Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-18
, Lead and Zinc Notes

MIAMI, Okla, Dec. 1.-THE Santa
Fo Mining company is still finding
valuable ore deposits in its lease near
Hockerville, tho thirtieth hole fin
ished last week, showing about the
richest of any so far drilled. The
Santa Fe mill is almost finished but
work on 1t had to be stopped on ac-
count OF the bad weather. The third
shaft has been sunk to a depth Of
about 20 feet and will be pushed with
all possible speed. 1t is now thot the
Santa Fe will be ready to so into
commission about February Is.
The st. Louis Smelling e Refining
Co, Is sinking another shaft on the
two hundred acre lease south of the
Ontario Smelling companys hold
ings. The shaft has only reached a
depth of about sixty feet The forty
acre tract on which the shaft is be-
ing sunk is the only forty in the two
hundred acre tract that has been
tested out but on it there have been
sunk forty holes nearly all of them
being good and some showed an as
say of 80 per cent.
Cowell & Gilbert are putting down
shaft on the George Meese lease
west of the Ontario Smelling con;
pany's property south of Hocker-
Vile. This lease Is one of the richest
in the entire field according to the
drill records and as Il has been thor
oily drilled it is thot that a mill will
soon be under construction there. The
rev shaft is down only forty feet
The Ontario Smelling company Is
nil Wit ho
1f the new smelling plant south OF
Hockerville. Just before this cold
weather set i'm one hundred men were
employed on the work and just as
coon as the weather modcrates again
they will rush the buildings to COM
pletion. The big bag room is nearly
completed, the bricklayers only need
ins day and half TO finish rneir
ork on it, The furnace room will
be done in about four days and work
on the engine room and ore room naa
commenced. A big amount of equip
ment is lying about the different
buildings. ready to be installed and II
the weather-is not too severe 1t will
not be long before the Miami mining
district will have lead smelter in
operation.
1t is reported that j. c. Barnett
president OF the Horse Shoe Mining
company, has sold a twenty-acre
lease with the shaft in the ore, north
west of Quapaw. for a consideration
of $65.000 and 20 per cent royalty.
The purchasers are prominent men
from Wetumka and Holdenville.
A rich strike of lead and zinc ha,
just been made near Strang, Mayes
county, according to w. c. Darlington
Mr.. Darlington had samples of lead
taken from the hole. which were
practically pure. The strike Is Il
miles east OF Strang, and about
twenty miles east of the Arkansas
line. II was made at a depth of only
~ feet and mining men who saw the
samples declare IL high grade ore. II
is not known how deep the face is, as
the drill has not been sent thru It,
Plans are being perfected TO develop
the property. The syndicate which
has lease on the land consists OF
one man and three women, Mrs. Il. NJ
Gwyn, Mrs. Rosa Morris. Mrs A. NJ
Decker and w c. Darlington.
The federal government has be-
come interested in the Miami mining
district since the recent discovery of
potash in Ottawa county. a recent
assay Of the ore from the Indian
Queen mine. located near st. Louis
which showed potash to the amount
of 50 to the ton is attracting a great
deal of attention. The Indian Queen
t0re was assayed b.: A. NJ. Beam. OF
Denver, one of the foremost men In
his profession in the United States
Mr.. Walker has forwarded to the Uni
ted States Geological bureau a de-
tailed description OF the location and
surroundings where this mineral was
found Enclosed with his. own papers
were n verifcation of his assay by
the Oklahoma School of Mines and
another by well-known Chicago
assayer.
With the scarcity OF potash for all
purposes in the United States the dis
covery of this mineral in Ottawa
county is an important one. and
means added wealth to what Is now
conceded TO be the richest mining dis
trict In the world.
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