last Monday Beale Springs ranch was sold by Sheriff Brown under a
foreclosure of mortgage, W. H. Taggart bidding the property in for the
mortgagor. It is understood that Mohave County has entered into an
agreement to purchase this ranch for a county poor farm and that all
county patients and those receiving aid from the county will be moved
thereon as soon as the buildings are in habitable shape.
Tarr & McComb Company will move into their new quarters. The rooms
are being fitted up in elegant style and when completed will be the
most commodious in this part of the territory.
May 30, 1908
A. L. McKesson has several miners employed on his Holy Moses mine, near
Gold Flat.
A. F. Harris and family have gone to Harris’ ranch in the Wallapais.
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April 1928 & 1908
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80 Years Ago
April 6,
1928
Tom F. Conroy of the Kingman engineering Equipment Co., was called to
Oatman on business.
A new orchestra has been organized in Kingman. It is composed of
manager Glenn Goodwin, drums; Pete Campbell, saxophone; Ed Hilty;
saxophone; Jeff Templeman, trombone and Mrs. Bobbie Sullivan., pianist.
April 11, 1928
E. Ross Housholder, accompanied Lawrence B. Wright, mining geologist,
to the Katherine district where Mr. Wright looked over several mining
properties in which he is interested.
W. D. Lawe, superintendent of the Wright Creek Mining Co. at Valentine,
was in Kingman on business.
Harry Drake took a position with the Central commercial co. in the
furniture department.
April 20, 1928
Joe Morgan, court reporter returned to Kingman from Phoenix having
acted as court reporter in the superior court of Maricopa county.
The Central Commercial Co., this week opened a new store in Oatman to
be named the Central Cash Carry.
Homer Gaddis of the Oneida ranch, was a business visitor in Kingman
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rice arrived to make their home in Kingman. Mr. Rice
is associated with the Mohave Steam Laundry as foreman.
April 24, 1928
Sheriff Brewer, supervisor Henry Lovin and road superintendent A. F.
Harris returned from a trip to the northern strip. Some road matters
were gone into by Mr. Lovin and Mr. Harris while Sheriff Brewer
straightened out some range problems.
Frank DuBois and George Cummings of the Star Garage made a business
trip to Williams.
Superintendent of the Evahom mine, J. E. Mitchell has been her all week
hauling another shipment of ore from his mine in Mineral Park district.
100 Years Ago
April 4,
1908
Recorder Thomas McNeely came in from his copper mine near Mineral Park
Tuesday last... He reports that every day’s work on the mine shows more
and better ore.
Will Clack is in town from the Little Chief mine, where he and Barney
Perkins have been leasing.
This week Thomas Devine took over the Hotel Beale bar and will conduct
it in connection with the hotel. John Mulligan retires from this
dispensary after more than ten years active service.
At last the alley between 4th and 5th Streets and Front and Beale is to
be opened up. W. J. Prout has given orders to remove barns and
outbuildings that have long obstructed this street.
The Goldroad Red Top Mining Company offers a block of development stock
to subscribers at 5 cents per share. The mine is on the east end of the
great lode and has an excellent showing in the outcrop.
April 11, 1908
Fred Stull and Henry Lovin are getting splendid ore on their lease on
the Lucky Boy mine at Chloride.
E. M. Carrow received half a dozen naval orange trees which have been
sent to the ranch on Big Sandy.
The republican committee met at the courthouse and elected Senator J.
E. Perry and Eli Hilty as delegates to the republican territorial
convention. Taft was endorsed as the choice of the committee for
President.
W. E. Moroney had his first case in court and won it. This is a good
startoff for a young attorney.
April 18, 1908
A. L. McKesson started up his mill, on the Holy Moses mine, and reports
that it worked to perfection. The only drawback was lack of water, the
pipes being too small to supply the battery with the necessary power to
carry the pulp over the plates. The experimental run shows the ores
values to be higher than anticipated.
Frank Tofte is working on his L & M. mines near Sherum summit, and
believes he has one of the best properties in that whole section. The
vein is very large and values are exceptionally good.
April 25, 1908
The town of Yucca is growing. There is one hotel, two saloons, one
general merchandise store, one restaurant, blacksmith shop and general
forwarding business.
The little town is doing a big business being the supply point for
Cedar, Signal, McCracken and Bill William Fork sections.
A forty horse power touring car was received for use of the McCracken
company between Yucca and the mines. The machine is capable of making
fifty miles an hour. This is the first large machine ever brought to
Mohave County and its work on the roads will be watched with some
interest.
