The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1904-01-16
MINING NOTES.

E The drill at the Mud Hollow mine,
Inear st. Joe, reports good run of
lack at a depth of 80 feet,
Joplin reports say that the zinc
market looks favorable for an adj
vance again. $35 was the highest
price being paid yesterday.
Y It is tumored that the Denison
i Concentrating plant, four miles east
of Harrison will be opened and oper-
ated shortly as a custom mill.
Over 200 tons of concentrates
from the Big Hurricane and Spears
Mines are stored ready for shipment
inithe bins at the railroad siding at
Hurricane Switch.
Frank Warming who has leased
the Harrison Times mine, on the
Hill-Fontaine property just east of
Harrison has out near a car load of
free jack which he hopes to market
shortly,
r. D. Owens has disposed ofS0 acres
of Short mountain land to a Nun
derlich's company. This land joined
the Silver Star and contained a fine
prospect of lead and zinc Price not
given but presumably high.
Supt. Bunch. of the Spears mine
dropped in Monday long enough to
tell us of continued activity and en-
couraging results on his property.
He hopes soon to have the Spears on
record as the biggest producer of the
district,
Thpl or four days prospecting
laas order Of A. Wunderliek on
cengly purchased by HMM in
Bhigh grade ENC. Revealinga
BIT face of pay rock of the black
1tneCariety.
Mr. Bilyeu, of the great Washing
ton lead mine, was in Lead Hill
Monday and informed a correspond
ent that surprise was in store for his
section by the conclusion of a pend
ing deal of the greatest Importance
to local miners.
Drill work at the Silver Star has
been suspended under orders of the
company pending called meeting
of the stockholders. All informa-
ton given out is Unsatisfactory tests.
Mr. Fain, the driller, has been re-
tanned pending a decision of the COM
pany.
Mr.. Zones of the Binghamton
works three miles south of Lead Hill
is operating a core drill with salts
factory results which is another sub
stantial prophet exploding the the
ory that core drills are failures in our
field, from the fact gifts broken up
condition.
]. H. Derrieux, J. M. Burris and
Jasper Casey, official members of the
''Pickaway" Mining Co. have more
than 1 500 acres of lead lands under
lease and option in the Short noun
tain district Development is being
carried steadily on with new discov-
cries almost weekly.
1t is generally believed that the
bill now pending in Congress provid-
ing for the establishment of Govern
ment Assay Offices in all the Mining
districts of the country, will soon
become a law. Such convenience
Iiinl Tie North Arkansas zinc territory
would be ofinestimable value.
W. S. Allen, of Panther creek, was
in town the first of the week with
Messrs. II. F. Boyer and ]. T.
Names, of Chicago, who had been
over visiting his mine. Mr.. Allen
saws he now has out two chunks of
jack for the coming Worlds Fair,
which weigh over two tons each.
He will begin the work of transport
ting them to Harrison shortly
w. f. Ingersoll who is now engag-
ed by Eastern capitalists developing
the Stagler land, is meeting with
good results in two shafts having
passed through a - foot run of Mill
rock in Shaft No touching the ore
al u feet. Because of much water
and pumps having not yet been in
stalled he moved $50 yards south
and has there tapped the same ore
body
Shallow prospect work in Sec O.
| 2O-17, BY the 'Pickaway" Mining
Co, is producing fine Galena in
pockets, barely concealed in the
grass roots in beds of mineralized
clay varying in depths from 4 to II
feet. This is the land where a two
thousand pound chunk of free ore
was mined and smelted at Lead Hill.
This was many years ago. AT that
time many tons of lead were taken
from this land, smelted at Lead Hill
and marketed at Springfield, Mo,
until the price of ore fell below a
point rendering such mining unpro6-