The Harrison times., 1903-08-08
MINING NOTES.

for the new mill.
| A representative of a leading ma
chinerv house went down to nodd
City Monday to figure on concen-
trating mill for the Susquehanna-
The railroad graders continue to
blow out zinc and lead along the
right-ofwav of the Mo Pacific in
north Boone and Marion counties.
( Work recently pushed at the Willis
property, in north Boone has done
much to demonstrate the value of
that mine Several chunks of
free ore weighing from thirty to fifty
hounds were blown out.
( An exchange says that a thousand
tons OF concentrates are now III the
bins at the Morning Star. Figuring
this at the present price of $40 per
ton will give some idea of the earn
ing power of many of our mines in
the near future.
l. L. Brown, of the Almy mining
corps, was among our callers Mon
day He says that at present the
work on that property is being con-
centrated on the lower shaft and
tunnel where good ore is being follow
ed and better expected.
W. NJ. Bennett, one of our pioneer
prospectOrS, was in Harrison this
week on his way to his mines in the
Boxley district, Newton county He
had received a report that some fine
lead was being taken from an aban-
dOned shaft on his property, and
was going over to see about it
MeSsrs. A l.. Harty, Grip Glover
and 5. J. Norman, of Bloomfield,
Mo, were III Wednesday on their re-
turn from Newton county, where
they spent a week looking at miner
al and timber. The good impression
made upon them is attested by the
fact that they now own both miner
al and timber land there
In Joplin this week the top price
OF zinc remains at $40 generally over
the district, and the assay basis is
still $50 to S1 per ton. Lead, how
ever, advanced to 81 per ton the fore
part of the week, and all purchases
are settled for on the higher price
This mineral is So per ton higher
than a year ago, while zinc is selling
at the same price.
The Teagarden Bros, of Yellville,
came into the Arkansas field a few
years ago, but have been enthuSiaS-
tic workers ever since. After having
spent some time and money in the
development of the Silver Hollow
mine, sc acres, they sold it recently
for SO, 900, price which though by
no means exorbitant, will yield them
handsome returns for their time and
money spent.
a striking illustration of the value
of good zinc lands was given last
week in the southwest Missouri
country when the Monongahela
Mining Co., of Pittsburg, Pa. paid
100000 spot cash for the McCul-
we verify believe that North Ar
kansas has many ten acre lots which
time and development will prove are
more valuable this Mccullough
tract.
Among the many promising mines
which assured transportation should
place early amongst the producers is
the Big Buffalo, which is less than
four miles from the line of the Mo.
Pacific. When last visited this prop
erty had several tons of ore on its
dump, and was waiting for the
railroad" This waiting for the
railroad" argument is being rapidly
knocked out, from one end of the dis
trict to the other.
I Several loads of heavy machinery
left here the first of the week for the
Ponca city mine near Boxlev, New
ton county. They hope to have
their mill machinery all on the
ground soon. Their confidence in
the richness of their mines is indicat-
ed by the fact that, after carefully
considering all items of expense to
be met, they feel sure that they can
make a profit even after hauling
their ore % miles to the railroad, at
Alpena.
The Spear Mining Co will soon
have their mill in operation. The
starting of mill is the beginning OF
a new era for the Mt Hersev district
and it is hoped that many of the
other splendid properties in that
county will be developed soon. We
have been informed that it is the in
tention of the CRANKY Mining Co. to
begin the further development OF
their property in that locality soon.
They have had their lands there for
many years, all the time refusing to
make a price on them. They dug
several tons of zinc from their pro-
perties in mining for lead a short
time after the war, when zinc had
little value
JnO. A. Bunch, President of the
Peoples Bank at Harrison, Ark,
and tOr1nerl V Receiver OF the U. S
Land Office at that place, is in town