The Harrison times., 1911-03-04
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SenCe on business.
One OF the most important min
eral strikes so far found in this sec
tion has been found two and a half
miles northeast of Olvev on what is
known as the old Fulbright prop
erty, now owned by L. Storthz, of
Little Rock, Ark The property is
leased by W. q. Stahl, a young man
from the Missouri School of Mines,
and W. Hanson, from Illinois. Mr.
Hanson has spent several years in
the Joplin district. There is now
fully forty tons of ore on the dump.
The ore is of a high grade jack,
which runs very high percent zinc
an average much higher than the
Joplin run of ore. 1t is the intention
of Messrs. Stahl and Hanson to
fully develop the property. They
will install modern machinery to do
the developing. From present indi-
cations this property is the best
mineral proposition in the mineral
fields of Arkansas, and experienced
miners who have examined the prop
erty do not hesitate TO pronounce
their faith in it. There is enough ore
now on the dump to keep a mill
going for some time.
What is believed TO have been an
old Spanish mine has been discov-
cred on property belonging to F. E.
Patrick. About two weeks ago an
aged man appeared in this section,
and while here acted very mvster-
iously, spending much of his time
examining the rocks, and looking
for old Spanish marks on trees and
rocks. No one paid much attention
to him, not even enough to inquire
his name. All that is known of him
is that he formerly lived in Kansas
City, and that his first name is
Charlie He suddenly disappeared
early Saturday morning and moth
ing has been seen of him since. Be-
fore he left he appeared before Mrs.
Patrick very much out of breath,
asking for her husband. On being
told that Mr., Patrick was some
where about the farm, the old man
begged Mrs Patrick to accompany
him to an old ledge or cave a short
distance from the house. She was
very busy at the time, but the old
man was so insistent, saying he
wanted her to know about the for
saken mine before he died, that she
left her work and went with him.
The location shows peculiar marks
upon the rocks and trees, and the
earth at one time removed and the
shaft later filled up. The night
before the old man left, he overheard
a conversation between Mrs. Pat
rick and a gentleman from Spring
field, Mo. This gentleman had old
Spanish maps and records and has
found the locations referred to in the
ancient records. Specimens of the
ore taken from the shaft have been
sent away and assayed high grade
of both gold and silver by both Chi
cago and Springfield assayists.
This gentleman hopes within a
short time TO make public the entire
story of this remarkable discovery,
but for the present requests that his
name be not mentioned. He was
offered 81 100000 for the maps and
records by Chicago parties before he
ever located the property His dis
covering the mine was by the merest
accident There are four Others as
sociated with him in the develop
ment of the property, Another SIN
gular fact is connected with this
story, and that is that the old shaft
was discovered on government land.
These parties have already taken
steps, however, TO protect their in
terests None of these parties are
known here, although it is under
stood that one Of them formerly
owned a meat market at Harrison