The Taney County republican., 1902-05-15
CREEK BED PAVED WITH ZINC
4 Wonderfully Rich Strike OF Jack in South
western Toney County.

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We have read Of "strccts paved with
gold" but they are too Unnecessarily To-
Gated for practical, everyday uses The
cities have endless trouble and vexatlon
Of spirit over the comparative cost and
utility OF pavcmcnts Of various sorts -
but down here in Tancy lavish nature
has paved the floors OF our streams with
zinc and lead.
a fine lot Of jack ore was brought 10
town Monday by !. w. HEREFORD, which
was taken from the bed Of Turkey creek
in the southwest part OF the county.
The ore was exposed there for quite Il
distance and II took but short time TO
got IL two.horse wagon load. This ore
will be shipped 10 ST. Louis and put on
exhibition. II attracted considerable
attention here, where such displays are
OF common occurrence, and II only goes
TO show that some day Tancy county
will be known far and wide for her
wealth Of lead and jack.
The ore taken from this prospect
seems TO lie In layers or sireaks which
extend In every direction through the
rock (which is dark limestone inter-
mixed with flint) from width OF n half
I'm inch TO six inches and over, and Is OF
very fine quality. just how thick the
ore.bearing stratum is can not be told,
but IL seems 10 be from 3 10 1 feet at
least, and may be much thicker. More
work will be done there, and something
startling Ii expected.
Concerning this phenomenal find the
Springfield Republican, with wide nc.
ouain,ancc with southwest Missouri
ores, expresses most optimistic opin-
ion. as will be seen by perusal OF the
following article from that paper:
John +. Dunckcl, OF the Horton
Dunckel Lumber company drove In
from Taney county Saturday morning,
his buggy loaded down ith the finest
specimens OF lead and zinc ore ever
shown in this city. A few OF these
specimens he has placed in Schneider
Bros. shoe store on the public square,
where crowd OF Interested people
viewed them all day yesterday.
In an interview Mr.. Dunckel sasd;
1.-THE specimens that have brought
pm from Sancy county today came from
Ian belonging TO our company In the
southern part Of Taney county. The
exact location is on Turkey creek near
the state line, just 65 miles due south
Of Springfield. We put In two shots
In the bed OF Turkey creek and csti-
mate that at least two tons OF rosin
jack and lead was thrown out.
IL never saw such u showing OF ore
in my life, and ] say this In the light
OF the fact that have been all over
the Joplin district, having operated
mines at Oronogo. The ore was nj.
most pure jack Of the highest grade.
One boulder OF clean ore could not be
put In a salt barrel. Tho ore out.
crops clear across the bed Of Turkey
creek and can be traced TO the cliffs
on either side, a width OF 200 feet. Up
and down the creek the outcrop has
been traced for several hundred feet.
We do not know tho depth. We left
the face and sides OF the hole solid
mass Of jack. We have known for
some time Of the outcrops, but have no,
had time until this week to do any nc
tual work. Before putting In any
shots took my ancroid barometer and
tested the elevation, finding the out.
crop TO be just 7SS feet, or - feet lower
than Joplin, which is 900. The first
ore run In Joplin is 30 feet below the
level. This bringc us to the sam,
level, only we are from the surface
down.
unfortunately for us the day before
we did the work which resulted 40 sur
prisingly, we optioned our entire 4,OOt
acres to ST. Louis parties so that the
big find will hardly benefit us any. a
large amount Of very fine ore has beer
sent TO st. Louis already and more dc
veloping will be done.
"a great deal Of st. Louis capital Il
being invested in fancy county. A mum
Der Of capitalists were ut our mill las
week, all Of whom were surprised u
what they had seen.
"James Hodgedon, mining enginee
and mineral expert Of Calena, Kan.
spcnt a week at our camp this month