Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-08-10

Jun SOOoWth 40 oah.S
Hobo lease.
OF. Youse lie drilling on the Frank
Buck land.
There 10 drill on the Norton q
Haskell land.
Ginder & Kraft are drilling on
the Bluejacket land.
]. w. Barnes lie drilling on the
Robert Thompson land.
John Chester is drilling on the
John Duugherty land, just south OF
town.
The II. C. & H. Mining Company
lie making quite pile of ore at its
shaft.
George McGratb, manager for the
Little Four Company, will be in to
ore the coming week.
Hall & Co., have finished a new
holster house and will now begin
dump ore next week.
The Ward Mining Company is
pushing it's development and is
certainly getting fine ore.
The Galena Development Com.
pany has put up new holster der.
rick and is dumping fine ore.
Oh. Youse' drill No. 2 is working
on the Pittsburg Mining Company
land west of the Mission mine.
The Grey Eagle is making a fine
record on its shaft, and will have
fifteen feet of lead and zinc at TWEEN.
ty feet.
Gerke & Son have moved in a
brand new No. L. Keystone drill and
placed it on their lease just west of
the Sunny Side.
The Strong Bow people are sink
ing through very fine zinc ore and
will start drifting on it during the
coming week.
The Old Abe will be started up
Friday of this week. The screens
arrived Monday and are being pat
in at this waiting.
The NJ. X. & T. has two cars of ore
waiting shipment. Don McRuer
says they are getting the contracts
let for their new mill.
The Quapaw Mining Company lie
within a few weeks of it's ore. They
have twenty feet of good zinc ore
showing in two drill holes.
The Sunny Side is certainly max.
ing fine record for itself and at
the same time helping out the Isley
and Hobo mines in milling their
ore for them by running nights.
The Redeagle has struck open
ground in its shaft and plenty of
free jack and lead. ]. c. Bryner has
contract for the sinking of this
shaft and is certainly taking out
some mighty nice ore.
The new 100-h. p. boiler is being
set at the Mission and will be in
commission next Monday. This will
enable this property to run double
shift. The Mission will turn in this
week 6O,OC0 of zinc and 10000 of lead.
The Omaha mines are being
worked to their capacity. Mr.. Wat
son, manager lie showing some
mighty fine samples of lead and
jack ore which he is getting in the
bottom of the drifts in his south
mine.
Work in the mines is being rush.
ed during this good weather. Sew
eral mills are in course of con-
struction, and by the first of Janu-
airy there will be at least dozen
modern concentrating plants in OPP
Grafton.
Garfield & Co., who are mining on
the Newhouse lots in the north part
of town, are troubled some with
water. The dirt 10 very rich in jack,
and az soon az they can handle the
water will begin to make regular
turn-ine.
The material lie all on the ground
for the mill of the F. F. F. Mining
Company. The ore is better than
ever in the two shafts being worked
on this lease and the owners should
certainly feel "swelled up over
their good fortune.
The Quivera Lead and Zinc Conn.,
pany has the foundations in for it's
new mill at the Perkins shaft. The
Union Iron Works of Springfield
and Aurora, No, have the contract
for this mill and it 10 to be COM
pleted in forty days.
D;ca 4 p;no,ham are drilling mr.,