Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
Southeast Missouri Mineral Region.
THE DESLOGE MINE

II.
THE DESLOGE MINE
| adjoins the Doe Run tract. Here the
disseminated lead ore shows a thick
ness of about sixty feet, but not as
rich in lead ore as the adjoining mines.
At this place the company has a con-
centrating plant of four hundred tons
capacity per day. The mineral rock
is crushed at the mines and conveyed
by railroad distance of about one
mile to the mill. This company has
several air furnaces in operation, and
smelt large quantity of the lead ore
on the works. These furnaces lose a
large percentage of the lead in the
slags.
THE DoNNELLY LEAD COMPANY
is located on tract of land near the
Leadington Company's mines at Lead
ington, about two and a half miles
from Flat River Station, and about the
same distance to Central Mine. Here
there is a shaft sunk to the depth Of
about three hundred feet to a bed of
disseminated lead ore. The deposit is
not as rich in lead as other mines in
this district. A deposit containing
copper, nickel and cobalt has been dis
covered in this mine; it is said to be
rich in cobalt and nickel. These ores
are found in bed of iron pyrites, COM
monty called white mundic by the min
ers, which no doubt contains arsenic
when assayed for that mineral. There
is also a reduction plant of one hun
dred tons capacity on the ground, but
the supply of mineral is not sufficient
to keep it constantly in operation.
On Flat River and adjoining the
Desloge and Taylor mines are large
tracts of lard owned and optioned by
the Messrs. Newman, Clark, Norwine.
and others. These lands have been
partly prospected by diamond drills
with very fattering results, some of
the holes producing very rich cores of
lead ore. Prospecting on this proper
ty will be continued this spring. That
rich lead deposits exist in this proper
ty there is no doubt. 1t is located
near the railroad and they have every
facility for Its development, being To-
Gated on Big River. where plenty of
water can be obtained for all milling
purposes.
THE LEADINGTON MINE
is located two and a half miles from
Flat River, on the road leading to
rmington-distance about five miles.
The property contains about two hun
dred acres at Leadington and about
two hundred acres on Flat River, of
very valuable mineral land. The
Leadington Lead Company owns and
operates the Leadington mines. This
property was prospected by diamond
drill, and some thirty holes were drill
ed to depth of from two hundred to
three hundred feet deep, showing very
rich disseminated rock from twenty to
seventy feet thick. After proving this
property by diamond drill, it was pur-
chased by the Pennington Mining and
Prospecting Company; later it changed
its name to the Leadington Lead Com
pany; head Office at Pennington, Mo.
Soon after the purchase of the above
property,a a shaft was sunk to the depth
of three hundred feet, which penetrat-
ed at least three beds or deposits of
rich disseminated lead ore, varying in
thickness from twenty to thirty feet.
East of the shaft are several diamond
drill holes showing the ore deposit to
be from thirty to seventy-two feet
thick and very rich; in fact, it is bet
ter disseminated and richer in lead ore
than where the shaft is sunk. A level
is being driven east from shaft to this
ore deposit, on the two hundred and
thirty-five foot level, which will strike
the lower portion of this large deposit,
and can be mined at a very small cost.
About one quarter of Il mile north
east of the shaft there are several drill
holes to the depth of about two hun
dred feet, which produced cores of rich
lead ore, and showing the deposit to be
from twenty to thirty feet thick. 1t
may be we'll enough to state here that
between the shaft and the latter de-
scribed drill holes, and about halfway.
a ridge or backbone intervenes, which
appears $50 far as the drilling shows)
to be barren of mineral. This is caus-
ed by fault or channel in the forma-
ton. which frequently happens in all
formations. Sometimes it will destroy
veins and deposits of valuable miner
ais. A shaft can oe sunk on this part
of the property, and the ore can be
easily conveyed from the shaft house