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March 1928 & 1908
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80 Years Ago
March 2, 1928
Work on the Twentieth Century mine at Chloride was started up with two
shifts of miners.
The Lead Pill group owned by Mr. McNeal and situated five miles south
of the old town of Signal, shipped a carload of lead ore from the
property and is shipping another carload. The ore carries 33 percent
lead and gold and silver.
Bruce Daniels spent Sunday and Monday with his parents at Mohave City,
Ariz.
March 9, 1928
Thirty-six Rotarians and guests journeyed to Fort Mohave where they
were the guests of Superintendent William Thackery.
Norman Chapman purchased a new Standard Six Nash sedan from L. M.
Wheeler, local Nash distributor.
March 16, 1928
John Neal, cattleman from Burro Creek, was in Kingman on business.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Carrarra, at the local hospital on last
Sunday night, a baby girl, whom they have named Helen Reid Carrarra. D.
A. Carrarra is a well known miner from Goldfields.
March 23, 1928
E. E. Wishon, justice of the peace from Oatman, was in Kingman Thursday.
Mrs. H. J. Hand, wife of the county treasurer, is expected to return to
her home in Kingman after a month visiting with friends and relatives
on the coast.
Fred Brown, cattleman from Ash Creek was a business visitor last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Petty, ranch owners from the Music Mountain
district, spent weekend in Kingman.
March 30, 1928
Clyde Bollinger, proprietor of the Mission camp ground at Oatman was in
Kingman.
Robert P. Morrow and Emery Morrow, ranchers from the Sandy, were in
Kingman on legal business.
100 Years Ago
February 29, 1908
Ed Williams is in Kingman from his ranch on the big Sandy. He reports
crops doing nicely all along the creek and the outlook for a big
harvest was never better.
Tarr & McComb broke ground for their new building on the lot east
of the Luthy.
Last Sunday, Andrew, the three year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Devine, fell from the rear porch of the Beale Hotel to the ground, a
distance of about thirteen feet, sustaining a fracture of the left arm
and sundry cuts and bruises. The little fellow is getting along nicely.
The Luthy block is completed and presents neat appearance. It is
one of the handsomest business blocks in the town and is a credit to
the owner and the town.
Owing to the prevalence of smallpox in nearly all the towns along the
railroad east of Ash Fork, the county board of health this week
concluded that the safest plan for the town and county was to put on
guards at Kingman and keep all hoboes and bums on the move.
March 7, 1908
George A. Bonelli is building an addition to his store building on
Fourth Street.
J. V. Coffey has put on a stage line between Yucca and the McCracken
mine.
J. C. Maddux and J. S. Kolar have formed a partnership in the
blacksmith business and will continue at the old stand, where Mr. Kolar
has been established more than twenty years.
March 14, 1908
T. S. O’Brien came up from the Rattan mine, in the Silver Creek section
to visit with his family.
There was born to the wife of W. F. Grounds Jr., at Milkweed ranch on
the 5th of this month, a baby girl.
March 21, 1908
Tom Wilson has purchased the Cedar-Yucca stage line from Thomas
Hamilton. He has reequipped the line and is now able to take in
passengers and light freight to all parts of the Cedar district on
quick time.
Gold Flat townsite, which has been laid out at the old Handcock siding,
is being cleared of rubbish and the streets and byways laid out Already
nine tents have been erected and lumber is coming in for a hotel.
March 28, 1908
John Lowman, superintendent of the Harvey dairy at Peach Springs, is
quite ill at the Harvey House.
Supervisor J. S. Kolar and J. B. Withers made a trip through the
Goldroad, Silver Creek and Vivian sections of the San Francisco mining
districts.
Henry Blevin was bitten on one finger by a rattlesnake, at Chloride. He
is suffering a little from the bite.
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February 1928 & 1908
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80 Years Ago
February 3, 1928
Tony Vrang and Charles Adams have been working along the outcrop of
veins in their Standard group, near the Katherine, and are finding
wonderful ore and high values.
J. H. Beauchamp moved last Tuesday into the Barney Ricca house.
Nat Greer of the Tarr, McComb and Ware Co., spent Tuesday in Valentine
on business.
G. J. Childs, former manager of the local Harvey House, stopped over in
Kingman for a short while.
Miss Alice McLain, who formerly ran a chicken ranch on Mrs. Emeline
Walker’s property on the outskirts of town, has sold out all her
chickens and is moving to Peach Springs, where she will take over the
management of the Osterman store.
February 10, 1928
Ray Briggs, recently of Chloride, moved into the house just vacated by
L. M. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler going to his newly completed home in the
Metcalfe addition.
