The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-11
ZINC AND LEAD.

The improvements which have marked
the progress Of the cotton seed crushing
irGustry are somewhat akin to those In
o,her undertakings which are changing
the South and Southwest from largely
AGRICULTURAL section TO one of increasing
irlzortance In mining and manufacturing.
No better illustration OF this, perhaps. is
to be had than the evolution Of methods
in the Joplin zinc and lead field. A special
CORRESPONDENT Of the Manufacturers
Record, who is covering developments
in the Southwest. points cut that only
st.out four per cent. of the i00 square
miles of that Southwestern district is IN
der development, and he says:
More complete machinery and deeper
,:.iniug is now the rule. There was
time when a man and a mule were about
ali that were required in the way OF
equipment for mining. and then a fifty
foot mine was deep Now the windlass
has given place to the steam hoist IN
r,auy cases, and the hand Tiger to
concentrating plant capable OF handling
LOO tons of ore day. while a shaft will
often be sunk TO q depth OF 200 or go
feet. Indications are that even deeper
mining will be done in the future, for
hori,igs made throughout the district
show a richer deposit OF ore at 500 feet
than at any other depth, while ore has
been encountered at depth OF more than
100 feet. It is Of common occurrence for
some one to come along after a gopher
has abandoned a digging. and by sinking
a deep shaft in the same spot make a rich
sfiike The extent Of the district is con-
stantly increasing. as development work
proc eeds. It Is not at all certain that
much wider field than Is now regarded as
tho proved territory will not be opened
w, although 1t will take many years to-
anywhere near develop the fel. included
in the present agreed limits. Recent de-
reloprnent work has been made in the ter
ritory north of the former boundaries Of
the field, end good results have followed
prcsrecting in the direction of the known
fields Of great richness, but present mac
Feasibility, in northern Arkansas. 1t is
a belief held by many that when the
Indian Territory Is open to prospecting
there may be found an excellent zinc
field in the district adIace to Missouri
FINE FARMING LAND.
Unlike the mining camps OF the West,
the land above the zine ard lead Of
Southwest Missouri Is good farming land.
ana it is not an uncommon experience to
find a fine farm with growing crops,
from beneath which great treasures OF
minerals are being taken. Furthermore
tina district Is on the edge Of the great
fruit region OF Southwest Missouri and
Northern Arkansas, where some OF the
f1r,est apples Of the world are grown and
here strawberries and other small fruits
grow to such perfection and in such
abundance that fruit express trains are
rrn during the season to rush the pre-
c.ous product to the Northern markets
This Joplin section Is in the famous Ozark
n;ateau or uplift. and has an elevation OF
about 1900 feet above the level OF me
sea. This gives it climate CT conspie-
uoIs saluhrity and evenness of ternnera-
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