Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-25

signs" appear on the surface. You
must 20 down and the most economical
way to do this is with a drill, run by good
men that will always report what they
find, and that only. The mine north of
Versailles is as good a mine as you will
find anywhere. My impression is, that
there is a fine ore basin where that mine
is located; in fact drills show this to be
the case and some very heavy capitalists
are rushing in there and getting at work
This will develop that whole basin.
Now that is not the only basin in the
country. Drills will show others and
others until the whole country will show
localities full of mines in operation.
bring the ore to the surface. After AS
thorough all investigation as | could give
the country, during the time had there,
| am convinced that your city OF Yer
sailles is surrounded with ore basins that
will some time in the future make it the
center of one OF the most productive lead
and zinc fields in the world, but as | said
before, your own people ought to, at
least to soine extent, show your faith III
your own country by getting at work.
OF course every hole You drill won't
show ore, but now and then will develop
a mining locality that will he worth to
your town a hundred times what all your
drilling has cost.
Many OF your people have All idea that
a hole $50 feet deep develops the country
for a mile square. 1t does not. 1t
doesn't develop a hundred feet square.
tune in lead or zinc by six inches. In
the Joplin district fortunes have been
found on an acre of land, after eight or
ten drill holes have shown nothing. /
believe YOU should go AT least three nun
drcd feet, if nothing is found sooner, and
ii might he well to go even deeper. The
panics, will only put their money in
developed properties, something that can
he promptly placed on a paying basis.
Ny people are not "prospectors' and my
return depends large on how fast YOU
develop your country. While vor will
fIi many persons who will buy undevcl-
opcd lands, and they are the Inen who
really make the big money, on a small
expenditure, yet the heavy capital will
go III there when YOU have cool plyirg
mines to sell. | would like to huv some
Of your mining Land there, for ! have
never been III a mining country with
such prospects where land is So cheap,
but my position precludes my doing SO,
AS | am paid TO investigate mining pro-
pcrt!es for others.
However much of the Land o are
now seeing sell at from ten to fifteen dol
tina, while ROYALTIES will far exceed
any price that land ever hrings. AS
your country is developed along mining
lines, one thing that is going to help You
out greatly, at least ii ought to make
your town one of the leading nanufac-
turing c%cntcrs, is your coal. That is al
ready developed; the t,lickcst veins of
coal ! have ever seen and part f il will
prove first-Class smelling coal Of course
| am not interested in coal only so fai i'll
it j. used in connection with lead and
zinc, but the coal question is settled in
Georgian county. When you get the lead
and zinc AS fully settled, which You can
do, and ought to, the combination will
give you the greatest country ~ the
United States. You have the fuel to
srlclt any and all ore. You have an cx
~ceilent farm, fruit and stock coun,r,
from which to feed the miners.
With the new railroad now built
through your country which is one of tbs
best trunk lines IN the country, YOU nast
two good roads with the assurance OF
another, the north end sou,.l, road, whi2l
will give all transportation necessary
In closing ! say again, get at work and
make some more developments and yor
won't be able to take care of the capita
tina, will rush in there.
Hoping to he able to visit your inter
estiug county again some time in future
VAN clrse.
Very respectfully yours,
WM. V. ORION,
/ 6. X NJ. Northwestern Mining COMPANY