The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-11-17
MINING NEWS.

Though no one, authorized to
speak for the lessees, is at hand to
speak conclusively in the premises, It
is generally understood that Chicago
parties have leased the mill and
property OF the Denison Mining
Company, situated 3h miles from
Harrison. The deal it seems calls for
active operations in the shortest
time possible, and to that end five
shafts will be sunk on % feet of ore.
encountered at a depth of 35 feet
from the surface.
The Fingan idrill has been moved
this week from the Hill-Fontaine
property situated on the opposite
bank of Crooked creek. Good results
are to be expected from the start. for
it has followed so far that ore has
been discovered wherever an opening
has been put in on the property. In
cidentally, it was learned from Mr..
Finigan, that both local and out
side parties have approached him
with a proposition of trying for gas
and oil in territory west of here, no.
tedly in the Gather and Baker prai-
ries.
A mining blacksmith and tool
sharpener says: | used to temper
drills to bore diorite. | halt filled
bucket with clean water and spilled
about half pint or more (ifit was
plentiful of muriatic acid into it and
mixed it thoroughly. | then warm
ed the drills just red, cooled them up
about A-in. and let them come down
to a straw color. have seen a drill
bore several inches tempered in this
way, where half an inch would dull
it if tempered in the ordinary way.
1t will help the boring considerably
if camphorated turpentine is used in
stead Of water to keep the bore wet.
Camphorated turpentine is made by
dissolving camphor gum in turpen-
tine.
Another score this week for the
Teagarden Bros. From Hon. ]. c.
Floyd, of Yellville, it is learned that
the shaft put IN on an upper level of
the White Eagle mine. Rush creek
district Marion county, has already
penetrated as feet of rich dissemina-
ted ore. The discovery of ore in the
new opening was mentioned some
time ago, but nothing was conceived
of its Importance beyond the certain
tainty of an upper and lower run of
ore; and accordingly, rather than
two runs, it is probable that the two
are connected. In any event, it is
fast approaching a point where it is
to be taken for granted that the
property carries the thickest body of
sulphide ore found in the state.
Whether q prophet, or a sharp
eyed miner, MIR. Johnson, OF Monroe
City, Mo-, the party quoted by W.
B. Stevens in the Globe-Democrat
letter of Oct. 8, 1899, is not to be
without honor in the history of the
Arkansas zinc field. Like unto 9TH
ers familiar with conditions OF the
Joplin field, the gentleman decided
against the Arkansas simply because
it was deeply eroded mountain
country. This took place when ar
irving at Yellville and the territory
not yet explored. One week was
spent by him in the Rush creek dis
trict, and his first exclamation when
returning from the scene was literal
ly as follows: II take it back old
man. My God, that Morning Star
mountain is smoothing butJack" This
was 81 months ago, since which
time, day by day it begins to look
that there was more than reason in
the verdict reached by the old Mis-
souri, and Rocky Mountain miner.
The height of the Morning Star run
of ore, IS feet thick is 1872 feet above
the level of Rush creek the McIntosh
run OF ore 81 feet thick, is ITO feet
above the level of Rush creek; the
upper run of the White Eagle ore is,
at the top, 140 feet above the level
of Rush creek, and the lower run 40
feet below the level of Rush creek.
And hence, taking As feet depth
of ore struck in the upper run of the
White Eagle, with big ore struck
with a drill on the Mcintosh suff-
cient to complete the column, it will
be seen that Mr.. Johnson was not
far from a right conclusion. While
to complete the sagacity OF his OBJ
servation, it is known in the case of
the Morning Star mine, that other
ore levels continue from the height
of 1872 feet to the water level ofRush
creek.