The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-12-13
ANNA LEE NINE.
Mccormick Brothers will
Push Their Development
Vigorously.
From the Springfield Republican of Dec. Z

| TOTSytu, beC o. abcV county has
awakened to activity in the mineral
line all along the Ten O'Clock Run.
In the southwestern part of the
county the Mccormick brothers have
announced their intention to more
vigorously push the development of
| the Anna Lee. Their mine was visit
ed by the late Col. DeMahler only a
short while before his death. He had
been sent by the mineral men Of
Nor thern Arkansas to investigate the
Taney county mines. The colonel in
formed Mr.. Mccormick that his mine
and the mining land Of DR.. McIntyre,
lying east of it, is of the same forns-
ton of mineral as the Morning Star
He said the Anna Lee mine gave
promise of being as productive a
property as the Morning Star In
fact, considering the amount of de-
velopment work done, it made a
more favorable showing. He based
his reasons for ita probable richuess
on the abundance Of the carbonates
and silicates of zinc so near the sur
face and so generally distributed
through the ore bearing stratum of
rock. Besides this, lead and even
Jumps of jack. were found in the clay
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thin coating Of soil of the hillside. AS
A 9 these carbonates and silicates are
| redeposits Of mineral which formerly
existed in the form Of s,llphides, it is
| reasoned that where they occur in
such abundance there must be large
body of the original mineral near a,
hand. Mr.. Mccormick has tnMneled
some 20 feet into the hill, inding jack
| all through the mineral bearing stra-
tum of six feet or moro in thickness.
and tlSiG becomes richer as the hill is
penetrated. Their Investigations
tend to prove that this stratum eX-
tends through the entire isis:, and the
development work is now being di-
rected with the view of exposing this
face OF mineral all along the side of
the hill they are working.
Mr. Mccormick does not intend
to wait for the railroad, but as soon
he gets the ore in quantities for mar
ket he Can transport it along the rea-
sonably good ridge to the new rail-
road connecting Harrison and Eureka
When he decides to build crushing
| mills he has a good location for these
further down the gulch from the
mine, and constant supply of water
from crystal spring that flows from
a natural cavern in the mineral bear
ing zone 1t is learned that this
spring withstands the drou;hs, al
though it's volume is somewhat in
! creased by the fresbets, and on such
occasions nuggets of mineral have
been known to he washed oHt from
| the subterranean channels.
AT the King Solomon the miners
are working in a new shaft. The
other shaft is equipped with engine,
| hosting aud pumping machinery,
hand jigs, etc. The King Solomon is
| a tissure formation and on the same
lead Of mineral as the Aurora mines.
The ore seems to be easily crushed
aud is richer than the Aurora ore. 1t
| is the intention to put in steam
| drills before long, and this will great
| iy accelerate the output Of the mines.
A mining company, composed OF
citizeus Of Greencastle, Ind, has re-
Gently organized and provided fund
for the immediate development of
their property III the Pine Mountain
| district. Work was commenced
there more than week ago aud
| some good specimens of silicate, jack
and lead taken out. The work SO far
has consisted merely in prospecting
for the most suitable place in which
10 sink tho shaft or drift into the
mineral bearing ledge. From the