Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-06-29
THE GREAT RILEY MINE
Scene OF Activity and LifeShaft ia Feet Deep and
q Fine Mineral Being Taken OutLead 90 Per Cent Pure

, ore rough, are on the dumps and many
tons Of crushed ore and concentrates.
The company has bought a road
way aud j. having it metaled in all
the low places so a. to afford a good
highway to the market the wear
round. In all Of this the Marion
Zinc Co., has shown its confidence
in this district and sooner or later
other large concentrating mills will
bee erected on it, other properties.
They own the Ray and the Lowery
near Fredonia, and also the Belt near
Lola.
The President G.. : Knight, lives
in a mansion in Fort Wayne, Ind,
and is interested in many other large
enterprises in various parts Of the
United States aud il a. pleasant and
genial a man a. one ever meets.
The United States Geological Sur
vey announces that considerable
amount Of work will be- done by it in
Kentucky during the summer De
tailed arcal and economic surveys will
be made in the kenova quadrangle.
contiguous 10 the mouth of the Big
Sandy river, by Messrs. G.. II. Ash
ley and W G.. Phelan. under the SUI
pcryision of Mr. VI. X. Campbell. |
In the same area Investigations will |
be made in paleobotany by Mr.
David White In Southwestern Ken
tucky underground waters and miner
al resources in what il technically |
known a. the Mississippi enjoyment
will be investigated by Messrs. Eckcl
and Order.
The Louisville, Prospect, River.
view, Georgetown and Morganfeld
quadrangles will be mapped under
the supervision of G.. +. Cook, assist
ed by Messrs. j. Il. Dangerfeld and
l.. : Smith, while hydro-economic
Investigations will be conducted by
Mr. Is. j. Lewis. aud streams will be
measured by Messrs. Hanna and
Clapp. All or most of this work will
be in collaboration with the State
Survey, under direction of Prof &.
j. Norwood, the director The re-
sumption of such work. which has
been in allegiance since 1892, when
the Geological Survey of Kentucky
was suspended, is due to the re enact
meut of the law 10y the Legislature
two years ago and gives promise of
results in making known the
geological resources of the State.
In the prosecution of these inyes
legations the members of both the ,
Federal and State Geological Surveys !
should have the cooperation and as :
,istance of the entcrprising citizens
n the several localities in which the
work will be conducted. The local !
Commercial Clubs should also lend
very facility in their power and take q
IN active interest in promoting the
uccess of the work, utilizing its re-
ults and also in making the results
widely known. Since the suspension q
4 the work of the State survey. ma t
" additional elements of wealth i'm
he matter of oil, gas, economic CLAWS :,
nd shales, which were not exploited
y that survey, have since some pro- :
to the front and are known :
o abound in Kentucky. They now =
ank in point of commercial utility :
With coal, iron and other standard n
Minerals LouisvilleC ourier-J journal. 2
The big North American company 7
Tho are buying so much coal proper J
= now have three separate corps of D
ngineers working hard establishing +
he lines and numbers of acres in y :,
ach tract of the vast areas of land I
hey are buying the coal under. One s.
rowd is under Mr.. Ward, a most NJ
minent surveyor from the anthracite ;.
pal fields of Pennsylvania; and the y,
'cond is under county surveyor Ke- 2,
il of Marion, and the third is hand r
ID by our own county surveyor, Mr.. D,
lcElroy, who is the equal of any of