The Harrison times., 1912-04-27

first Of the new year if the ore de-
post proves to be as extensive and
promising as the present prospect
indicates,
"The Pilot Rock Mining Co, con-
templates the building of the largest
mill in the Dodd City district, or Of
the North Arkansas field. The COM
pany has opened face Of ore 30 it.
high, and has not yet cut the full
width of the deposit In the prclm-
mary work the deposit has been
opened in several shafts along the
side, but the company has decided
to face up the entire hillside and mill
all the dirt. Present plans include
the erection Of a 4OO.ton concentrat-
ing plant
THE Red Cloud management
plans the building Of tramline
from Rush to some point on the
White River railroad to handle all
the ore from that camp, If this pro
icct is completed many owners OF
mining land in that camp will start
mining operations The Wheeler
Bros. operating the Bilcau near
Zine, are contemplating building n
mill as soon as they get enough mill
ing ore to justify it, The dissent
mated ore at this mine is very rich,
the dump being estimated at 8 to 10
per cent zinc and lead, 1t is alto
gcthsr likely that plant will be
built here,
MANY FAILURES DUE TO MISMAN-
AGEMENT.
"Propcrtics in the North Arkan-
sas field can be classified as follows;
Prospects developed from a few
shots into an outcrop, properties
where they are ready for n mill,
properties where there is not suIIl-
cicnt ore to run upon, properties
upon which there are both ore and
mills, but are run spasmodlcaIIy
and properties upon which there are
both ore and mills which are run
regularly The mines believed gem
orally to have sufficient ore to run
upon, and which are running spas
medically, are the Jack Pot, Bonan-
70, Silver Hollow, Lion Hill, BeuIah,
Macintosh in the Rush district on
Buffalo River the Alma, Madison,
Coon Hollow and lola in the Zinc
district; the Bcatcy, Monkey Hill
and Erie Ozark in the Kingdom
Spring district; the Pilot Rock,
Black Bear, Susquehonna and Ma.
lomis in the Dodd City district, and
several Others Of minor importance
scattered over the field, Most of
these mines run spasmodlcaIIy,
Some Of them were forced to close
down on account Of bad manage
mcnt, Others through lack Of mill
facilities Still others insufficient
capital, rcmotcness from railroad
lines, or insufficient prospect and de-
ycIopncnt work One Of the prin-
cipal reasons, however, has been in
the bad management. Like the Iop.
lin district, men Of any kind Of oc'
cupation other than trained mining
men, have been sent into the field as
managers mining properties, and
have spent thousands Of dollars
wostcmlly, A street car motormon
was one Of these He did not know
"iack" from lead, and eventually
his company got discouraged, a
very natural result. On another
property after q 100000 mill had
been built, q l0.ycar.old boy was
placed in charge to run the nine,
though he had never seen a zine
mine before in his life. He ran it
for / months, He ran everything
through the crushcr from i"It drill
to q slcdgc hammer, He ran it for
all the company was worth and
then it closed down, These are only
few Of the glaring errors in man
agcmcnt that existed widely in the
field. Had experienced mining men
been placed in charge Of these
properties there might have been q
different story to tell
TuE MADISON CAVE
"Not MI the mines operating or in
the field are "jack" mines Some
" "siIicatc" mines have been opened
with good deposits The Madison
near Zine, in Boone county Is one
Of the latter type, There are 500 #.
Of siIcatc ore faces so far opened up
in this mine, that will average from
.3to5 #, thick, There is also ore in
boulder form, free from rock up to
600 lbs. in weight. At one point III
the mine the heading broke into an