The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1901-02-02
MINING NOTES

1ihN IN ottil % III AuS htAt - III
a tall is Threatened Lead dropped
so cents on the thousand pounds
last week
Drilling is now we'll under way al
the Jack Pot, under the supervision
OF ]. B. Stone, and we predict good
report when the captain returns
from the mine. YelIVile Echo.
Southwest Missouri mine-owners
are seriously considering a general
shutdown with a view to forcing
zinc prices upward. Thousands OF
tons of ore are now on the dumps
which operators refuse to sell at
present low prices.
Tiff Watkins from off his farm four
miles west of here added several
good specimens of mineral to our
mineral exhibit Saturday He has
some very fine iron specimens and
some good indications of copper
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Mrs. ]. {. Dhst, of Dodd City, who
attended to business before the local
land office this week reports her lit
tie town as the centre oil a dozen diff
ferent mining gangs all of whom ind
encouragement in the way of good
showings for their effort. Work on
the Famous is placing that mine
among the leaders of the Dodd City
District.
Whining in our district is being
ah 6asrG 81 IMPORTANCE are being report
ed daily-6tty new openings of the
last 20 days have more than delight
ed us. The. drills deep test has
shown conelusively that North Ar
kansas, and especially this district,
is beyond and above the highest ex-
pectation, -Dodd City Republican.
J. E. Mohan, of st. Louis, c. and
E. Cranston Minnesota, and E. b.
Sisson, of Chicago, were among the
prospective investors who have
spent the past week in Harrison.
They have visited the Sugar Orchard,
Crooked Creek, and Mable City dis
>triets, and their enthusiasm indicates
that they will all be with us in the
development era of the early spring.
J. H. Lowery, Of Eureka, passed
through here Monday on his return
from It prospecting tour in Searcy
county. He exhibited number of
specimens taken from a prospect
hole, which he has been sinking on
an evident chimney in 16. ID, and
which evidenced volcanic influences
rarely met with in this field. The
Tomahawk district seems to be the
curiosity shop OF the North Arkan-
sas mineral country.
One of tife greatest mining enter
prises ever undertaken in British
Columbia, or, in fact, the Northwest,
will soon be commenced in the Slo-
can. 1t is the running OF a tunnel
through and under the land lying be-
tween the towns of Silyerton and
Sandon wholly for prospecting pur
poses. The distance in a straight
line between these two towns is
more than six miles. To carry out
this big sirterprisS large sums OF
money will have to be spent. 1t has
been estimated that the outlay will
probably exceed So, 100000.
The recently opened prospect of ].
M. Waldron, on Crooked Greek, l,
IS, 20, two and half miles east OF
Harris on, constitutes already one of
the best showings OF our county.
The opening is a cut in the steep hill
side, one hundred feet above the
creek, going perhaps six feet through
so-called Joplin flint" and discloses
an ore strata in red clay which car
ries large nuggets of jack encased in
carbonate; both above. and below
this are wide stratas of disseminat-
ed ore in flint. The formation seems
to be pitching into the hillside
to the southwest and grow
ing richer. Perhaps two tons of
extra good crush rock has already
been piled up near the mine. Many
of those interested in mines here
abouts have visited the prospect
this week, and all agree that it
strengthens the proposition of pay
ing deposits OF zinc within the
sound of the church bells of Harri-
son."
County Attorney E. A. Enright, of
Kansas City, Kas., may become a
wealthy mine owner, and his invest
ment in mineral stands him less than
500. A week or so ago the pros
pector made a trip to Arkansas, par
italy on business, but more on rec
reation. While climbing the hills of
Arkansas in quest OF wild game he
became interested the mineral pros
poets of the country and purchased
forty acres. The land and expenses
OF his trip cost him less than 500,
and recent news from his property
leads him to believe that he may yet
turn out 20 be power in the min
ing world. Saturday afternoon he
received two small boxes containing
excellent specimens of lead ore which
were taken from his property within
few feet of the surface. The pros
ecutor is highly elated over the mat
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