Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-02-15

be interesting to all parties op.
Grating In this camp. Using the
northeast ten acres ne basis on
which the present mining and
drilling has been done, which
shows a continuous bed of ore,
thirty feet thick, over the entire ten
acres, and represents 100000 tons
of crush rock 10 sight which will
produce, according to the ore now
being milled, $1,000 tons of concen.
tratee, one.third of which will be
lead and two.thirds zinc, and val.
ued at $2,5O0000 gross. This com.
pany is closed corporation, being
owned by A. c. Crauey, H. II.
Craney, c. W. Craney of Kansas
City, r. W. Bailey and E. T. Nc
earthly of Omaha. The installation
of a large concentrating plant is
contemplated by the above com.
pany this spring, which will in.
crease the capacity to five hundred
tons per day. This will be a CON-
panion mill TO the one which the
Ward Mining Company, adjoining
them to the north, intends to erect
at once. The output from the Mis-.
sion mine since opened up, is az
follows: 1904, FIVE months, $l2,5JO;
1905, $4,000; 1906, January alone,
$500. The mine will produce this
year, with the present milling ca
pacity only, not less than $l25,0OO
worth of ore.
One of the best strikes yet made
Ia the Baxter Springs camp 10 the
one made last Saturday evening on
the Sunburst lease of the Iowa and
Oklahoma Development Company
land. The Sunburst lease is ten
acres, just across the road north
from the famous Hobo mine. The
ore was fret found by drilling, aud
the find was 30 good that the owners
of the lease could not believe it, A
lot more drilling was done, IA holes
being drilled, and 10 every one OF
them the same rich body of ore was
penetrated. The company then be.
gan sinking shaft, and at 81 feet
the ore was struck, coming in al the
depth indicated by the drill. The
dirt is getting richer and richer
and the last dirt taken out Satur.
day evening was at least one-half
ore. We are truly glad Of this big
strike. The Sunburst company has
put considerable money into this
lease in drilling and now they will
get II back with 1000 per cent inter.
est. The ore runs from So to 70 feet
in thickness. The Sunburst prop.
erty will need a modern mill before
long.
The Indiana Lead and Zinc Min
ing Company, J. C. sproull, super
intendent and general manager, 10
making fairly good Roadway with
it's shaft between the famous Hobo
and Sunny Side mines. The lease
held by this company joins the
big strike made last week by the
Sunburst company, and 10 surely a
very valuable one. If location and
drill cuttings count for anything
and we confidently expect this com
pany to be listed among the pro-
ducers before many months. We
understand the big run of ore 10
the Hobo lie headed directly toward
the shaft being sunk by this COM
pany. Mr.. Sproull and his associ-
ates are meeting with wonderful
success IN their western operations,
az we understand they received
word this week that on come land
they are interested in over 10 Nie-
souri, q big lead has been made
showing that they have Senconn-
tered the body of ore which To be-
ing developed on the land adjoin'
ing them, the famous Eureka vein,
which has already produced over
eight million dollars worth OF ore.
McAlister q Co, who are oPerat-
Ing on the Tom Goodwin lease Of
the Buck land, are down into the
ore body Is feet. and will have to
sink ten feet yet to get through 1t.
ThcdriII hole. which 10 forty feet
from the shaft, showed exceptional.
iyrich zinc and about IS feet Of the
beat lead ever drilled In this camp.
To the shaft 4 seems to be equally
ps good ne the drill hoIk HF. nc.
AIiStsr IL 90 delighted oversize and
that be IL making permpnent I'M
pgovemsni1. cad vim soon ieta eon-l