Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-02
Mining News

Scheuermann,
AS we go east on the Frisco
railroad and just before we come
to the overhead bridge, on the
north side of the track is found a
foreign stratum of rock, a flint
lime and tiff Such outcroppings
of rock seem to be strangers in
these parts. There seems to be
an opening to the north and south
and John Carter may do well to
sink test hole on his residence
lot near the right-of-way. AS we
go east about 20 rods on the
south side of the track, we come
to an iron ore deposit. Large
chunks lay along the bank here,
If this ore proves to be of high
quality an iron ore mine might be
started here. AS we travel east
and at the west end of the blue
cut on the north of the right-of'
way we come to a fssure run Of
silicate; this can be seen on the
bank, and a shaft had been sunk
there and several cars of silicate
shipped. The Frisco railroad
owns this 40 acres of land; half
lies on the north side and half on
the south side of the track. This
same fi>sure run goes through
the Fellows mining property to
the south and angles through the
W. O Williams farm. Now as we
go east and Just before We get to
Coker, we go into the George W.
Miller land to look at his mining
prospects and a cave that he is
developing. but Rufus says:
Here's where I'm lost! l can
not get my bearings" So we
travelled up one rut and down an
other, and oh, such deep canyons
and gulches, with ice hanging
from the larger cliffs. Frank get
dry for a drink, and, while down
in the deepest gulch. Rufus was
going to push a volcanic boulder,
as big as a house, down the hill;
so, while Frank was climbing up
the mountain side, Rufus called
to him: Come here" Frank
thought it was money Rufus had
found, but it was nothing but
lead nuggets. We felt good in
finding this mineral and conclud.
el the whole mountain side was
good ground to prospect on. Here
are monster volcanic bOulders.
some as house. y regiment OF
soldiers could hide behind some
of those layers. Now we travel
on TO see if we can find the Miller
diggings. At last we come to the
place where Mr.. Miller is mining.
The rock that he has blasted out
looks good and seems to b. min
eralized In part of this rock you
can see the lead. So now we
travel to the cave he is develop
ing. With some lower blasting
we think he may encounter the
cave entrance
n, l.. Fellows, Springfield
wagon maker, has owned what
is known as the Fellows farm :
miles from Mansfield for
the last So or 40 years. Some
| 30 years ago stranger drlfted
onto this farm and commenced
to dig for ore. His success at
first was limited, and he will be
remembered by some of the old
settlers as one who looked like
anything but an experienced
miner Later. however, he took
out good many thousands OF
pounds of ore and hauled it a.
way. His prospect was named
by the neighbors the Barlow
Diggings, comparing his efforts
to a Barlow knife. Some years
later a shaft was sunk about q
, feet on this place, striking some
, ore, but the shaft was abandon
ed. This week, however, N. L
: Fellows visited Mansfield, ant
contemplates re opening TIN
shaft, and spoke to Rufus Chan
dler about experimenting tn
work in case he decides to dc
velop the mine.
Joplin is soon going to be pu
q clear out of business as a minin
10 center. Gainesville and Man:
., field are making a bid for fir:
l,on aud ;f thnrn iS aS mnC