The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-15
HE LLANO IRON FIELD.
quantities of Ore Averaging Higher
Than Any 10 the United States.
DEVELOPMENT WORK TO BE RESUMED.
Millions OF Tons Of Freioh, in siob,
tor the Railroads that Help
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Lano' Texas, Nav 49, In view OF Oh,
S'ops oeinS taken to again undertake tn,
"',e'opmeht OF the iron deposits in this
"inty, The following data about the ore
- "u'ch TINS field abounds will prove of
Interest:
Twelve miles northwest Of Llano town,
near tho little village CT Valley Springs,
e located one Of the largest deposits of
"oi ~ the Quilted States The iron orc i,
hrs"class, high grade ore. and commands
price Of 81 per ton more than any other
iron In the United States.
Ihis Iron mountain has been known fer
long time to the irou PEOPLE, and many
an expert has been sent to examine the
property and make report and all reports
were good, but this iron was too far from
transportation, too far from coke. ana moth.
ing cVulu be done. But now that the rail-
t s arc penetrating this section and that
Iuel OIL Is 10 be obtained In limltless GUAM
titlCs at Beaumont, the time has come For
the development OF this immense deposit OF
IRON though pig iron can not he made d-
ttct ny IMPLYING oil the discovery OF oil
mas lowered, or will lower, the price OF coal
ana coke So that now it is feasible to wo,k
the Llano iron, and TO that end Chicago and
bn.uth parties are IN the field and are
getting ready for operation. as The Post
mentioned recently The dpyel apment done
at the iron mountain is n ttty. foot shaft
and twenty-eight foot diff. showing a
VEN OF IRON twenty-five feet wide, These
twenty-five feet are all clean iron OF the
highest ptrCeuturc toIIowinr is a Ust Of
assays made of non monn1 lin ere AMI
worthy Of mention.
BY A ). McCrcath Harrisburg Pa
Iron ............6 81. 15o' iPho%phors o GA
Iron Observation-Disclosures o Og{
Iron. ..........G Is go Phosphorus o or
BY Cgrnegie Bros, Plttsourg, Pa
Irou- .,.....7 - lCO' PHOSPHORUS .. {. Ol1
Iron...........67.S $50 Phosphorus 49,. o u2U
By Davenport Fisher Milwaukee, WIS
lron,.,........1l. 20 Phosphorus ...o.ulS
III on...........7 20. 2CO Phls, ,horus .. {. Ola
lrou...........6 IS. 1tO Phosphorus .. {. OIL
BY Chicago Rolling Mill Chicago. Ill
Iron ..........Gy.l 40 Phosphorus .UOa
Iron. ..........6 IS. SO Phosphorus .....O. O3S
Average Iron IS 10; phosphorus. OuiT
This average is higher than any 10 the
United States
From The vast extent Of the workable
field The enormous ouauttty eXposcd in mo
0utrrop. the unsurnJssed Quality Of Inc
product. there is nothing equal ia impor-
lance 4, the iron orr on this ron mouptni1,
and when Inc propar Intention is giyen 10
This orc Whirf sirus about 10 bp given
now. the Industrial dcyelor;pent of this ser
tior will make strides far in advance OF tho
deans Of its present inhabitants.
10 riyc an idea of tLc amount Of tln.
n1cc NJ iron monntgip let rs d-llre Tbe
ypin which can he traced for miles is
twcnty-two feet wide and say. 1000 feet
deep ana 5000 feet long Ii therefore con
-nins no OCg coo cuhic foot ~ iron ORC Ar
do mounds to Tho cnhIr foot thIs IL couive
llant 10 . 600 600 tons Cf high grade IRON
ore
There ore now ovcr 2OC0O tons of iron ore
I'm the dunn ready for shipmeut or for
The fntnnCe
Tho Olive iron mIne Is situated seven miles
,Dst Of Ilano on the LITTLE Llano river and
1nc mile from the Houston and Tcxns
Central roirond and L. connertad win said
railroad by a switch from the main line.
Tho olive mine mas three tracks ARA nged
o handle the ore direct from mine TO
NV Wien boisted from, mo ,n,no and oII
bc "onditions necessary exist to handle
hfs oro vprv cbenniv and nroRtantv Tbe
lrvo lopment OF this property consists Of
ioublc compartment shaft, 6a1s feet, about
,On fcct deep, ami containing four levels and
light drifts. The drifts have tracks I'm
Nom ready TO bring fine ore 10 the main
,haft.
rom The surface TO the bottom Of The
boft VARYING in width from eight 10 SOW
,ufecn fect or an average width Of twelve
Get.
No orn was extracted and hoIs+cd from, |
ne mine Sxccpt such as u was U,ese ro
nmoyr for ddvclonment nnrnoses ana ~
rrge quantity of Besscnier iron ore is
orded along the railroad track ready for
ASSAYS show this to be arst class Besse. |
lcr iron ore. md it's width makes n an |
asv mining nronosition. owing 70 tbc FACT
6af very iiftie rock must he handled Ga /
xtracting the ore.
Tho improvements Of the Olive mine
onsist of n machinery house with manhin.
nv, Including a large IngersolI Serrent air .
compressor: Store houses. Offices about fen
IOuses for laborers, boarding house. dyna- /
lite house, In fact everything necessary
D do Quick and profitable mining All |
ne conditions are found I'm the olive iron
line for the successful mining of iron ORC
II an extensive scale
The required DEVELOPMENT work ncccs
nrv In ali mining TO omen ore bodies has
cen done The ore is In sight. and moth
az remains hut TO mine hoist aud load
NJ cars for shipment. There are ahnnt
900 tons corded alongside the tracks rendv
ar shipment hence this nronprtv Is ~
,uch Significance, owing 10 lis present
oveioned condition rho vein ~ Irn1
re- trayerses tbe land ovar which tbis
line is located from south to north. and
prominently exposed the entire ionotb
r He survey NH nrnnertv cert,ini, Les
grcat future md viii ada its Sunf9
Z rich ORC 10 the market whom activcly
lined ana markpted A computation ~ tbS
mo,,nt az ore nj the Olive mine viii ,,r,t,o
vanishing f'''N
Saw the mine goes down IO0o foet-tt is
ready down 800 feet and Is 1000 feaf
tWG ,dtS IFe' Woe % M Nda ono IS ITS aver
ass Bessemer ore worth at any furnace
per ton.