Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-04
Zinc and Lead Notes

Special 10 The World
MIAMI, Okla, Dec. 3.-The Eleven
O'Clock Mining company made ,up
for the most part OF Springfield and
Marshfield Mo-. men, will soon begin
the construction work If an up-to-
date conc' ntrating plant AT its lease
northeast OF Quapaw. A shaft Is be-
Ing srnk on mill site where the drill
showed an unusually rich ore bed.
The lease is on the Abrams land
near the Sunnyside district.
The Lucky Joe Mining company
has purchased the Big Six mine at
Sunnyside across the road from the
Jack Rabbit. Just north of the Red
Eagle, and from now on IL will be
known as the Lucky Joe mine.
The company Is made up of the fol-
Loving Miami. Ell Reno and NARROW
parties: j. j. Busin, of MARROW. Texas,
president. f. w. Blackford. Miami,
vice president: A. X. Wilder. secre
tary- treasurer. and Mathews Of FL
Reno. manager.
One Sof the officers Of the COM
pany in answer TO a query, stated
that there is 5000 worth of ore on
the ground at the mine and that al
speed will be used In getting mil
built, which he was sure would be
NiAIll NiNAN hdN
The Eldorado Mining company has
its 250-ton mill ready for operation
and will begin the first of this week
The Eldorado mill was formerly the
Z. II. & NJ. at Duenweg, Mo. but was
purchased by the Eldorado people and
moved TO their lease near St Louis
one shaft Is now in ore which is OF
very high grade and another shaft is
down 100 feet. As feet from the ore
W. q. Catron OF Kansas City and
associates are the owners of the Ell
dorado.
]. =. Mathews OF FL Reno Is in the
city looking after the interests OF the
Billiken mine near st. Louis, in (which
| he Is a heavy stockholder.
Some very good ore has been struck
at the Billiken within the last few
days and the company Is making every
effort to rush a mill to completion In
the least time possible.
The Laclede Mining company. OPP
orators Of the most spectacular lead
mine in the district, has given away
many pounds of lead to those who
have visited the mine in the few
months II has been in operation.
The Pittsburgh Miami Mining com.
/ pany is erecting a 5O0-ton mill be.
/ tween Picher, Blue Mound -dnd st
/ Louis. The frame OF the building II
up and several smaller buildings have
/ been completed.
Two shafts are part way down tC
the ore, which officers Of the company
state is good but not OF an especially
high grade.
/ II is reported from what is though
TO be reliable sources that the Mer-
rill Mining company has purchased
the Inspiration mine at Treece but 4
4 is not known what the consideration
was
/ The Inspiration was one of the
rich mines of the district, having two
sh1tts in good ore
| The<Stlndrrd Zinc & Lead Co. ha'
just about completed the moving OF
the old Nesuvious mill from th'
vicinity of Carthage. TO its plant north
of Tar River, across the road from
the Hare mill
II II now thot the mill will hC
ready for operation this week and
ms there rs big pile of pay dirt Il
will be possible to run regularly from
the first
/ Work is progressing at the Mar,
I Anne mine Just west of the Merrill
/ holdincs. The sinkers are down II
the shaft to a depth .of 65 feet and
/ two drills are at work drilling out
/ n mill site. =
Clark and Cole of Tar River arc
moving the old JRed Bird mill OF neai
Carthage, 10 their lease. The shafts
/ are down to ore and the mill will bo
/ ready TO run within a few weeks.
The Crazy Snake mine, the property
of Brown Head 4 Co. js being worked
steadily. altho there Is nothing being
/ done towards putting up a:mill.
The company had a stiff water fight
some time ago but now the water has
been conquered.
| Tho dirt which is being taken out OF
/ the mine at present Is only about
, 3 or per cent stuff but some very
rich strikes have been made across
tho creek from the shaft and Il 1,
/ thought that the two drifts which are
Icing driven will find them hcfor;
very long.
| The Triangle Mines company has
begun the construction OF 150-tor
mill at Commerce that may he In
,rease,h, 30 $50 tons as soon az th'
output Of the mines will warrant II
! The Triangle people secured tn,
lease only a short time ago, after II
J had been in litigation for severa
years and at once began to clean out
n shaft that had 6een sunk thru three
rams OF ore.
The new mill will have several bins
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