Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

to be sold at sheriff's sale in st.
Louis on August 10th and it is I'M
derstood that a rich Pittsburg
syndicate stand ready to buy it in
and imediately resume operating
it. Later, it is, said, a new and
much larger plant will be erected
in st. Louis which will afford a
continuous market for all of the
iron ore mined in this state. Re-
cent tests have proven that the
southern ores, as the ores of Mis-
souri, and Alabama are classified,
are much superior ores for steel
rails than the ore of the lake re-
gions. This has created a de-
mand for the southern product
and it is predicted that the large
steel mills of the east will soon
turn this way for their ore.-Wayne
County Journal.
Judge G.. o. Nations, defeated
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for Prosecuting Attorney
in the Primary Election in st,
Francois county Tuesday last,
it is said, will contest the election
on the grounds that the judges OF
elrction at various precincts failed
and refused to count a number of
ballots that had been cast for him.
The ballots which it is alleged the
election officials failed to count
contained the name of Judge Ma
tions only, the voters scratching
all the other Republican candi-
dates. On the face of the returns
Judge Nations was defeated by
seven votes.
According to a report just issu-
ed by the Missouri Geological Sur
vey there are millions of tons OF
iron ore in the Ozark regionawait-
ing the miners pick. According
to this volume Missouri has a
greater variety of iron ores than
any State in the Mississippi valley
and although mining has been
carried on for over a century there
are hundreds of deposits that
have not been worked and which,
if properly developed, can pro-
duce sufficient ore to support a large
smelling industry. Missouri has
produced 10000, 900 tons of iron
ore, the mining camps being re-
stricted largely to four producing
areas, viz: ~ the granite region
at Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob;
(2) the central Ozarks; (3) the
southeastern Ozark counties; az
Green and Christian counties.
Although Iron Mountain and Pilot
Knob have produced more than
5000, 900 tons, these deposits still
contain minable ore. Deposits in
the central Ozarks are producing
a high grade hematite; the Cherry
Valley mines alone having pro-
duced over zoe, 1000 tons. These
deposits occur chiefly in Phelps,
Dent, Crawford and Franklin
counties. The brown ores, or
limonites, of Southeast Missouri
have hot been mined extensively
although hundreds of deposits dot
the hilltops in Wayne, Howell,
Oregon, Ripley, Shannon and
Reynolds counties. Each of the
various types of ore occurs under
certain geologic conditions that
have a direct bearing upon the
methods of prospecting and de-
velopment. The report, which
contains over 500 pages, describes
in detail just how each kind of ore
occurs, and describes zbriefly over
800 known deposits. 1t contains
a geologic map of the State and
county maps showing the location
of all deposits. This volume
should be in the hands of those
interested in iron lands or iror
mining. Copies may be obtained
by addressing H. A. Buehler
State Geologist, Rolla, Missouri
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