Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-04-06
The MINES.

L $50 1855 49, -
In every particular.
T. Is. Allen and others are sink
ing q shaft just west of the Dark
Horse. The drill hole showed rich
dirt.
The turn.in this week will aggre.
gate about 100000, but Il will pro.
badly not all be loaded on account
of the bad condition of the roads.
The new owners of the Joanna
are getting into richer dirt and are
making good output this week.
They are figuring on mill for the
property.
The Dark Horse-Sunny Side COM
bination are making their usual
big weekly output of ore. They
will make about 90 tons of clean ore
this week.
Rush q Elder are slowly sinking
In their shaft on the Gaines lease
of the Coosotte land. They have
about ten feet yet to sink to reach
their ore body, but is a good one.
Ginder & Kraft have made a good
drill strike on the Xavier land eaet
of the Catholic church. This land
is under lease by Putnam & Co., of
Joplin, and will be developed right
away.
Craney & Parker, who have a
lease on the Beaver land, have their
shaft down about IS feet. They are
sinking on a very rich drill hole,
and are of course sure of their re.
ward.
E. c. Gaines has leased some land
to some Kansas City parties, and
they will begin prospecting with a
drill in few days. This land Lies
just south of the state line, south.
east of the city.
The Sunburst Mining Company
has resumed work in it's No. 2 shaft,
and is getting out come very rich
dirt. The company is having some
more drilling done, this time going
down just north of the famous Ho.
DO strike.
The Hobo Mining Company is
down about % feet in it's shaft on
the I. & o. ground. The ore body
will be struck at 80 feet, and it will
prove very rich, the drill cuttings
being as good az have ever been
found in any district.
Much activity is manifest in the
district this week, and several new
strikes have been made. The
weather is now settled, and work is
being resumed all over the district.
A few weeks more will see no less
than ten new mills building.
The Old Abe mine is going to be
improved with a modern mill. The
boss mill builder of the whole
country. ]. 7. Chapman, of Galena,
has been awarded the contract.
This is a guarantee that the mill
will be complete one in every
way.
The Mission mill is running
steadily this week, and making lots
of nice high grade ore. Open
ground has been encountered in
one of the drifts, and the dirt runs
about forty per cent. ore. A lot of
stopping is being done, and the
stope dirt is exceedingly rich.
The NJ. X. & T., is making a lot of
ore these days. They are cleaning
their ore on battery of hand jigs.
The dirt is very rich in both lead
and zinc. The lead is found in cube
formation, and the jack is easily
cleaned. This mine is booked to
become good producer soon.
John Chester has made a big
drill strike for Boaz & Co., of Pitts
burg. This strike is a short dis
lance northeast of the Old Abe.
The ore was struck at 50 feet and
continued rich to 60 feet, when the
drill went through four feet of
blank ground. 1t then went into
ore again, and continued in it until
a depth of so feetshad been reached.
Mr.. Chester says the cuttings
from IS to go feet were the richest
he ever saw. Boax & Co, will be-
gin sinking at once.
METHODIST NOTES.