The Harrison times., 1901-01-12
MINING NOTES.

The average price OF. zinc at Joplin
during the years of 1899 and 1900
was the saIne-$23
{. NJ Keller, of Columbus, Ind, Is
included in the large list of possible
investors who are looking our zinc
/ field over this week.
An offer has been made by a Joplin
company to erect a 1OO-tOn reducing e
plant in Harrison providing ample
grounds will be donated. {
Judge w. M. Boles is superintend-
ing opera tions al the Bill Scott mine
on Cave Creek, while Fred BOles is
looking ate. the Ozark Zinc Co. s in
terests in north Marion:
Fl. E. Cole reports the sale this
week of the Daisy Dean mine near
Dodd CITY, to a St. Louis company
which proposes to commence opera
tions thereon Immediately.
d. A. Palmer who has been mining
on Cedar Creek. fancy county, for
some time closed work with good
showing this week, and will spend
the rest of the winter at his home in
Pennsylvania.
F. {. Hazelrigg, of the Riverside
Mining & Milling Co., of Indiana,
arrived this week, and will spend a
month looking after development
work He is also authorized to
make further mineral land invest
ments for his company.
w. q. Drummond received Thurs
day some handsome specimens of the
marble from the Allen county (kaS. J
Investment Co.'S land near Dodd
City The blocks had been polished
at the Eureka ONYX Works, and
demonstrated that under favorable
treatment our red and grey marbles
are quite as beautiful as the produc-
tions of the Tennessee quarries which
have always been so popular for in
,eriOr decoration.
Baile>s, the railroad promoter of
Cassville, Mo, who passed through
here last week en- route to the Mau-
lmee mines. is understood to be look
ling out Il practicable route for an
extension of the Pettigrew branch
astward through Newton and
SearcX counties Such route would
inot only connect our new railroad
svStemS admirably wi n the coal
heids to the southwest, but would
develop the mining districts of Box
ley, Panther Creek, Cave Creek, ST.
joe Tomahawk and Maumee, which
include some of the finest zinc lands
of the section.
The TINES has arranged to pub
lish, during the winter months
while field work is impracticable, a
valuable series of ARTICLES upon the
zinc occurrences of the "Ozark Up
lift" from the pen OF Prot !. Opper-
man, the well-knOwn geologist and
mineralOgist of St. Louis, who has
visited all parts of the field and
made technical Investigations of
many of the leading properties both
in this state and Missouri These
articles Will be accompanied by
skeleton maps showing the physical
structure of the Ozarks. the oc-
currerce of mineral in the same,
and their relative positions respect
ing Arkansas. Whether prOsecu ting Q
examinations in the coal and oil
fields OF the east or the silver and
gold fields of the west Prof Opper-
man has always been accepted as
an authority upon the fine points of
mineralogy; he is highly qualified
by nature as well as education to
speak with advantage concerning
the resources of our country, and
the TIMES is gratifed to secure such
valuable COmmunica tiOns from him,
as well as hopeful that he will, in
the active period sure the come in
the early spring, take up the field
work so unexpectedly interrupted
by the death of the late Col NJ. l..
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