Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-22
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Miami Paper ExtOles Richness
Of Baxter Mines and LO-
Gates Them 'Tn Miami
:m. District"

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The Daily Record-Herald Of Miami,
| in It's Sunday edition, pays q glowing
tribute to the growth Of richness OF
the new Kansas Oklahoma lead and
zinc fields, but apparently with the
purpose Of misleading strangers, the
Record, Herald locates in the Miami
field important mining properties that
in reality are far removed from
Miami and within two or three miles
of Baxter Springs.
Hockerville, for instance, which the
Record Herald credits to the Miami
field, il within two and half miles
of Baxter. Most of the sensational
ore discoveries Of the past few
months in fact, are far removed from
Miami and all within a very short
distance Of Baxter Springs, the city
that is now, and will continue to be
the center Of this great ore field.
Barring the Record Herald's mis-
Heading statments relative to the field
belonging altogether to Miami, that
papers article is very good and the
| News is glad to reproduce 1t, as fol-
lows:
| While the Miami district is herald
ed far and wide as the greatest lead
and zinc field in the world, 1t might
be well to give few facts and figures
to prove this seemingly exaggerated
, claim. It has been said "the biggest
, | liar in the world could not begin to
oyerestimate it." and this is true.
This applies to the vast area already
developed. The so-called "wild cat"
territory is, of course, not considered
. in this broad claim. The proven field
. of operations only is considered.
Great Faces Of Ore
The greatest face Of ore that has
ever been discovered-200 feet-is
located in the vicinity of Hockerville,
(2k miles from Baxter). The assay
averaging above 10 per cent. This
body alone, with the high values
! shown, would require many years to
work out q five-acre tract. To say
that hundreds of acres of such ground
exist is no wild guess.
Richest Drill Cuttings
The greatest assay OF drill cuttings
vet discovered was taken out Of o
hole near st. Louis, two miles east
, of Pitcher, e miles southeast Of Bax-
teri which showed 73.44 per cent.
Assays from the immense lead and
zinc cave at the Laclede mine and
others in that vicinity are not avail
able, but those in position to judge
of its richness, declare it will surpass
ANYTHING ever discovered. 1t is safe
to say that many millions of dollars
\ worth of ore has been blocked out
ready for mining still remain in the
underground workings. Hundreds Of
millions will be taken from the proven
ground witnln a 10-mile radius Of
Il Miami during the next few years.
Big Returns to Date
The weekly returns from the sale
h of lead and zinc during the past two
H wears run well towards the $40 ,OOO,-
II 600 mark, and this vast sum is mere
Il ly a bagatel, compared with what will
H be sold in the years to come. To date
of the present year approximately
II $13,O00,000 has been sold.
Transportation Facilities
II No other mining field can boast
N of such q network Of railroads. In
truth the conditions are practically
perfect, In this respect, If for no
III other reason, the Miami district
N (meaning the Baxter-Picher district)
II Is in q class by itself. To say this
n field will treble, and probably quad
Il ripple in size and Importance within
Il another year is not an idle claim.
n land the increased growth will be
h altogether in the vicinity OF Baxter
Compared With Other Towns
A According to Luther V. Price, in
4. a recent opinion made for some Chi
cago capitalists and investors in this
N field. after q careful investigation,
i the recovery made by the mills in this
N field stands far and above anything
else in the waiter of safe and sound
N investment. He says.there Is no COM
III Dar1BOn DeCWeen JnlS anu OtitSR "OA'
i known zinc fields.
"The recovery in the Oklahoma
n Kansas district to date shows approx
I imately 8 per cent on an average
while that Of Joplin, for example, Is
4 between 2 and 4 per cent. Mimai
u (meaning Baxter-Picher) can truly
boast of having q profitable district
II inasmuch as the average profit per
ton is slightly above $50, while all
n others run around $40, which means
many millions Of dollars in favor Of
N This marvellous district. That the
Miami (Baxter-P icher) district is the
richest in the world by long odds
there is no question, and from my OBJ.
servation I would say, that Miami
will ere long, become the great fnan.
II cial center in Oklahoma" concluded
the expert. (But only q casual survey
of the field viii convince any man
that the great development in this
district Is moving directly toward
Baxter Springs and directly away
from Miami. The Record Herald, as
a booster for Miami, is surely all