The Harrison times., 1915-10-09
MINING NOTES

Geo. Mclean and others have
started mining work on Water
creek.
A car of high grade concentrates
was shipped last Saturday from the
Beatty mine.
The new mill recently erected at
the Markle mine, by W. A. McCurry
will be started next week,
A new mill is being erected on the
Allison property in Searcy county
which recently sold for SIC, 900,
The new operators have began
work al the Maumee mines. Their
machinery has not arrived vet, but
is expected soon.
States Geologist, John 7, Fuller
who is operating the Speer Mine in
Newton county, says they are pro.
ducing good ore.
The Seawell Bros. will this week
ship a car of ore from their Blue
Flag mine, and also a car from
their White Eagle mine.
n ]. Andrews, manager of the
Gov. Eggle, says he is now working
three good faces of ore and that the
mine is showing up better than
ever.
c. NJ. Fenton bought out Jones
Murphy and Maloney on the Frisco
sub.lease which has fine face ore.
They are making about a ton of ore
per day,
The Pyatt NJ ining Company run
their mill part of last week enough
to get everything ready for regular
work. A new steam drill will be
put to work this week.
The Markle mill near Dodd City
was completed this week and put in
operation. After the mill gets settl-
ed and they get things all strung
out, the Markle mine should pro-
duce its car of ore week.
Elias Barham, we'll known cat
tie man of Boone county, has quit
the cattle business for zinc mining
Last week be shipped two cars of
high grade silicate valued at $4,000
that cost him 5000 to mine. He
says that mining beats cattle busi-
ness and that he is in it to stay
Baxter Bulletin.
pHOne Of the best mines in North
Arkansas, the Big Hurricane" near
Plndal, Ark, was sold last Wednes-
davt the Sheppard interest for
$4,000. The Hurricane" will be
put in full working order as soon as
new machinery can be installed. An
added force of 80 men will be put to
work at the mine at once. .-Everton
Star.
There is renewed activity at Elixir,
between Lead Hill and Bergman,
and several Of the old mining digs
over there have been reopened
recently. Messrs Hicks and Seson
of Henrietta, Okla, are operating
several of the hillside mines The
Elixir company has now about half
a car of ore ready for shipment it
has been reported. The company
will begin operation in the shaft,
which is lead proposition, Oct. 10.
A steam hoist which was installed
there several years ago will be put
to work again. Lead Hill News.
The ore shipments from the south
part of the district during the month
Of September exceed any previous
month. The Red Cloud and Morn
ing Star each put out some 2OO tons
while the Shepherd mines including
the Philade lphia and Mcintosh at
Rush, and the Sure Pop, on Water
creek, have approached 400 tons, if
not exceeded that figure. The pro-
/ ducton of ore from the mines in the
south side of the district for Septem-
Der will run close to 80 cars, or
1000 tons. The Zinc camp broke all
monthly records in September for
zinc ore production, shipping out
ten cars during the month. The
carload shippers were l.. T. Westrich
w. H. Almy, Elias Barham and
c, NJ, Fenton, l. l., Brown was
the heaviest shipper, but included in
his shipments was the production Of
the smaller operators whose ore he
buys Shipments from the Dodd
City and Kingdom Springs camps will
total FIVE cars, giving the north side
of the field a total of fifteen cars for
the month. With good weather
conditions, the mines now in opera.