Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-05-21

W. Shoh o"uis WIN Bioub ihtui-
est Professor Ulrich's full illustra-
ted report, which lie now in prepa-
ration and will be published by
the survey in late summer.
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In the grand clean up that will
be made in the hereafter, there
will of course be a large represen-
tation of mining men; at least we
hope there will be, as some Of US
will need their services badly to
doa little mining for wster. There
will be one class of miners, how
ever, who will probaly have to
stand tns heat. It's the ones that
are always and eternally finding
fault with other peoples property.
For instance, on the Colum bia
mine a con tract has been let for
first class 90 ton daily separating
plant; ihs parties letting 1t have
been in the business of mining
and smelling the class of ores pro
ducsd here for a decade. 1t is to
be presumed they know their bus
iness, at least up to this time no
one has ever questioned that fact.
yet We are told by one OF these
"knowslls' that a bucket of ore
occasionally 10 all that this great
property will produce, and that it
is foolish TO erect q separating
plant. 'l. "a -'.1a~ VI
In the deep shaft on the Men,
phis grounds, belonging to the
Kentucky Fluor Spar company.
zinc blends made its appearance
at 160 feet. The Mineral Point,
Zinc company, through an arrange
msnt with the Fluorspar people,
for taking over their Zinc show
ings in their various properties
commenced work here. At lS4
test IN this shaft galsns dead orc }
and fluor spar came in very hsavi-
ly with but little, if any, zinc. As
it is zinc and not lead that the
Mineral Point Zinc company de-
sired, they having large zinc
plant at Mineral Point, Wiscon-
sin, they notified the Fluorspar
company, who are already taking
out great quantities of loaded tiuor
spar from the same ground, that
they would commence work on the
holly instead, another shaft that
shows strongly in Jack" and now
the party tells us that the Mem
phis mine has pinched out on ac-
| count of the Mineral Point people
stopping work.
But about the worst is the Effel
tower lie regarding the "Old Jim"
mine. The owners of this prop
erty have probably been at more
trouble and expense in procuring
and disseminating knowledge re-
garding our various ores than any
one else in the field, and il we re.
member rightly the very people
who would gloat over a falling off
in revenues of the Old Jim were
the very people whom Blue &
Num- took especial pains to teach
the A, b, @, of the mineral king
dom, and not only that, but in va
rious ways, and in ways that only
large, broad minded, established
concern could do, to forward their
interests. In the deposition OF
zinc ores in the Old Jim mine ma.
ture was in an extraordinary libsr.
al mood, 40 other property in the
world can duplicate it. Still ma
ture took her usual course, and
where there was a crevice 60 feet
wide she filed it with zinc as she
did the openings of but "a inches;
still, wherever there was the slight
est cavity it was filled to the brim,
In the natural order of events
thousands of tens of zinc have
been marketed, other thousands
are being marketed, and other
thousands are being mined fol-
market. The Old Jim mine today
shows the most remarkable ton
mage of both carbonate and Jack
that it ever has had at any time
during its entire workings; and
yet we are told by these indiyidu-