Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-07-20
THE MINES.

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regulation 10000 of lead this week,
Isley & Co. are having their dirt
cleaned on the Sunny Side mill.
The dirt runs about 20 per cent zinc
ore.
We understand Haskell and Ches-
ter are going to begin drilling In a
few days on the Peters land north
of town.
The Rice Drilling & Prospecting
Company, which lie sinking shaft
on the Ben Dardsnne land, is get
ting into good ore.
John N. Daugherty of Omaha,
who has bought the Cooper land
just south Of town, will begin drill.
ing on II in few days.
The Omaha 10 making big out
put this week. Superintendent Wat.
son says the dirt 10 getting richer
az drifting progresses.
The Sunny Side dirt is exception.
ally rich now. Chunks of clean
jack weighing from Is to 300 pounds
are of frequent occurrence.
The N. X. & T., is making a big
output of both lead and jack this
week. Their dirt is very rich, and
the run is only AZ feet thick.
Scott q Co. on the Norton & Has
kett land are producing lots of lead
at the 25-foot level. They have per-
haps 10000 on hand in the bins.
Roy Labadie & Company are get.
ting all kinds of lead and jack in
their shaft on the Xavier land.
Their shaft is called the Blue Bell.
The Sunnyside will break through
to the Isley drift before the week is
gone. The air will then be better,
and the production will be very ma
terially increased.
The Redeagle shaft, which We
mentioned last week as being sunk
in the middle of what appears to be
an old crater, is producing very
rich dirt this week.
NJ. Johannes & Company of Jop-
lin, who have leased the southwest
quarter of the Mission forty, are
getting ready to do some very thor
ough and rapid development work.
Ward & Company In the Mission
pasture, are going to have a fine
producing property very soon. They
have gone through about % feet OF
ore. It is disseminated ore, but
very plentiful.
Ell. Wright & Co. are going down
onto a very rich body of ore just
as fast as possible, Work is being
carried on night and day. Plans
for modern concentrators huve
been made already.
The Mission made about 10000 OF
lead and about Is tons of jack last
week. They had considerable trou-
BILE with the failing elevator, but all
that has been remedied now, and 1t
is expected that the output this
week will be a record-breaker.
The +. +. +. company is getting
good dirt and lots of it. Work of
removing the Monte Christie mill
from Galena was begun monday.
The mill will be built as rapidly as
possible, and the ground will be
ready for it az soon as it is COM
pleted.
The Old Abe mill will be ready
for Business by the first of the
month if nothing happens. This
mill is strictly modern in every par
ticular, and will have capacity OF
$50 tons of dirt per shift. The root
is made of zinc, which is very ap-
propriate.
The Ouivira Lead and Zinc Com
pauy, commonly called the Perkins,
has ordered a modern concentrat.
ing plant. Work on the plant will
be commenced right away. The
ground has been prospected in all
directions, and ore 10 in sight
everywhere.
The Hobo dirt 10 being cleaned
on the Sunny Side mill for the pres
ent. Fifty tons of dirt made ID tons
of clean zinc ore, besides a lot OF
lead. It will be seen that the dirt
equals in richness anything ever
found. And it is not decreasing in
richness particle either.
The independence Mining Com
pany of Omaha, which bought the
Canterbury shaft on the east forty
of the Norton A Haekett land, 10