Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-08-09
THE MINES.

mining district, under lease by
the Iowa and Oklahoma Mining
Company, is coming to the from
as a producer of lead and zinc
ores and silicate. The following
properties being worked on this
ground will serve to show how
rich the ground is:
The Good Luck is cutting or
very heavy lead in all directions
from the shaft, and the workmer
declare the dirt will run at least
fifteen per cent lead. The dump
pile run six per. cent lead, and
the dirt is getting richer as the
drifting progresses.
The shaft east of the Isley
shaft is being worked again, thi:
time by a Winfield company,
which has taken a lease on the
ground. A steam pump, holster
and other machinery has beer
put in and the work is going tC
be rushed from now on.
The Hobo has resumed opera
tons under the new management,
and the dirt will be cleaned or
the Omaha mill until an indie
pendent mill can be built. This
property was purchased last week
from Messrs. Parker, Buckner &
Smith by Messrs. Madison and
Locke of St. Paul, MINI.
VIM. Grimes of Guthrie and A.
w. Abrams of this have been do.
ing some drilling just east of the
Sunburst and north of the Good
Luck, and in two drill holes they
made exceptionally rich strikes.
About twelve feet of very rich
lead and silicate was found in
each hole. This ground can be
leased, we understand.
Work on the Sunburst property
was resumed last week, and We
want to say right here that the
dirt from this property is as good
as can be found in any diggings.
The formation is the same as is
found in the famous Hobo mine,
which is just across the road.
The ore is found at IS feet and
continues for about twenty feet.
The Lancaster Mining Compa-
ny composed of Pawnee, Oklaho-
ma gentlemen, have secured a
lease on the ground just south OF
the Omaha mine, and in drilling
have made some of the very best
strikes made in the camp. In
one drill hole about twenty feet
of lead and silicate was struck,
fully ten feet of the cuttings
showing almost ten feet of solid
lead.
The Three Queens Mining
Company is another new one in
the camp. 1t is composed of
Mrs. Willis and Mrs. Grimes of
Guthrie, Okla, and Mrs. Kreit-
ger of Anadarko, Okla. The
ladies secured a lease on some
ground next south of the Omaha
property, and the very first drill
hole put down went into the big
gest kind of lead and silicate.
There is about twenty feet of the
ore, and the drill man, c. H.
Gregory, pronounces the cuttings
the richest yet struck in the camp.
He declares they will run 80 per
cent lead.
The Omaha, under the super
intendence of ]. w. Watson, is a
big dividend payer, having made
its owners all their money back
and is still making good money.
Every day the mill runs it makes
a profit, and a good one, too.
The new mill during July made
three and half cars of silicate
and one and one-half cars of lead.
And to do this fully half of the
time during the month the mill
run on the tailings from the hand
jig plant. The tailings had been
thrown away as waste from the
hand jigs. 1t was known, how
ever, that the waste was very
rich in silicate and in order to
Keep the mill going while the
underground was being gotten in
shape it was decided to run it