Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-12
THE MINES.

sunny Side...,,.,,,..., 77.2So 80.
James Murphy ....,..... $4,000 49,.
Hobo Mining Co.. $3.50 I4,6o'
Isley d Co. Io,54o 80.
!, Nebraska Mining CO.. 80. rs. go
Old Abe. .....,......... 80. TOT
Total sales. ....... a45,ioo 40.o3'
values-Zinc IS, $50, lead SI,47o; tota
~. 600
The output last week was very
satisfactory for new camp. THE
week II will be equally as large
Work is going on i'm every direction
now. The camp is very busy. New
shafte are going down in every di'
rection. and drills are working all
over the district, new drill strikes
being of too frequent occurrence TO
attract more than Q passing notice,
There are now Eve complete mills
in operation and within another
month two more will be completed
and running. Not less than half a
dozen more have been planned, and
work will begin on them this fall.
The year 1905 will see the Baxter
Springs district away up in the list
in the tabulated statement. II IL
our guess that il will be about third
or fourth in production within the
next twelve months. The camp ia
rapidly filling up with people; men
of means are becoming interested;
there is no "wildcatting" going on.
Everything is on solid footing.
Martin Bros, on the Waller land,
are getting into their ore at 80 feet.
The 3 F mill was started up last
week, and is making about ten tons
of clean ore per shift. The dirt is
very rich.
The Sunny Side is making it's reg
ular ten tons of clean ore per shift.
This is one of the best paying prop.
critics in the district.
The Strong Bow mine is working
again, since installing a heavier
boiler, and is going after the jack
which underlies the lead.
The output from the mines this
week will be not less than six car
loads of clean ore. The output of
the camp is increasing very rapidly.
Isiey & Co., on the I. & o. ground,
are making a big lot of very rich
rough stuff every shift. 1t is being
milled on the Sunny Side concen.
TRAITOR.
The Hobo is making lots of very
rich rough stuff this week. The out
put last week was very heavy, but
if nothing happens this week will
beat last.
The Ward shaft is producing
lot of rich dirt this week. Mr.. Ward,
the owner, will be here in a few
days, and it is expected that he will
arrange for mill when he comes.
The Mission Mining Company
has put it's blacksmith shop down
in the ground, and now it is not
necessary to send the steel out of
the ground when it needs sharpen.
ing. The change is a good one.
The Omaha loaded a couple of
care of silicate this week. The new
mill, which we have been telling
you about, lie going to be started
before long. The Omaha has been
a dividend payer for some time.
The Old Abe is making a lot of
very high class ore this week. A
car of ore was in the bins Tuesday |
Dirt is being hoisted
from two shafts for this mill, and
the output is increasing very rap
idly. J
The NJ. X. & T. mill is up 80 far as
The building lie concerned, and the
work of installing the machinery
will begin next week. 1t is the in
tentinon of Superintendent McRuer
10 have the mill in operation within
The next five weeks.
The Dark Horse bins had more
han a car of zinc in the bins Tues
lay morning, and in the lead box
here were perhaps 10000 of lead.
rhis mill 10 running very smoothly,
md IL going - be a great factor
hereafter in the output of the camp.
The MozaskAh Mining Company,
N the I. & o. ground, lie getting
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