The Kingman basketball squad showed their decided superiority over the
Valentine Indians when the Indians went down by the score of 45 to 11.
Fred Leonard, Justice of the Peace at Yucca was in Kingman on business
last Monday.
February 17, 1928
Clyde Cofer, cattleman at Wikieup, was a Kingman shopper last Thursday.
John A. Nelson, cattleman at Peach Springs, was called to Kingman last
Monday on business.
Mrs. L. R. Hall proprietor of the Beale Hotel was called to Flagstaff
during the first of the week.
February 24, 1928
Charles M. Moore of Nelson was a Kingman shopper last Tuesday.
Carl G. Krook, local attorney, left Kingman this morning to attend the
Bar Ass’n at Phoenix.
.Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Needles, arrived to play for the Firemen’s
ball. She was the guest of Mrs. Stanley George.
100 Years Ago
February 1, 1908
Work is progressing systematically on the Rainbow group of mines east
of Chloride. The property is under the management of H. L. McCarn, one
of the best mine manager in that section.
P. McCardell, the well known mining and civil engineer, returned from a
business trip to the Victor Gold mining company’s camp, near Vivian.
Henry Lovin returned from Los Angeles, where he went to purchase
billiard and pool tables and other furnishings for the Studley saloon
in the Luthy block.
Mrs. George S. Briggs is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Potts in Kingman.
Mrs. David Price has a circulating library at her home on Beale street.
Anyone wishing books to read can call and look the library over.
February 8, 1908
George W. Miller, the wealthy young cattleman of Lookout ranch, was in
Kingman, Wednesday last.
It is reported that G. W. Brown and company will soon erect a big mill
in the neighborhood of Boulder Springs. The manufacturers of the mill
claim it to be one of the most economical ever.
February 15, 1908
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Eshom, of Cienega ranch, are visiting in Kingman.
They recently sold the water rights at this ranch to the Palo Verde
mining company.
T. J. Grant came down from Hackberry and is placing on the records of
the county a large group of mines, which he and others recently located
in the Music Mountain section.
W. H. Hall came in from California and departed on the Chloride train
to his mines in the Weaver district.
February 22, 1908
W. F. Grounds was down from Hackberry getting assay results from his
mining claims in the Music Mountain section.
The Wallapai mountains are just now covered with the deepest snow
since the great snowfall in 1884. Every rain that has fallen in the
valleys this winter has produced a corresponding mass of snow in the
mountains.
H. G. Brenton and daughter came in from White Hills and are visiting
with friends in Kingman. Miss Brenton lived in Mineral Park when a
small child.
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January 1928 & 1908
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80 Years Ago
January 6,
1928
” Boston”
Fridell, formerly
in the restaurant business in Kingman, has been heard from in Honolulu, where
he is now living.
The following pupils received
certificates for perfect
attendance during December: Virginia Noli, Teddy Brakeman, Homer
Fancher, Billy
Graves, Teddy Leichsenring and Asa Wilson all Second Graders.
Ora Gruniner is remodeling the
Laferriere establishment
which was partially destroyed by fire in the early part of last week.
Mrs.
Laferriere hopes to reopen her shop in the near future.
Mrs. George Drake has taken the
position of principal of the
school at Oatman. Mrs. Drake who formerly taught the 5th and 6th
grades, will
be replaced by Mrs. Jim Arthur.
January 13,
1928
An 11-pound boy was born last Saturday
to Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Golding. Mrs. Golding and the child are doing well.
John Allen
Ware,
manager of Tarr, McComb & Ware, was at the Katherine on business
over
Thursday.
The pupils of Mrs. W. H. Welsh’s class
will hold a music
recital January 25th, at the Elks Hall.
January 20,
1928
Miss Florence Teague, English teacher
at the high school, is
confined to her home with mumps.
C. J. Walters, vice-president of the
Arizona Central Bank,
attended the annual meeting of the stockholders of the bank held at Flagstaff
Monday, the 17th.
January 27,
1928
Mr. and Mrs. Everett of the Commercial
Hotel spent Thursday
in Oatman on business.
Mrs. Greeley Clack, who has been
confined to her home with
mumps for the past week, is now recovering rapidly and will be back on
duty in
her office at the county court house on Monday.
J. L. Bishop of Rialto, Calif.
arrived in Kingman. Mr.
Bishop will locate in Kingman and will live in Brown’s Court No. 2.
Mrs. Emeline Walker, supervisor of the
Mohave County General
Hospital, returned
from Phoenix,
where she had
been attending the first meeting of the Nurses Association.
