The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-07
O0|NCS IN THE
ZINC FIELDS
MOST CONSERVATIVE REPORT
FROM FIELDS WILL BE NOTED
WITH INTEREST HERE.

i. A. Hill of Davis, in an article
al bearing in the Manufacturers Rec
ord of last week, has written sonic
thing that will be of interest TO peO-
ple in the city who are interested In
the Arbuckle field Following is the
article:
The first carload of high-grade zinc
concentrates was shipped from DatIs.
Okla. by the United Mining & Milling
CO. on the 25th Of October. Compos-
ing this company are some OF the sue
cessful operators from other mining
districts, who came into the field ear
ly. The product is SO per cent con-
centrate, and will sell at about SAB
per ton. Probably no one thiag touid
tow be of more service in bringing
to the attention of mining men and
zinc producers the value Of tho new
Dayis-Arbuckle field than this shiD-
ment. Because the values are more
finely disseminated in the Danyuo
here than in many of tn well known
fields, It has been stated often Dy
operators elsewhere and Dy certain
members of the staff of the state Sc
ologist that the ores could not he
cleaned. The mill Treparins these
concentrates for the smelter does not
differ in any essential from nils ~
other localities. It is equipped with
crusher and rolls, and with two
five-cell jigs and a separating table
made in Joplin. The capacity is aborr
20 tons per day. The mineral content
of the rock, mine run, is about IL
per cent values. The supply of dirt
for operations in sight is apparently
inexhaustible.
"The mine at the location of this
mill is an open quarry face, and the
tracks are in the ground not to eX-
ceed a depth of 20 feet. The ore bod
les nthe district offer many locations
where mining is as cheap and .eaSi-
BILE as at this mill, and the values
probably run about the same. An5tn.
er mill is now partly in the field, and
its erection and operation is said to
be but a question of the time neces'
sary to get the equipment to the noun
tains. Contracts have been made for
other mills, and much ground opera
tions are now going on.
The mineralzed zone is abont 2i
miles long and from 100 feet 20
quarter of a mile in width. The near
est point of the railway to the field
is eight miles. There are fairly good
wagon roads from Davis to the mines,
and the county is now expending some
road funds in making additional roads
and laying out new ones. The WASH
ita river has but one bridge leading
to the camps, and while the river s
fordab,e in many places during low
water. loads can with difficulty he
pulled over 1t. The Santa Fe has
made many examinations of the alS-
trict. with a view to determining the
feasibility of n line to the camps.
Some assurances have been given re-
Gently that such a spur would be
built soon.
"The lands upon which the mines
are located were Indian allotments,
and the titles are perfect. But little
of the field is now in the ownership
of the original allottee. and but
small fraction of 1t is restricted from
sale. or alienation, by reason OF de-
partmental regulations governing In"
| dian lands. A mining claim cannot
be taken. but the lands can be bought
or leased from present holders. The
prices for purchase outright are high,
but leasing agreements are liberal and
attractive. The royalties are from 10 to
25 per cent and the bonuses had for
leases runs from $40 TO $500 per
acre.
MANY of the leading mining syndi-
Gates and companies of the world are
now represented in the district in ac-
uuiring lands and leases, and the field
is very active. The disclosures of
large bodies of pay mineral in the
| field has stimulated the drilling for
natural gas and oil in nearby locali-
ties in order to develop cheap fuel for
smelters and mills"
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