Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11


Values-Zine $4,I3o,
Ginder & Kraft are doing some
more drilling on the Norton q Has.
kett land.
The Joanna 10 simply one Of the
best lead prospects In the camp.
Its owners are feeling jubilant.
Tannehiii & Co., on the Buck land
are making a good lot of ore each
week with their hand jig plant.
Mr.. Sumner has bought several
bins of ore in the camp this week
he says he 10 ready now to take all
he can get.
The Joanna 10 making big lot OF
lead and zinc ore each shift now.
The lead dirt 10 very rich, and the
zinc dirt 10 steadily improving. A
mill will be built on the property
this spring.
A new pump will be installed In
the Pasture Mining Company's
shaft In the Mission pasture. The
water 10 very strong, but the ore Is
feet below 10 also very rich, and the
owners are going after II as fact as
possible.
Martin Bros. are sinking shaft
No. 2 on the Valliere land. THE
shaft 10 within FIVE feet of the ore
body, and will be fully as good as
the No. I shaft, which has been
sunk through the ore. The ore 10
the first shaft lie very rich. A mill
will be built on this property this
spring.
Craney & Co. are sinking their
second shaft on the Beaver land.
In the first shaft very rich lead
md zinc was gone into, and If the
new shaft turns out az well Q
irst class mill will be bull on the
property this spring. The new
shaft 10 within Is feet of the ore
oody.
The Independence Mining Com.
pany on the Norton & Haskell iano
10 going down slowly in its shaft.
The shaft Is now in the neighbor'
hood of 90 feet deep, and the ground
10 very hard, but what they will
ind after awhile is worth going
after. The ore will be struck at l22
ieet, and from that down to $50 feet
the ore will be simply immense.
Millar & Co., of Pittsburg, Pa, are
sinking two shsfts on their lease OF
he Buck land, and will soon start
two more shafts to-ard the ore
body. This company has almost
unlimited capital behind It, and is
going to do q lot Of development
work THE winter aud spring. Sew.
| eral mills will be built just as soon
20 they have their ground fully
opened up.
The Mission 10 making lite owners
| good money these days. The dirt lie
| getting better every day, and there
| is an experienced Get of fellows in
charge of operations at the Mission
Tom Cole 10 the ground boss. Jim
Ellie 10 superintendent, and Willis
PHILIPPE 10 running the jigs. This
gang will make the Mission com.
pauy q lot of money, because they
know their business.
Ell. Gross of Chanute, who has o
lease on q portion of the Norton q
Haskell land, 10 taking out lot OF
| lead and zinc ore both 10 sinking
and drifting. A drift 10 being run
at the Is foot level, and lot of ore
10 being made. Sinking 10 pro-
crossing also, and the shaft 10 in
good ore at 90 feet. The necessary
machinery for deep stpking has
been installed, and the work will be
pushed. The shaft 10 known In the
,iistrict az the Jack Rabbit"
The HOBO 10 breaking all records
the last few days ig the way of pro-
duction. The dirt 10 cleaned on the
Sunny Side mill, and II has been
told the mining reporter of this pa.
per that the Hobo 10 making about
a ton of ore per hour right aleng,
and that the dirt 10 getting richer,
il snch a thing 10 possible. The
lobe ~ sFsiiy the biggest thing in
the north camp. ftBYPers were on
velvet" long ago, ana they are
making sepey very fast nov. i.
The Big Saasw lease of ten acres
was sold Saturday by pf. J.s.wink-
Ter to DR.. ", q. Mason Of Colorado
Springs. d.. NassR hse secnred .
good piece Of pEspeTtg There 10 q
shaft on the lease which 10 0niy ave
feet from the ore body, according
TO the drill hole. Aud the drill hole
showed IS feet of ore. As coon 90
DR.. Nss0p gets the shaft down to,
the ore body he vii Fup Q lot Of