Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-06-11

that wonderful mineral, huor spar
which at times shows solid veins
lOO feet in width, with dissemina.
ted Leaf ore throughout This lead
ore brings a money value at the
present writing Of $3.50 on board
cars. Nowhere else in America
can huor spar be obtained in guam
Titles. Isolated examples OF this
mineral are found in various parts
OF the country, but in quantities
90 small as to be of no real value
to the miners. Here, Auor spar is
a vsritabls king; and it is, indeed,
a strange product of nature. Crush
a little OF this beautifully white
mineral composed of lime and fiou
rine, add a little sulphuric acid to
1t and it evolves a hydroAuoric
acid, the fumes Of which will etch
glass. steel or almost anything
else.
The demand for fiuor spar by the
open hearth steel plants, the glass
and acid manufacturers, has in
creased. In a marvellous degree;
whore pounds were wanted few
months ago tons are demanded to-
day, and that, too. at prices that
pay the company handling or Ell
ming II remarkable profit.
The Ohio Valley Mining com.
psny was especially fortunate in
securing land adjoining the famous
Rosi Glare mine through which the
famous Rosi Claire fiuor spar vein
passes, from the southwest to the
northeast. giving more than one
half mile Of this remarkably pro-
ductivs vein II lead and huor
spar.
The original Rosi Claire Mine
has been in active operation since
the Seventies. The working shaft
10 now nearly 800 feet deep. This
mine has been all these years q no.
table producer Of lead and Auor
spar shipping their product all over
the United States, from Butte,
Montana. to Florence, Alabama,
and from New York city to San
Francisco.
John Il. Mclean, Editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. and his sis
ter, Mrs Geo. Dewey, the wife of
Admiral Dewey, are now the own
srs. IL having been willed to them
by their father, Washington Nc
Lean, before his death.
The Ohio Valley Mining DOM.
pany 10 unoovering this famous
Rosi Claire vein. and 10 mining
precisely the same huor spar that
10 being sold from the original
shaft. As greater depth is gained
at this poiut,t the same class of COP
per will be found that is now mi
ned In the Rosi Claire. Captain
Thomas, the Mine Superintendent
for Col. Mclean, has reached a
depth whore the copper ground is
very similar to the famous Monta.
ma mines, at depth of 5000 feet.
Fine specimens of these copper
nuggets. some weighing as much
as sixty-fve pounds, have been ia
ken out and will be placed on ex-
hibit at the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton
The Rosi Claire property has
been a splendid dividend payer for
a great many years, and will, in all
probability, remain 80 for many
generations to come. Indeed, there
10 no investment that will at all
equal one Of these great assure
veins that is filled with a arketa-
BILE product. What in other SEQ
tons is a complete waste, is here
q mineral that has a good, srong
money value, and is in active de-
mand oil over the country. An
estimate made by a mining engi-
neer on an 8 foot vein carrying s
per cent lead and 10 per cent. zinc
on a block OF ground 100 feet long
on the vein, gave the following re-
suits at current prices. There
would DO in this block 5000 tons
of mineral, of which