100 Years Ago
January 4,
1908
J. D. Jordan and Lew Bechtel will
leave for the old Copper
World camp, east of Yucca, where Mr. Jordan will make an
examination of
the group of copper mines.
Mrs. Emma Lee who is teaching school
at Peach Springs has
been spending the week with relatives in Kingman.
Dr. W. E. Sauls and O. D. M. Gaddis,
spent several days at
the Tragedy mines, where the gentlemen added to their holdings by
important
locations in the neighborhood of the original group.
The Luthey buildings are nearing
completion and present a
neat exterior appearance. One of the new rooms is already occupied by a
restaurant and the room where the restaurant was formerly will be
occupied by
S. T. Elliott & Co. as a general furnishing goods establishment.
January 11, 1908
Morgan Jones departed to the San Francisco
mine after a visit of ten days with his
relatives at Cerbat and
May’s Well.
J. D.
Spargo is in
town from Stockton Hill, where he has been looking after development
work on
the Old Brown mine, He reports having opened up some rich copper ore on
the
property.
January 18,
1908
C. J. Hutchinson is in from the
Expansion mines, in the Union
Pass
section, where he is working a large force of men
. He expects to soon receive a big new White
steamer machine, which
will be used between Kingman and the mines. This machine is being put
in
anticipation of the big milling plant that is soon to be placed on the
mine for
reduction of the ores of the Expansion property.
S. T. Elliott announces that he will
open his new store in
the Luthy block with one of the most elegant stocks of gents and ladies
furnishings ever displayed in the Territory
January 25,
1908
D. C. Bacon, a well known cattleman of
Hackberry, has been
looking after business affairs in Kingman.
A. L. McKesson is in the south part of
the county after a
milling plant which he is to remove and place on his Holy Moses and Santa Fe claims
six miles
south of town.
Father Vabre went out to Goldroad to
look after his
ministerial duties at that place.
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December 1927 & 1907
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80 Years Ago
December 9, 1927
At three o’clock Sunday morning Oatman was visited with a fire that
carried a loss of upwards to $75.00. The fire broke out in the old bank
building and by the time the alarm was sounded, had gotten well
underway, destroying the bank building, the Parker Barber shop,
Larkey’s meat market, the telephone and telegraph offices and then into
the Central Commercial company, completely destroying the building and
stock. But for the direction of the wind, the rest of the
business section, would have been taken. As it was, the windows
in the Oatman Drug company, the postoffice and the Arizona Hotel
were cracked with the heat.
Miss Rebecca Smith, teacher at River Junction, and Miss Faith Bell,
teacher at Bland school, were both doing their Christmas shopping in
Kingman this week.
December 16, 1927
This week a deal was closed whereby Ray Brundage took over the interest
of Howard Smith in the Mohave Drug. Mr. Brundage has secured the
services of Hazel M. Chilton, graduate pharmacist, for prescription
work.
Ardell Ernst, formerly night clerk of the Harvey House in Kingman, was
here on business.
December 23, 1927
John Douglas, former Kingman barber, purchased the Dew Drop Inn, local
restaurant, from Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Chamberlin.
Ray Dimmick was in Kingman buying a large Christmas tree for the
children at the Katherine.
December 30, 1927
Axel Ericson has moved into temporary quarters on the land he recently
homesteaded on the west side of town. He sold his old residence to Paul
Morton of the Central Commercial Co.
Edward McGill spent Christmas in Kingman and returned the
following day to his home in Golconda.
100 Years Ago
December 7, 1907
Supervisor John S. Kolar and Sheriff Walter Brown accompanied J. W.
Thompson to his Cora Springs ranch where they are to have a quail hunt
to wind up with days of feasting and rest.
Frank Russell, who has a big ranch on the Sandy, is in town with farm
produce.
Yucca is to have a grand ball on the evening of the 20th of this month,
the first in its history. The town is booming and the people are
sanguine of a great future for it as the supply point of all of
Southern Mohave and Northern Yuma counties.
December 14, 1907
Henry Lovin has brought his big stock of merchandise to Phoenix from
Kelvin and is selling it off. The crash in copper practically wiped out
the town of Kelvin, which started out with such promise of greatness
six or eight months ago, and the merchants of that place, having loaded
up with big stocks of goods, have to sell out to the best possible
advantage.
The dance at Yucca is attracting considerable interest in Kingman among
the dancing set. Arrangements have been made to have the Chloride flyer
run down to Yucca in the evening, returning to Kingman sometime after
midnight. Everything will be free.
December 21, 1907
W. F. Frost and wife returned the first of the week from California,
where Mr. Frost has been under treatment. The couple returned in
perfect health and have gone to their ranch at Wallapai Springs.
