Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-25

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values-Zinc $3.7ao. lead $3.50; total
$4.37o.
Gov. era wford has made n good
drill strike on his 100 north of the
Ouapaw mission.
Three good drill strikes have been
made on the Sunburst lease. The
SUM- burst 10 going to develop into
fine property.
NJ. ]. Romans has struck good ore
in q drill hole on the Hunt land
about a mile north of the Sunny
Side. The ore was struck at So feet.
Mr.. Romans will sink a develop
ment shaft at once.
The Hobo shaft has gone into its
ore body FIVE feet. The ore is lead.
Under this comes jack for about 20
feet, according to the drill, and so
far the shaft has verified the drill
hole. This property is owned by S.
A. Smith and NJ. s. Parker of this
city and L. J.Buckner, formerly of
this city, but now of Kenmare, ND.
The Strong Bow mine is reported
sold for $4,000. This mine is Ger.
tainly one of the best in the district
and with two men in the ground is
turning out thousands of lead every
day. The dirt is very rich in lead
ore and the water is not strong.
Under the lead is a big body Of
jack. Every bin around the mine
is full of lead ore, which will be
hauled as soon as the roads i'm
prove little. The rough stuff,
which is very rich, will be corded
up to await the builling of a mill.
Mccarthy & Bailey have leased
the east 40 of the Opperman land,
just south of town, to L. L. Har-
rington and T. Shelton of Carter
vile, Mo-, and H. H. Stryker and G.
W. Strives of Union City, Pa. The
gentlemen will begin development
work, both sinking and drilling, at
once. Four drill holes on this 40
show good ore at 80 feet. The par
ties interested are practical mining
men, and asked for that particular
40 as soon as they saw it.
One of the most phenomenal zinc
strikes probably ever made was
made in the new mining camp
south of this place by E. L. Wright
of this city, ". C. Gum, C. f. Gates
and Fl. V. Rice of Fort Scott, Kan.
The drill struck the ore body at GA
feet, continued in lead and zinc to
the 10O.foot level, the drill then pen.
etrated what seemed to be solid
vein of zinc ore and continued in it
for six and one-half feet. The cut
tings of the six feet showed fully so
per cent ore. From Jos feet to ITO
feet the cuttings we're rich. AT 112
feet the drill went out of ore into
lime. This is the fourth strike on
this run of ore and with the same
conditions prevailing. The cut.
tings from the drill in these strikes
have been saved and they are a
wonder to the Oldest and most ex-
perienced miner. The drill holes
were put down by three different
companies and covered distance
of quarter of mile aud the log
ging of each shows on comparison
to be the same, the drill finding the
ore in each on the same level and
going out of the ore on the same
level. The formation from top to
bottom in these drill holes are ideal
for the development of great and
lasting mines.
The Mission mine has made big
strike of block lead in the two south
drifts and also in the west air drift,
which they are widening out as
they are cutting to the west, toward
shaft number two. The ground has
been changing for the past two
weeks from the hard blue flint to a
more open ground, showing some
yellow mud in the seams, and max
ing lead in larger quantities, as the
drifts made to the south. Now the
lead lie coming in in large blocks
with a face of this lead in three
drifts twenty-five feet high and
thirty feet wide, together with the
rich jack in the north and cast
drifte, the Mission will make a REQ
ord on turn.ins for this district
The ground lie in charge OF Tom
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