Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-11-19

IDLE f0r a long time, mas steamed
up and is pumping out the water
and repairing the mill for q con-
tinuous run. Being the farthest
vert of any property in the Bax-
ter camp, it augurs well for the
future of the western part of the
camp, which will soon join the
two camps into one.
A new shaft is being sunk on
the lease, next to the McAllister
mill, southwest, on the Frank
Buck land. AT this point the
drilling showed an ore bed of forty
feet in thickness, and is, no doubt,
the extension of the same ore body
that is being worked in the Nc
Allister mine at the present time,
by Sweeney & Sons.
There was not much ore turned
in last week from the Baxter
Springs camp. There is lots of
ore in the bins in the camp, but
the price offered was not salts
factory, Notwithstanding the fact
that it was much higher than the
week before. The operators be-
lieve, however, the price is going
to go considerably higher, and
for that reason are refusing to
sell at the price offered last week.
The strike made by Mr.. Pear
son and associates on their pur-
chase of rhe Norton and Haskell
land has excited the attention of
the entire camp. The lucky
owners expect to have one of the
very best producers in the camp
when they get it opened up.
They have made an enormous
strike in one shaft and are now
sinking another, on a drill hole
which showed ore at a deeper
level than where they made the
first shaft strike. AS soon as the
extent of the ore body is determ-
ined the plans will be made for a
mill in keeping with the amount
of work it will have to do. &.
Hudson and Oils have the
water out of the Mason and will
be making clean ore very soon.
This property has not been pro-
ducing for some time, but it has
not been the fault of the prop
erty. This mine-is rather wet
one when certain other mines are
shut down. But Hudson and o.
lis thought they could work the
mine, even if all the other mines
in the camp should shut down,
so they got a lease on it, and
proceeded in a systematic way to
unwater it. They have succeeded
and will be producing ore very
soon at a lively rate, for the dirt
is very rich and the ore is easily
cleaned.
The southeast corner of the
camp has taken on a marked &C
tivity during the past month.
The Chicago-Qua property
has been pushing the develop
ment of its ground on the Stafford
forty, and at the same time COM
pleting its mill, which is ready
to start as soon as the deep we'll
which is being drilled by John
NJ. Rice, can be finished to supply
the mill with water. 1t is now
down 800 feet and it is calculated
to sink it until the artesian flow
is encountered which at that point
is estimated tn come in between
the the 900 and 1000-foot level.
In addition to this company's
Operations, the Joanna mine
which is being operated by ]. w.
Creech is making a good record
in the production of lead and
demonstrating that this old mine
has still plenty of good ore to
run on for life time if properly
| worked. II looks like old times
to see the big blocks of lead being
stacked out in a rick like cord
wood, while the fine dirt is just
alive with lead and silicate. In
addition to the lead, there is