Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-03-29

For mining leases see DR.. J. s
WinkIer.

tease on ~ acres OF the Lon Dar
denne land, just east Of the sunny
Side mine, 10 drilling Il, and will
fully develope the property, Las
week Mr.. Brown made a mighty
good lead strike at 40 feet, the cut
tings being exceptionally rich.
Ifyou want q low royalty mining
lease see DR.. j. s. Winkler.
@. p. Beardsley, for his company
the Quapaw Lead Company, has &C.
cured the northeast ten acres OF the
schapp forty and will at once begin
the work of development. Mr.
Beardsley 10 from Chicago, and
will make 60 of things. as Chica'
60 people usually do. The secre'
tary and treasurer OF the company
10 Mr.. Arthur &. Lockman, Of Chica'
GO. Mr.. Lockman 10 connected with
the big establishment of Marshall
Field & Co.
The Baxter mining camp has de-
veloped faster than any other lead
and zinc mining camp in the world
For mining leases or mining prop.
critics see DR.. ]. s. Winkler.
The Sunburst lease of ten acres
has three shafts into ore-one at ~
TO SO feet, showing good lead; one at
IS to So feet, showing excellent zinc;
q third, which is just going into the
ore at 81 feet, showing, by the drill
ings, ten feet of very rich zinc ore
This lease has seventeen drill holes
on Il, fourteen of which show ore
Surrounded on all sides by devel.
oped properties, this lease lie the
center of the, north camp. To the
south are the Hobo and Omaha
mines; to the north are the Isley
aud Upton properties; to the east
the Good Luck; to the west and
northwest are the Sunnyside, Dark
Horse and Indiana Mining Com
pany. This is one of the best drilled
properties In the entire camp and
one which shows as good results
On the completion of the third shaft
a modern mill will be erected, OF
sufficient capacity TO handle the ore
from all those shafts.
The mines are showing up excep'
tionally well lately. New strikes
are 40 plentiful az bees in spring
time, and It seems az If more new
strikes will be made this year than
last. New people are coming in
from all parts of the United States
aud there 10 much activity manifest
on every hand. Drills are in great
demand, and new companies are
being organized every day. The
high price of ore is stimulating
lead and zinc mining, and the Bax'
ter Syringe district, with it's low
royalties and certainty of success
anywhere inside of the proven area
10 going to lead the world in devel.
opment during the present year
Many new mills are already con.
aracted for, and plans are being
drawn for many more. There are
at the present time at least 800 men
engaged in mining in the Baxter
Syringe camp, and 1t is no wonder
that the whole country is looking
THE way for Investments. The Bax.
ter Springs camp and Baxter
Springs itself are going to 60 some
this year.
The Monon Mining Company
composed of Pittsburg and Monon'
gahela, Pa, parties, operating on
the Mary Buck land in the Baxter
Syringe district, lie doing some fine
development work and the presi.
dent, Mr.. Millar, 10 highly elated
over the company's prospects. The
No. shaft, in which the ore was
fret found at 68 feet, is now down
TO depth of "a feet end drift lie
being cut on the ore. 1t is stated
that when work of drifting was fret
commenced the dirt contained
about az per cent of ore, but as the
drifting progressed the percentage
of ore Increased until il is now esti'
mated that the dirt contains be-
tween 30 and 40 per cent of ore
shaft No. 2 10 now down to debth
of IS feet and the work of develop
ment In both shafts is being push
ed as rapidly as possible. Three g.
hour shifts are employed. It is the
Intention of the company to com
mence the erection of a l50-ton mod
ern concentrating plant within the
next 60 days. The president be-
iieves that by that time the mine
will have been thoroughly opened
mp.
W. Watson, general manager Of
IA& Mahraaka Mining and Develop.