Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-04-20


them onto stuff, too, the ground
having fret been drilled to test.
McGrath & Co. are drilling on the
Crawfish land.
Ward & Co., In the Mission pas
ture are installing q boiler and get
ting ready to make further devel-
opment.
The Pittsburg Mining Company
has resumed sinking on the Clab-
Der land.
The Rock Greek Mining Compsn.
ny 10 getting out considerable lead
and siiicate, both from it's shaft
and strip pits.
The Hobo Mining Company has
put In q steam rig. The shaft 10
now down about % feet. Ore will
be struck at 5?feet
The Quapaw Mining Company 10
sinking again, and has about 10
feet to 60 yet to reach the ore body
indicated by the drill.
Canterbury 10 putting in a pump
at his west shaft on the Charters
ground. This shaft has about
reached a very rich body of ore.
J.W. Watson of Omaha, who is
drilling on the Angel land, has
gone through about 40 feet of lead,
zinc and silicate. Mr.. Watson will
begin development work very coon.
The Sunny Side and Dark Horse
combination is making about ten
tons of ore per shift. The dirt is
very rich and the jigs are taxed to
their full capacity to take care of it.
The frame work of the Old Abe
mill lie being put up this week. The
big boilers are being bedded, a
third shaft lie being sunk and things
present very lively appearance.
Doc Winkler's Joanna mine is pro-
ducing lots of lead and silicate this
week, and in the bottom zinc is CON-
ing in. The Joanna has produced
car load of marketable ore this
week.
d. B. Perkins, on the Crawfish
land, is drifting at $50 feet. Good
ore lie hoisted in every tub. The
ore body has been developed one
way, and a cross-cut drift is now
being run to determine the thick
ness.
The Strong Bow mine, northwest
of the Sunny Side, has developed a
face of pay ore Is feet in thickness,
and the superintendent says he ex-
poets to make large turn.ins regu-
larly as soon as he gets in shape to
handle the dirt.
Down at the Mission mine the
dirt is improving right along, and
the daily output is of course in.
creasing. When News reporter
was there Monday the bins were
piled full and high with both lead
and zinc ores.
McGrath & Co., of Pittsburg, who
have a lease east of the Old Abe
forty, have drilled and found lots of
ore, and are now sinking a shaft.
They are putting in a steam rig
this week. 80 az to have it ready by
the time they want it.
The Jasper County Mining Com
pany put in most of last week sink
ing in an endeavor to get to the bot
tom of it's run of silicate, but the
bottom was not reached, 80 stopping
was commenced Monday morning.
The silicate fouud here lie of very
high grade and heavy, and 10 mixed
with lead.
Down on the Norton & Haskett
land several strip" pits are work
ing. This may sound like coal min
ing to some, but il is the way sili.
cate and lead is being mined there.
The ore is found within 18inches OF
the surface, and great piles of sill
cate lie all around the pits. A large
amount of lead is also being taken
Iout.
McRuer, Kent & Thomas are max
ling a nice output of both lead and
Jack this week. Their dirt 10 broken
with crusher and rolls and cleaned
on a battery of hand jigs.. They
have a,nice face of ore to work on,
and when the ground 10 opened up
90 bigger force can be worked we
look for big turn-ius from this
0roDertV,