Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-08-10

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ting up machinery for the purpose Of
doubling his output.
Another new shaft is going down
at the Ada Florence which will act as
an air shaft. Capitalists from Mum
Gle, Ind, are operating these mines
now and Mr.. J. M. Persons is their
Supt.
Our Carrsville correspondent says:
The whistle at the Schoolfeld-
Specs mines announced ready for
work Tuesday. Fifty feet down the
great shaft drift has been begun,
running north and south on the main
lead.
Two new shafts are going down on
the Mary Belle. Supt. Drescher is
having them worked two shifts, and
as soon as he strikes the spar, which
will be at an early date, he expects
to mine daily large amount of No.
/ fluor spar from each shaft.
Mr.. Leander White is having con-
siderable work done on his farm, and
in one shaft at II feet lead and huor
spar was struck. We can't say at
this writing the actual width of the
vein, but the indications are that it
must be good one,
The whistle blew for the first time
at the Commodore last Saturday; the
company have been erecting a very
large amount of very fine machinery
at their mine, for the last three
months. Mr.. Armstrong tellsHus that
everything is working very satisfac-
tory.
The Keystone Mining company
strucka large mud pocket in their
vein about three weeks ago, but they
drove their level on through it some
ten or fifteen feet, when their vein
of lead and Auorspar came back as
good as ever.
Director Abbott Of the Schoolfeld-
Specs mines returned from COving-
ton last week and at once began the
erection of house at the mines in
order to give the hands an opportu-
nifty to be close to their work. So
says our Carrsville correspondent.
At the Ada Florence mine General
Manager James NJ. Persons has had
a new shaft sunk south of the main
shaft They struck the main lead
and drifted back to the main shaft,
giving them fine air and putting this
great property in splendid shape for
deepening and drifting. The prop
erty is developing large quantities of
good ore and is already taking rank
among the best ip the district
The Eclipse Mining company is a
new mining company organized about
three weeks ago, and have already
started work in Panther Holler. The
company is composed of capitalists
from Louisville. They purchased the
McMican property some three weeks
ago from Mr. Harry Watkins, for
which they paid large sum. They
are now sinking two new shafts on
the property. Mr.. Jasper Mcbride,
their foreman, was in town last Sat-
urday and tells us that he has good
vein of very rich carbonate in one Of
his shafts, and is mining it rapidly,
and are also running large amount
Of No. Auorspar. Mr.. Mcbride
expects to put number Of men to
work next week 70 ent the famous
Memphis vein on this property.
The Henderson News,G leaner is
indebted to Senator Hopkins for a.
copy of the 'sFluor Spar Deposits Of
Southern Illinois. The book embo-
dies the results obtained in detailed
study Of the -four spar deposits prin-
cipally in Gallatin, Pope and Hasdin
counties, the study having been Ia
ken in connection with the investiga-
tioplpf the lead and zinc deposits Of
Tho t|l4oRRippi Valley region. The
!. q " covered I.,et present the most
isnpoftapt pto0u Of fluorspar in
ms Unitee ~ tes. -
Che book cpnttins srest deal OF
interesting in{pfsnatitn regarding
the location, history q develop