Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-06-22

il owners pile of money.
Lee Bowser and i. NJ. Scott have
opened lead and silicate prospect
on the Norton d Haskell land west
of the float lead prospect of Mr..
Scott, which is mentioned elsewere
in this article. AT about 16 feet the
lead was struck and face of lead
about eight feet high and thirty
feet wide has been opened up. They
are hosting lead very rapidly, and
cleaning il for market. Mixed with
the lead is lot of silicate. This is
being piled up and will be taken
care of later. The lead comes out
in big chunks and some of them
weigh so pounds.
i. NJ. Scott has opened up float
lead prospect on the Putnam lease
of the Norton d Haskell land. Mr..
Scott started shaft only about two
weeks ago and when the writer was
there Monday he had taken out
about 1000 pounds of lead and the
shaft was only about is feet deep.
The lead is of very rich grade,and
Mr.. Sumner offered the top price for
it. No drifting whatever has been
done and there seems 10 be plenty
of ore in the bottom of shaft yet.
The lead ground so far seems to be
about four feet thick, and chunks
weighing 80 to 60 pounds are of fire.
gent occurrence. The formation on
top of the ground is sandstone, and
miners used to say that ore would
never be found where sandstone
was the surface rock. But the the
cries of the old.time miner and
geologist have come to naught.
They don't seem to know any more
obout what Mother Earth contains
than anything else. AT any rate,
Mr.. Scott has a wonderfully rich
lead prospect, and is feeling pretty
good over it.
Up TO date the Hobo is far and
away ahead of anything that has
yet been struck in the new Baxter
Springs minimizing district. The cut
tings at the time the drill hole was
put down assayed 4.70 per cent.
zinc, as has been stated in these
columns before. But it was not
thought that the shaft would show
up even better than the drill hole.
1t has, however, and is improving
every day. 1t was feared that per-
haps the drill had entered crevice,
as is sometimes the case, and the
richness of the cuttings was caused
by the ore in the'crevice. Theown.
ers, NJ. S. Parker, L. ]. Buckner and
Sam Smith, determined to sink a
a shaft at once, however, because it
was not very far to the ore, and see
just what they had. The ground
was very hard, and the sinking was
slow, but they persevered, and we
are not exaggerating when we say
they have opened one of the big
gest prospects ever struck in this
or any other mining camp. The
ore was struck at 80 feet and twelve
feet of lead ground was gone
through. The dirt was very rich
and has all been saved. Under the
lead the jack began to show up.
The shaft was not sunk directly on
the the drill hole, and the air was a
trifle heavy, 80 they decided to drift
to the drill hole and put in a blow
er. So a drift was started, and
when the first shot was fred they
opened in to an immense body of
zinc ore, much richer than that
showed by the drill cuttings. and
by the time the drill hole was
reached the dirt was very nearly all
ore. They are now carrying drift
ten feet wide and eight feet high,
and it is one solid body of ore. The
Hobo has been visited by many
men experienced in mining matters
and all pronounce it a wonder in
richness. In conversation with Mr..
Parker Monday we were given to
understand that the property is 60
ing to be worked for all it is worth
as fast as possible. Alread a mill
is being figured on. A battery of
hand jigs will be installed at once
to take care of the fine dirt, which
needs nothing but little washing
to make it ready for market. The
Hobo is going to be a big thing for
our new mining district. 1t proves
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