The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-09


far superior to cOntemporaneous re-
al Survey on other mineralized areas
'r. Buckley, until recently with the
er, certainly may be assured that his
deposits will mark with distinction
ri Bureau, although the book was is
~ his successor, Prof. II A. Buehlcr.
ugh nj least three subsequent issues
somewhat thorough discussion OF St.
present time. Particular attention
.hich will point out how little the
the $40, 600 600 which have been taken
Itural wealth.
! metallic lead recovered from Mis-
souri, ores in 1907, Southeast Mis-
souri, is credited with 81 GIG ,gG4, and
approximately all of this came from
st. Francois county ores.
Foremost among the men who have
brought Missouri to the front as n
mineral State and placed Southeast
Missouri at the top as producer Of
lead stands {. b. Parsons, whose
devotion to the problem Of milling
and concentrating the unusual ores
Of this section has broken his health
and brought about his retirement
Lead Company. The entire process
Of handling disseminated ores, SO
successfully followed by the st.
Joseph Lead Company, stands as IA
monument to the long aud persistent
efforts of Mr.. Parsons, and, in fact,
he is the sole inventor Of much of
the machinery which enables the
Bonnie TcTrc and lockwood mills to
recover "A larger per ccntagc Of lead
trict. 1t was the constant handling
Of ore and concentrates that has
robbed him of his health.
Judge Taylor's Development Work.
1t was Judge William Il. Taylor
who extended the lead district be-
yond the immediate vicinity of Bonnie
Tcrre, first by the development Of
the old Doe Run property, and then
by the sinking of shaft into rich
ore on what is now the property of
the st. Louis Smelling and Refining
Company. In addition, he did much
diamond drilling and demonstrated
the richness of the Flat River coun-
try, although there were times when
il seemed that he would receive
scaut returns for his work. His
persistence, coupled with the EN-
enlargement of Mrs. Taylor, whose
father, John ID. Peers, was the first
promoter of Iron Mountain and
Pilot Knob in 1896, finally triumphed,
though his recompense was not as
great as has been that of others who
began where Judge Taylor left off.
The old Doe Run property, which
yielded about 81 100000 in concen-
trutes under the efficient manage
ment of Fayette =. Graves, was
brought in by Judge Taylor prior to
1887 when he sunk shaft striking
disseminated ore at 10 feet, which
undoubtedly is the shallowest work
able disseminated ore body on rec
ord in the district, though il is Il
fact that true disseminated ore oc-
ours in small quantities in the lime
stone outcropping at the surface.
This property was optioned, drilled
and purchased by the present Doe
Run Company and In 1887 two shafts,
one ITO feet deep and the other A.
feet deep, began to produce, the val
ne of the mineral taken out during
1888 amounting to S232 900.
The st. Louis Smelling and Re
fining Company bought the last
holdings OF Judge Taylor In 1898,
amounting to GOO acres, and in addl-
ton bought GS4 acres from the Flat
River Lead Company, which, In
1894, had produced concentrates val
ued at 81, 800. At the present time
the National is taking close to n
million and a quarter annually from
four shafts located on this property,
Shaft No. l, which came near to
proving disastrous to Judge Taylor
on account of the great quantities Of
water, having been abandoned.
To several other men much credit
belongs for the development of the
Flat River district. Firman Des-
loge, ST., who accumulated a good
start In the surface diggings of
Washington County, has built up a
company which is now turning out