Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-09
THE MINES.

The Omaha 10 drilling close to
its west line, which 10 adjoining
the famous Hobo mine.
The Sunny Side 10 cutting a new
drift to shorten the distance OF
running dirt In the ground.
The contract for the Hobo mill
has been let, and Il 10 expected the
mill will be In running condition
within the next ninety days, or by
the 10th of February.
Mr.. Scott, who is drilling on his
farm q mile and q half southwest OF
town, has made very good drill
strike, but we have been unable to
learn the particulars.
Whinnery & Wallace, who are
sinking the Independence shaft on
the Norton & Haskell land, are
making progress, but have strong
water to contend with.
The ore bins of the 3F, Mission,
Old Abe and several other mines
are full of ore at this writing. II
was impossible to load out the ore
last week on account of the bad
condition of the roads.
The Isley & Co. mine on the l. q
o. lease, is proving wonderfully
rich these days. The output the
past three or four weeks has been
very heavy, and the owners are ju.
bilant. The dirt is being cleaned
on the Dark Horse mill.
The 3F mine continues the won
der of the district. In drifting the
miners encounter great big pockets
of pure zinc ore, and besides this,
the entire ground is full of ore,
most of which is disseminated. The
big pockets of clean ore, however.
enable the mill to turn out about q
ton of clean ore per hour.
The Omaha 10 still producing
wonderfully of lead an silicate. Not
all of the silicate can be saved with
the present process of cleaning the
dirt from this mine, but when the
new mill is completed it is thought
all of the ore can be saved. It will
be profitable to run the entire tail.
ing pile through the mill.
Martin Bros, on the Valliere land,
have gone into their ore body. DIR.
Winkler lie the superintendent OF
this property, and is pushing work
az rapidly az possible. He says the
dirt being taken from this shaft lie
very good, and gives it as his opin'
ion that this property is going to
prove az good az any of them.
The roads in the new camp were
80 bad last week that scarcely any
ore could be hauled to the care.
That is why the report of ore sales
in the tabulated statement does not
chow up any bigger. We must have
better road into the camp. The
trolley line will do the trick to per-
lection. Are You willing to get in
to the collar and pull for the troll
ley liner
The NJ. X. & T. mill is nearly ready
for business, and were il not for the
fact that the road from the mill to
the railroad is nearly impossible,
rendering the moving of machin-
cry a very difficult matter, the mill
would now be ready for business
Some of the machinery was ship.
ped to Quapaw, and the work of get
ting 1t from there to the mine is an
awful big job.
The Ward shaft is ready for a
mill. There 10 no good reason why
this property, with a good mill to
handle the dirt, can not work good
force of men and pay handsome
dividends. We are told that Mr..
Ward, the owner, is going to have a
first class mill built. This shaft is
going to be connected by drift with
the NJ. X. & T. on the east and the
Mission on the south.
The Good Luck owners are feel.
ing very jubilant over their ore
strike. At 50 feet in their new shaft
they have gone into big lead. The
drill showed lead from 20 feet to So
feet, but in sinking they found the
ore at 50 feet. 1t is found in yellow
ground, and the water is beginning
to come in strong. This is going to
be one of the big producers of the
district, according to the present
onflook. d. D. Gill and ". NJ. Gill