The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23

rODaDle extension OF the district
n whole, Joplin is the big lead dis
trict of the world, but the gross
value of Joplin's lead, including n
considerable amount of ore raised
from the mines of Oklahoma and
Kansas, does not equal the net
profit Of the five companies operat-
ing in st. Francois county
The gopher-hole mines of Jasper
county do produce zinc, the total
value for 1907 having been 1877 ,9l3.
The lead production Of Jasper
county in 1907 was S2,36l ,4G2. There.
were engaged in mining in the Jop-
lin district in 1907 total of 266 CON
Germs, exclusive of considerable
number Of individual lessees, oper-
ating with windlasses and hand-jies.
The shallow depth of the deposits
in the Joplin district, together with
the ease with which the ore Is taken
out, have resulted in extensive adj
vcrtising of that section. Two men
can operate mine with an original
investment OF $1,000. This cheap
ness of operation Is what has made
the Joplin district so well known to
the world. 1t has offered invest
ment to the man of small means,
while st. Francois county offers
little or nothing except to the man
b or company with at least half n
million as an original Investment,
and million is better. 1t is said,
though there is no authentic basis
for the statement, that the Federal
Lead COmpany's account of eXpen-
l ditures in land and improvements in
| the Flat River district totals about
/ .l2 900, 900. But n safer investment
I in mining could not be found.
Comparison With Only Rival.
The statement made heretofore
that the Flat River country Is the
u premier lead district of the United
- States will he challenged immediate.
~ ny HldJ'llNN VI I'iH''H WIZ
9 may be familiar with the aggregate
, production of the Occur d'Alent
- district Of Idaho.
g 1t is true that the Occur d'Alenes
have produced metallic lead wortl
SIIG, G0G, 800, inclusive ri the veal
1905. This value is based upor
u smelter returns. The Flat Bivel
= district has produced lead wortl
$40, 000, 900 or over, inclusive of thu
- year 1905. This value is based upoI
= worth of concentrates, and not upoi
y, smelted returns. The metal cOnten
. of these concentrates, less 81, thu
=. average loss in smelling, would b'
y worth considerably more than SO,
-" OOO,O 900.
= However, considered properly, tn
," Occur d'Alene district falls int
" three distinct groups of mines, eacl
group separated from the other tw'
:. by areas practically non-metallifer
Gus. The area within which thes
A. three camps are incluueu IL INV
" than three times as large as tn
Flat River district, and, to II grea
" extent, each of these groups, whicl
" are usually known as the Mullan
Wardner and Burke-Mace camps, |
distinctly different in its mineralog,
from the others.
This is not true of the Flat Rive
~ district, for here the ore bodies ar
= practically continuous from Bonn
" Terre to Flat River, and includin
> the Leadwood section.
- Thus the Flat River district
~ properly one camp and as such
or Il much heavier producer than an
-. two of the three camps which al
=, included in the Occur d'Alene dii
:, trict. Viewed in this light the Fill
,o River Lead Belt is far and away 81
"a greatest lead district in the Unite
States.
Idaho Mines Like Skyrockets.
-. AS earners of dividends, for brit