The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-07-21
MINING NEWS.

Messers. Mattux and Taylor are
preparing to secure government IL
tie to the Excelsior mining property
of Searey county.
The Allen County Investment Co.,
of lola Kansas, is one of the many
foreign corporations doing good
work in North Arkansas. Their
general manager, W. G. Drummond,
has been taking out fine jack recent
ly at their new mines on Music
Greek in Marion county.
The Dodd City Republican says
work will shortly be resumed at the
well-known Red MeGregor mine near
that city. A 200-ft tunnel has al
ready demonstrated the value of this
property both as a lead and zinc
producer, and some 1000 pounds of
lead were marketed from it last
year.
The Governor Eagle Mining CO.,
of Dodd City, has filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of
state. The capital stock is $780,
600, all ofwhieh has been subscribed.
The officers are Vim. G. DOLLS, presi-
dent; George X. Denny, viee-presi-
dent; John Estes, secretary and
treasurer,
This week there is to be forwarded
to Stanford University, California,
the largest and handsomest mass of
dog-tooth spar, discovered in zinc
country. 1t is from the White Eagle
mine, Rush creek, Marion county.
The number of CRYSTALS in the mass
is perhaps 20, and the weight OF the.
whole rs pounds,
An examination of the ore taken
out at the Olympia mine, N. E. of
N. E. SO, 20, 16, Jimmy's creek,
Marion county, shows that it is a
calamine, or silicate of zinc. An as
say of the ore shows that it carries
46 per cent of metallic zinc. The
out crop, as prospected at intervals,
is tour feet thick, for a distance OF
a mile.
Miners of the Joplin region are re-
joicing in the brighter prospects in
Dictated by the recent rise in zinc ore.
The price freely offered this week is
500 per ton-an advance of 81 over
the first of the month. The purchas-
ing agents want all the ore they can
get at these prices and are hunting
around for lots that may have been
overlooked. The demand is first
class, and this insures a steady
market with further upward ten
denotes.
Mr.. F. M. Fimgan, of Harrison,
formerly of St. Louis, has purchased
the steam prospecting drill owned
by Messrs. Garvin & Lombard, and is
taking contracts to prospect for
mineral. Mr.. Finigan has moved
the drill to the Breeze homestead at
the mouth of White Oak Greek where
the first drilling is to be done. The
machine and outfit are the largest
and most complete ever brought to
north Arkansas and MIR. Finigan
will take personal charge of it.
D. 0. McCray, the Topeka
boomer, says its all right to wait
and prospect the mineral helds OF
Arkansas in a palace car later,-but
it is altogether likely that by that
time all the good things will be pro-
perly in the hands of the pioneers
who are willing to take chances now
and permit ticks, chiggers, fleas and
other vermin to feed upon them, and
live on a diet of hog bosom and
Iohnnycake il it is necessary, while
looking up the bonanzas in the back
hills.
The formation, country rock and
ore, being the same as found in the
Massey Creek country OF East Ten
nessee, Dr. Branner, at once gave
character to the Almy mine, when
commenting on it, he declared, that
in Tennessee such property would
create a sensation. A close study
was made OF the wonderful property
by DR.. Branner, because of its typi-
cal character, and the first one of it's
type encountered in the state, out
side of the Calamine district of
Sharp cornty
The renewed aetivity in mineral
properties, is general over the field.
The lull, it appears, was, due manly
to the two national CONVENTIONS,
and not to lack of public interest in
mines. Among important dea $
made known during the past week
is that of Johnson, Conley & O'Neal
of this place to j. G. Battelle of
Piqua, Ohio. The deal covers 1900
acres of approved and decided miner
al land, situated in Boone, Marion,
and Searcy counties this state, and
fancy county, Missouri.
Prof ]. c. Branner. State Geo
logist of this State, accompanied by
Col DeMalher, arrived in Yellville
Monday evening. For the want of
money his report pertaining to
the great zinc fields of the State
has not been published. At last SEES
sion OF the legislature an appropria-
ton was made to defray the expen-
SEES of publishing this report, and in
view of the fact that the former report