Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-26


have a new mill soon.
Hash, Canaday K Hash are going
to build a mill, either this fall or
early in the spring.
Mr.. Chapman of Galena has laid
out the ground and set the stakes
for the new Hobo mill.
Craney & Company, on the Bea.
yer laud, are down into the ore
body, and the dirt 10 very good.
Don McRuer, superintendent or
the N. X. & T., expects to have the
new mill in operation within the
next thirty days.
Bob Wyatt & Company have
taken hold of the Farmer Boy and
the Big Squaw shafts and will rush
development work.
The Isley dirt is being cleaned on
the Dark Horse mill. The Isley dirt
10 rich, and with the Dark Horse
dirt keeps the mill running full
time.
The Pasture Mining Company
has bought big double bob pump
for it's shaft on the tribal land. The
shaft is down within seventeen feet
of the ore body.
The Omaha Mining Company has
let contract for q modern concen.
trating plant. The Omaha has been
a good dividend payer for a long
time, and a mill is needed to han.
die the dirt.
Geo. Ward of the Ward Mining
Company was here last week, and
tells us he will probably build a
mill within the next 90 days. The
dirt certainly justifies the erection
of fine mill.
The big new mill of the Quivira
Lead and Zinc Company is com.
pleted and has been fred up. This
is one of the biggest mills in the
district and will add very largely
to the output.
The Omaha Company is going to
sink it's No. 2 shaft through the ore
body, and then put down a third
shaft, 80 az to be able to get dirt
enough to supply the big new mill,
which will be built this fall.
The new ehaft at the Mission 10
showing up niceley, the dirt run.
ming about twenty per cent. lead.
The ore body has only been pene.
trated about ten feet. There is
about fifteen feet to go through yet.
Superintendent Winkler of the Jo-
anna has ordered a crusher and
rolls for that property. The Joanna
is good proposition, and as soon
as the ground ie further developed
complete steam plant will be in
stalled.
The owners of the Hobo, S. A.
Smith, NJ. S. Parker and L. ]. Buck.
ner, have let contract for 100. ton
mill. The contract was let to Mr..
John T. Chapman of Galena, The
terms of the contract call for first
class mill.
The 3F 10 making a mighty big
record for a new property. Up to
the time we go to press there are at
least 100 tons of clean zinc ore in
the bins, and the mill is making ore
at the rate of ton per hour. The
3F is skinning everything in the
district. The owners are jubilaut.
The Mozaskah Mining Company
has it's shaft into very big lead ore.
Charlie Gregory has charge of the
work, and he put the shaft down to
a depth of 81 feet in % days. Last
Friday morning he was taking out
chunks of lead as big as a water
bucket. This shaft is on the I. & O.
ground. just northeast of the DARK
Horse.
The Kramer Morse Mining Com
pany, on the E. L. Wright lease OF
the Crawfish land, is going to build
mill right away. Only one shaft
has been sunk 80 far, but II was
much better than the drill cuttings
showed, and az there are eight more
drill holes, each as good az the one
on which the shaft was sunk, 1t wal
thought advisable to 60 ahead and
build a plant.
The above tabulated statement Of
ore sales for last week is very good
It shows that the Baxter Spring.
district 10 on the mineral map Of
the world. The output 10 steadily