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

and also disseminated through
that wonderful mineral, fluor spar
which at times shows solid veins
100 feet in width, with dissemina
ted lssi ore throughout This lead
ore brings money value at the
present writing Of $3.50 on board
cars. Nowhere else in Americs
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 DO Of no real value
to the miners. Here, Auor spar ID
q vsritahle king; and 1t 10, indeed,
a strange product OF nature. Crush
a little Of this beautifully white
mineral composed OF lime and fou
rins. add a little sulphurio acid 70
1t and II evolves q hydroAnoric
acid. the fumes of which will etch
glass, steel or almost anyt hing
else.
The demand for Auor spar by the
open hearth steel plants, the glass
and acid man ufactursrs, has in.
creased in a marvellous degree
whore pounds were wanted a few
months ago tons are demanded to-
day, and that, too. at prices that
pay the company handling or ri.
ming II remarkable profit.
The Ohio Valley Mining CON-
pany was especially fortunate in
securing land adjoining the famous
Rosi Glare mine through which the
famous Rosi Claire fiuor spar vein
pssses, from the southwest to the
northeast, giving more than one
half mile Of this remarkably pro.
ductivs vein II lead and auol
spar.
The original Rosi Claire Mine
has been In active operation since
the Seventies. Ths working shaft
10 now nearly 800 feet deep This
mine has bsan all these gears ano.
table producer OF lead and huol
spar shipping their product all ovel
the United States, from Butte
Montana. to Florence, Alabama,
and from New York city TO Sar
Francisco.
John K. 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 oom-
pany 10 uncovering this famous
Rosi Claire vein. and is mining
precisely the same auor spar that
10 being sold from the original
shaft. As greater depth is gained
at this point, the same class of oop-
per will DO 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 Monts-
ma mines, at a depth Of 5000 feet.
Fine specimens of these copper
nuggets, some weighing as much
as sixty five 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 SO for many
generations to come. Indeed, there
10 no investment that will at all
equal one of these great fissure
veins that 10 filled with a marketa-
BILE product. What in other Sec
tons is a complete waste, is here
q mineral that has a good, srong
money value, and is in active de-
mand all over the country. An
estimate made by mining engi-
neer on an 8 foot vein carrying 8
per cent lead and 10 per cent. zinc
on block OF ground 100 feet long
on the vein, gave the following re-
suits at current prices. There