The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
MINING NEWS.
Mining reports yesterday shos
that spelter is advancing again.

Mining reports yesterday shoe
that spelter is advancing again.
/ ". ]. Jones has made another
strike on Sugar Orchard. This tims
he has unearthed some of the pref.
test lead ever seen in this county.
The Southside mining property,
which is one of the biggest producers
in the Joplin district was sold this
week to an English syndicate for
100000.
Stenger Brothers left yesterday for
the Mt. Hersey district with large
supply of powder, etc. to continue
the work on their new openings in
1920, where good jack was diseov.
cred last week in two places.
in. Reed is another Joplin man
who has found Arkansas all right.
He has worked week on a pros
peet near Dodd City and thinks on
an average it would take a year in
the Joplin field to make such show
ing as he has already.
Former Lieut.. Governor Edward
F. Jones, OF Binghamton, N Y, who
is known throughout the United
States and Canada as the azig fffa or
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lead mine at Joplin, Mo.
A party of fifteen left Topeka, Kas.,
Yesterday for tour of the Arkansas
Zinc field. Among the number will
be Messrs, Chas. W. Smith, ofStoek-
ton, Webb McNall and w. H. Has
kell, OF Gaylord, |. N. Mahin, OF
Smith Centre, and D. o. MeCray
and T. A. MeNeal, of Topeka.
The mineral claimants to the Gen
try tract of 100 acres, adjoining the
Morning Star and Mcintosh mines,
have finally won their case before
the Secretary ofthe Interior. Messrs.
Bunch and Estes, of Harrison, are
the owners of most of the mineral
rights to this valuable property.
John !. Chapman has Just compile
ted the Prince & Co.'S mill and the
Hall & Gurley plant. These struct-
ures show the latest improvements
in mining machinery and reduction
methods. Mr.. Chapman has two
100 ton plants to erect in Arkansas
within the next few months.-Galena
Cor. Zinc and Lead Review.
Saml. Catch, of Topeka, Kansas,
who was a caller at the TIMES office
yesterday, came through our miner
al field via Rush Creek, Yellville and
Dodd City. He says there is a pretty
generally accepted rumor down that
way that the Morning Star mine
has been sold to Chicago syndicate
for something close to 500, 900.
Phenomenally large strikes OF jack
have been made on the Red Cloud
property, Marion county by Boston
parties, who are negotiating for its
purchase. The sale of the property
is foregone conclusion. There are
three parties in the race tor its pos
session, either of which can produce
the certified check covering the price
asked
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the reduction works in South Africa,
which consumed large portion of
the zinc supply of the world, has had
a demoralizing effect upon upon the
price of zinc ore in the Kansas-Mis-
souri, district. 1t was estimated
that nearly one-6fth of the worlds
output of zinc was used by the cyan
ide mills at Johannesburg.
Col. M. l.. DeMalher left on Wednes-
day for an extended tour of the mines
of Searcy county, account OF which
will be given the TINES readers dur
ing the next four weeks. His first
stop will be at the properties OF the
North Arkansas Mining and Invest
ment Co., at Maumee, the outlook
and development of which will be
treated in our nextissue other locali-
ties will be taken up in the order OF
their Importance.
The Georgetown mine known as
Carbonate Point Cedar creek
Marion county, has finally given
out, in the shaft, as a carbonate
proposition, and at a depth of 62
feet proves to be jack mine, The
jack is showing up in good shape,
and it is for this reason another re-
suit, second only to that of the
White Eagle, which our Arkansas
miners owe to the Tegarden Bros.
for going after ore at considerable
depth.
! Messrs. c. P. Roberts and W. H
E schedor, representing the Phoenix
Oil and Mining Co., Of Toledo, Ohio
arrived here Tuesday and have al
ready taken leases on some three
hundred acres of mining lands. 1t il
the intention of this company to put
all OF it's first investments into pros
.pectinn and & eyeloping. finally pur
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chasing under the lease contract sucn
lands as prove their value. They
are finding our land owners sufi-
GENTLY confident of the character OF
the lands to enter into such con-
tracts cheerfully, and have arranged
for work to commence at once on
leases in the Sugar Orchard and
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