The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1899-09-30
MINING NEWS.

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At the Todd mine, thiseounty, sec
tion 20, town 1S, range Is. they are
now uneovering a 7 feet face OF dis.
seminated jack which shows that il
is going to hold out to finish.
W. B. Stevens, correspondent OF
the Globe Democrat, has named the
brown crystalline carbonate of zinc,
of this county, Thomasonite. The
NINE, which is at this time showing
up big ore, is situated in section 2,
town 10, range 20.
G. T. McGrath, of the Baker Me
Grath mine, Boxley, Newton county,
Ark, pronounces the reported sale OF
their property a mistake. The shoe
is on the other foot They are buy
ers not sellers, having added 80 acres
to their former holding.
Among this weeks prospeetors in
the mineral field were A NJ Nc
Garthy, and ] ] Whitaker of Can
ton Ohio. The gentlemen are OF the
party who have acquired the Shad-
dock and Clifton mines, located in
the Marble City district.
Thompson and Reed, owners of
the Summit Home mine, section 10,
township Is, range 10, have made
strike big enough to set miners by
their ears. 1t is a disseminated ore
in black flint, and is all round the
kind of stuff miners are looking for.
w Il. Bair of Fort Scott Kansas,
and s. E. Bair uf Marianne Ark, are
abroad in the zinc held They came
on Thursday and after few hours
delay set ont in quest of desirable in
vestments While in nothing osten-
tatious they are substantial people
and will buy if prices suit them
Frank Tegarden, Of Tegarden
Br, $, mine operators. Rush, Ark,
was in town on Thursday, enroute
from his home at Fort Scott His
reeuperative powers, from an attack
of rheumatism, must have been won
deiiul, to be in such fine health and
condition as at the present time
Joplin prospectors-mine owners
from the Joplin country-have be
come stuck on the Patton Cove
and Crooked Creek mineral basin.
The formation is one that is under
stood by them, and, hence their in
terest. 1t is quite probable that
several good deals will be made.
We could give names and particulars
but do not desire to spoil -advanta-
geous bargains of both buyers and
sellers.
The latest particulars OF the Bon
ME Blue mine, show that it is a
greater discovery than. first report
ed. The outcrop, on which it is
possible to knock out jack wherever
it has been prospected, is 500 yards
in length. The outer wall rock is a
limestone and the inner wall flint,
that obtain. at this time,
in no other part of the mineral belt,
excepting at the Baker McGrath
mine, Boxley, Newton county, this
state The Bonnie Blue is situated
at the head of Cedar creek, Marion
county. in section SO, town IS,
range 10.
The new owners of the Shaddock
put up the cash for the property on
yesterday, at the Citizens Bank
Incidental to their visit to the pro-
perty, on Thursday, few shots
were put in, with very satisfactory
results. Four feet from the outer sur
face of the rim wall, they struck &c
inch vein of pebble or granular jack,
the character of which shows that
it belongs to the same lead as the
Panther Greek and Basin valley pro-
perties. Specimens are onexhibition
at the TIMES office. 1t is one of the
richest and most attractive Jacks in
the TINES collection of 2S different
kinds of sulphide ores.
After looking into the matter care
fully, we do not wonder at the
plant of travellers to and from Yell
vile, via the inside" route socalled
1t is not only very rough road
through one of the most dilapidated
and unattractive sections in the
state, but it is as equallv barren of
mines and mineral properties as the
present stage and mailroutes The
only way out OF the dileHrna would !
be road by the way Of Sugar Or
chard. But before this is done the
travelling public should require the
Keener people to clean out9the west
ern approach to Sugar Orchard and
the Powell people the eastern APP
proach to Sugar Orchard.
Mining and smelter experts lately
from the scene contend that the Ba-
r-McGrath mine, of the Boxley To-
cality Newton county, this state,
have the most Systematically devel-
oped and best equipped mining prop
erty in Arkansas. Careful measure
ments show that they have $50 to
300 tons OF good grade jack. 80 tons