Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-06
Lead and Zinc

have shaft down to ore without in y?
vesting anything except the labor OF
the members OF the company, all OF
whom are miners
few months ago Pat McGinnis, q
miner, descended a cave northeast OF
Quapaw to a depth of fifty feet by the
aid of rope held by friends and
found quite a lot of lead nugget. |
whereupon he organized a company OF
five practical miners who had no
money but were willing to give out OF
their wages to prospect for mine.
They had no money to pay for drill
ing a hole, but took long chance ana
began a shaft near the cave trusting to
luck and their judgment OF formation
to guide them.
Yesterday the sinkers began to enter
the ore bed at a depth of fifty feet.
exactly at the point where they figured
they would find 1t. and ii is thot that
something pretty rich will be the re-
ward for their sacrifice.
The Prairie Lead company, c. O.
Bidwell, of Kansas City. and asso-
clates, has made a discovery on Its
lease at Sunnyside that Is interesting
especially to them. as the mine aban-
doned there as worthless will prove to
be one Of the best in that part of the
district
| Inc OTleildi opNiAtoio Sam wv
shafts to ore and drifted about n
hundred feet, but gave the project up
after spending several thousands of
dollars in developing a lease that they
concluded was worthless.
When the new company purchased
the lease. the shafts were cleaned out
but holes were sunk to see II 1t would
be advisable to sink another shoft.
when a run of splendid stuff was To-
Ipofpd feet 1aanar than the SHAFT
had been sunk one of the holes show
| ing 80 feet of the ore and another 80
feet
Another good strike has been made
! at the Red Eagle at Sunnyside in the
drill hole near the shaft where the
great output of lead is being taken
lout.
The face Of the run is thirty feet
and the cuttings show that the find is
an unusually rich one.
The Red Eagle mill Is nearing COM
plction but the work has slowed up
In the last few days on account Of a
car of lumber failing to arrive.
The new mill of the u. s. Smelling
company located across the Kansas
line, has begun operations. The new
plant is one of the largest and best
equipped in the district, being 500 tons
capacity and being equipped with the
latest machinery, among which is a
ball MILL which Is one of about three
In the district. an oil flotation plant
and a Door thickener and a classifier.
The mill will handle ore from two
shafts several hundred feet apart in
which is being carried on at IA 200
foot level.
Work Is progressing on the mill
which is being built on the Good Luck
lease Just east of the Lead Boy at
Sunnyside and it is thot that IL will
be in operation in about six weeks
The new mill will be Of 200 tons
-combination affair, equipped to handle
tailings as well as ground as the plant
will be built on the site Of the old
Good Luck, which left an enormuos
pile Of tailings when il was moved
away few years ago.
The Auroua Mining company has
brought in one of the best strikes In
shaft on its lease in a Sunnyside
field that has yet been found in this
section.
One of the peculiar things about
the Aurora is that the drill hole
showed only 1888 per cent stuff.
while the dirt from the shaft runs 25
per cent.
]. C.. Robb and company OF Kan
70 sas City, who are operating on a To-
acre lease at Sunnyside. began today
TO move the old Ino mill from Chit
wood, Mo-, to their mine which they
have named the Lucky Jim.
Fourteen holes have been sunk, all
of them being good but two and one
Of them assayed IA per cent.
u-t.
ington Mining company at Hooker
vile has two shafts in the ore and the
hoppers are being RAPIDLY filleG.
Drill records show 30-foot face OF
ore, but the shafts indicate that it Is
richer than the drill cuttings showed
The Pennington has erected six
hundred-ton mill and it is expected
will begin operations the first of th'
year
The Lucky Strike Lead & Zinc Co.
operating on a lease near st. Louis
has started the erection Of q large
capacity mill which will be completed
in n very short time. The Lucky Strike
company really bears out Its name for
II has been extremely lucky as shown
by the recent assay of the ore which
is now being taken from its shaft
This ore which Is Of good face
showed 81 per cent blende from one
hole and "a per cent from another
which Is said to be the richest pei
cent OF blende yet discovered In the
entire Oklahoma field. r. l.. Austir
is president OF this company and 1,
war he who located their mine In the
st. Louis field about year ago wher
.. that field was considered outside ol
the mining district and wildcat prop
erty. Both shaft and mill work !,
Progressing rapidly and It Is expected
to have the mill operating soon after
the first Of the year.
The construction of mill on thu
Ottawa Mining company's lease JUS
north Of Quapaw is progressing nicely
The Ottawa company just recentlj
: purchased the old Ramage No. mil
ut Carterviile and have moved 1t 4
the lease and are now rebuilding II
The Ottawa company has o goot
which is now operating their mill
Oklahoma City capitalists are th'
principal stockholders In the Ottawi
company and also own the Rainbow