Mrs. W. F. Grounds and daughter Maggie, are visitors at the Truxton
ranch of Mrs. Ida Crozier. Their home is in Fresno, California.
December 28, 1907
A large amount of machinery for the Tom Reed mining company is passing
through Kingman. It is understood that this company has arranged for
the starting up of its milling plant and that the mine is being worked
on a large scale. The ores carry good values in gold, but heretofore
the property was short of water and had to suspend operations on that
account. Now that the Victor Gold mining Company has brought water into
the district no mine need remain idle on that account.
It is rumored in Kingman that a strike of great importance has been
made in the German American mines, near Vivian. The mine have
been opened to a depth of several hundred feet and show big ore bodies
in all the openings.
Work is progressing on the mines owned by Messrs, Potts, Hogan and
Kimmerly, near Thumb Butte, in the Union Pass section. A shaft was sunk
and drifting reveals the vein to be one of the finest in that section.
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November 1927 & 1907
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80 Years Ago
November 4, 1927
Nancy Stephens, who is teaching school in the Sandy district, left for
Flagstaff to attend the teachers’ institute.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Duncan are spending the
week in Kingman on court business.
Aubrey Sims reports the sale of a Chevrolet coupe to Hal Rhyne, the
Pirate baseball player visiting here.
Harry Ressman, assistant superintendent of the Walkover mine, returned
from a trip to the coast.
Ansel Taylor was down from Peach Springs Saturday night.
November 11, 1927
Kingman began its commemoration of the ninth anniversary of the ending
of the great war today at 6 a.m. with a reveille, followed by a salute.
The American Legion has a celebration arranged that will be replete
with activity throughout the day.
Albin Osterman is giving a fall coat of paint to the court house. Axel
Ericson recently finished installing a new fireplace in the building.
Mrs. Frank Casson and Miss Morrison are assisting in the Central
Commercial Company during their sale.
November 18, 927
Wallace Keith has re-opened his offices in Kingman, this time his
location being on Front Street between 6th and 7th, in front of the
auto camp conducted by Keith and Stackpoole.
Lawrence Martinez sold his share in the Kingman Transfer Company to
Harry Miller.
November 26, 1927
Tom Mix, the western Movie Star, accompanied by Jack Hill and a
chauffeur, spent Tuesday night here on his way to Central Arizona to
shoot desert scenes.
Ed Barnes was down from the Mountain View Ranch Wednesday.
Tomorrow morning A. S. Hall, manager of the Public Utilities Cons.
Corp., accompanied by J. S. Withers and son Jack, leaves for Boulder
Canyon. There they will embark in a motor boat for a trip down the
Colorado River, taking in the two damsites that have been so long in
the limelight.
100 Years Ago
November 2, 1907
Frank R. Speri, who is owner of many promising mining claims in the
region of the Copper World mines, east of Yucca, was in Kingman
Wednesday last.
W. H. Nelson and a force of men have gone to Stockton Hill, where they
will do the annual work on a group of mines, owned by himself and
mother.
George W. Miller, largest cattle owners in the county, is in Kingman
from his ranch near the Willows.
James Uncapher, owner of the famous old Keystone mine, at Mineral Park,
is in Kingman awaiting P. R. Smith and party, who are to make an
examination of the mine group with view of purchase.
November 8, 1907
George Clack and Perkins have over a ton of rich ore on the dump of the
Little Chief mine, at Stockton Hill. It is said this ore will run about
700 ounces silver to the ton.
Sureyors are at work on the Yucca-McCracken wagon road. It is expected
that this road will cost about $10,000 to complete, but when in shape
for use it will be one of the best wagon roads in the county.
November 16, 1907
Ed M. Carrow is looking after his farming projects on the Big Sandy. He
is putting in a large acreage of grain and expects to obtain an immense
crop next year.
Fred Cohenour has gone to Phoenix to see the fast horses, the pretty
Salt River girls and other attractions at the fair.
M. H. Murphy and “Monte” Penberthy have been doing assessment work on
mining claims in the Big Sandy country. Mr. Murphy returned home
having completed the work.
November 23, 1907
J. P. Gideon and A. F. Harris, deputies of the sheriff’s office,
brought over from Goldroad another of those big bars of bullion, that
look good during these days of financial stringency.
Ernest Solomon brought to Kingman a shipment of ore from his claims
near Boulder Springs that is extremely rich in gold.
Col. McCatney, who has charge of the A. & U. Railroad in its early
day, is making the survey of the road between Signal, a station on the
Santa Fe Railroad, and the McCracken.
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