The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-10-07

t not only be interesting to the readers
n Of this newspaper, but will be OF
g some value for purposes of refrrcnc,
. in the concluding paper Of this series
, Each Of the five companies is dis
cussed briefly as follows:
St. Joseph Lead Company.
This company, organized in 1864
began the production Of lead from
, shallow diggings in 1863. The dis
seminatcd deposits at Bonnie Tcrre
were first located in 1869 Author
lied capital stock, $50, 600 600; issued
and outstanding, $4,000, 900; total
acrcar" owned in st. Francois cOun-
Ity, 5000 acres lin the name Of the
lead company, 9,330.ll lin the name
Iof the Bonnie Tcrrc Farming d Cattle
Company, subsidiary concern;
total acreage OF mincral-bearing and
non-mIncrnl-heariug lands, l3,OO6.l0
acres. Total production of lead to
Jan. ], 1905, value expressed In cs-
/ timnted worth of concentrates and
not refined metal SIG, 3j7 ,463; total
| payments Of dividends, including
payment Of June II, 1909, 81, 4Js 81;
| total areal extent of ground mined
to Jan. /, 1905 100 acres, two-thirds
Of which is at Bonnie Terre; produC-
ing shafts, seven, Nos. : and Q Mt
Bonnie Terre, No. 4 Crawley at Flat
River, No. 10 GumbO, No. u Hunt
at Leadwood, Nos. T. and II Hon-
man at Leadwood abandoned
shafts, about fourteen, including
pump and air shafts and old work !
ings AT Rome Tcrrc. Total daily |
tonnage of mills, 1900 tons. Smell |
ter at Hcrculaneum, 30 miles north /
Of Bonnie Terre, is equipped with |
two modern furnaces and five SAWS /
borg roasting pots. This company |
has made great number of i'm !
proycmcnts during tn" last two |
years, chief among which was the
installation Of n central power plant |
in Bonnie Terrc. This is producer
gas engine plant capable OF convert !
ing hituminous coal into electrical |
energy at the central station and at
n considerably reduced cost. At
the present time, the st. Joe Com !
pany, owing to the excellent work |
ing condition Of its entire property,
is in a position to maintain It's rank
rs first in the district, regardless Of
the fact that both the Federal and
Doe Run companies have mills OF
theoretically larger capacities.
Doe Run Lead Company.
This company is closely allied
with the st. Joseph Lead Company.
1t was organized in 1887 and began
the production of lend from the Doe
Run mines in 1855. Authorized
capital stock, 10000, 900; issued and
outstanding, 81, 24s 900; total acreage
owned in st. Francois county, g.
5iS.6S. Total production OF lead to
January /, 1908, value expressed in
estimate of worth of concentrates |
and not refined metal Sll ,362, 2S2;
total payments OF dividends, includ
ing payment of June 10, 1909, 81 $780,
1856; total areal extent of ground |
mined to January !! 1909, 80 acres, a
considerable portion of which is at |
Doe Run; producing shafts, six, all |
located in the Flat River district |
(Nos. |, 2, 3, 4, S and -; abandoned ,
shafts, seven, four at Doe Run and |
three ut Flat River. Total daily |
capacity of mills, approximately |
$500 tons, estimating Columbia mill |
at 700 tons daily, Flat River mill at |
900 tons daily, and Doe Run mill |
at 900 tons daily. Calcine furnaces
are operated at Doe Run, but most
Of the ore roasting, as well as smelt- |
ing, is done at the Herculaneum
plant of the st. Joseph Lead Com |
pany. No company in the Lead |
Belt has made more improvements |
within the last few years than the
Doe Run. The first producer-gas |
engine plant in the Flat River dis
trict has been in successful opera
tion at the central power station in
Flat River for some time. The sue
cessful operation of the first units
of this plant caused the company to
install additional producers, making
total of ten producers. These are
installed in pairs and will perform
duty in pairs or all may be drawn
upon as needed Four Snow gas
engines are directly connected to the
generators and a high efficiency has
been obtained ut this plant. The
new mill of the Doe Run Company,
with n rated capacity of 1000 tons
daily, has recently been placed in
operation at Flat River. Under fav-
orable conditions this company bids
fair to be a contender for first rank
Ii.