Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-02-15
MINES ADD WEALTH
Increased Activity b \ Fea.
ture in the Mansfield
Mining District

winning AsStStCt
The growth and development
! Of the mining industry in Mans
field and vicinity recently ha:
been little short of marvellous
Tears ago this community was
l'Oked upon as a good mining
country, even in the face of the
low prices being paid at the time
for all kinds of ore, but now, in a
: high ore market, attention has
bein forcibly directed to the i'm.
mense latent possibilities Of the
! Mansfield mining districts. and
much work has been done tc
bring ont the wealth for all these
! years has lain beneath the sur
! face Of the Ozarlss in Wright
county. Since the recent revival
Of the industry here ore to the
| value of$2O, 900. 90 has been mined
and that is not a drop in the buc
s,et to what there il to be mined
I, Every once in a while some min
'ar will make il rich strike, and
I there are innumarab,e other rich
strises to be made. The money
that is made in the mining indus
terry is just that much to the
! good of the country. Some one
! mas said that the only true wealth
IS that which is made out Of the
earth; viz, that is the only way in
which the wealth of the country
is actually increased. Mining
and farming are the two ways in
which the money may be actually
dug out of the earth, and mining
the vast ore resources abonnding
here on every hand seems to be
the easiest and quickest way OF
getting at the wealth. Talk about
buried treasure. You do not need
to go to SONS island in the ,Suuth
seas to find it, Get a pick and
shovel and get a spot around
Mansfield and go to work and dig
it up. Many,of the places. here
! +'t1sseheea-an ntt.af,e t.sasas -ssairr-e
just that way, while some deer
shafts have heen SINK.
Last week in company with A.
| IT. Friend and Berry Perkins, a
Mirror representative made a
trip to the Lone Elm lead mine in
The Lead Hill district, about 2hs
miles west of Mansfield. The
shaft at the Lone Elm has been
sunk to depth of l35 feet. with
tunnels branching off 1t depth
of IS feet, the mine being tim,
bered to that depth, and being
! rock bound the rest of the dis.
tance. There is mill at this
! mine and much fine ore has beer
and is ) till being takeu frnni the
earth, here. .a
Jack and si|icato mines, rs vel
IS lead mines, are around here
| in number, some being Old mines
which are again being worked
and some being new discoveries
Our people are becoming inter
ested to a greater degree thar
aver before. and We anticipate
great things from our mines, be
cause there Is so much proven
mineral land that there is nc
doubt of mining being a paying
proposition here.
r. r. Divan of Springfield and
| WIN. Divan,S.W Carter and Sam
Erwin have taken lease on 81
acres of the Gaskill farm,6 miles
north of Mansfield. This is pro
ven mineral land, considerable
silicate and jack having beer
mined and shipped from there
S. w. Carter has bought tn
Phelps l. Short leased the New
ton farm, including about 25 tom
Of silicate already mined. al
took out 600. pounds of lead il
one day.
CIV. Miller is doing considera
hle work on his, land in the wa,
Of mining.
}, A Sunday dispatch from Jor
j lin in the St. Louis Globe-Demt
crat quotes lead at $loSa ton q
the close of last week, "a new hig
!, record.
$ Gas in the stomach or boweI
n is a disagreeable symptom OF