Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
Immense Sums Being Spent
and to Be Spent Here
IN MANSFIELD MINING DISTRICT
New Field Is Attracting Considerable Attention
and Numerous Companies Are Being
Organized for Work Here

That over a mil ion dollars has
already been subscri ribed for the
purpose Of prospecting in the
Mansfield mining district was
the statement made by promi'
nent mining man to q Mirror
representative today. That he
believed this district one which
would attract the attention ofthe
mining world IS q statement
mads by a man who is said to be
one of the best posted in mining
of any man in the United States.
Dreams are coming true.
1t is a matter of history that
lead and zinc ore are found in
neatly every county in the south
central parts of the state. Zinc
ore has been mined in CONNER
cial quantities in Is counties,
nearly all of which are producers
of lead, Missouri produces near
ly 80 per cent of the zinc pro.
duced in the United States, we
understand, the Joplin and st.
Francois county districts being
the most productive in the past.
However, in recent years.. atten
ton is being attracted 10 other
counties which bid fair to sur
pass all other parts Of the state
ard, The. United States. !.
Our attention is called to a new
field Mansfield, in Wright coun'
ty. the Gem City of the Ozarks.
You may wonder where Mans
field got it's nom de plumaofGem
City. We might tell you that a
little bird told a man one time
Just a few years ago, that while
this picturesque, rough and rug
esd country was not ranked as
the best farming land in tile
world, it was valuable for poul,
try, stock and fruit raising and
the inhabitants have lived here
comfortably for years, and that
the Gem lies in the hills unde'
veloped; strange story. isn't 1t!
But dreams sometimes come
true, and the old saying that
necessity is the mother OF inven
ton, in a crude way applies to
this casp. The very fact that
MANY ore producing fields are
playing out after years of deyel'
opmept, producing untold mil
lions. of wealth. causes the plum
yer 10 search for newer fields
After careful investigation, men
of means, who are anxious to &c
things, step off the train at Mans
field aud plan a search for the
bullet to puncture "K"iser Bill. y
Now, getting down to the r' a.
stuff, we are facing facts, wit
Messing developments; drills are
in op. ration; mining mills are un
der construction; thousands ol
acres have been leased; severa
different companies are in tht
field,
The Mansfield Mining & De
velopment Co. has one drill II
operation and two more ordered
from the factory. Men from
Buffalo, New York, Kansas City
Chicago, Joplin, Springfield
Mansfield and other places ur'
interested in this company.
Another company, known Al
the Breler Sterh, Sharp MininI
Co. Of Okmulgee, Okla, has two
drills in operation and Thousand
of acres leased. They are drill
ing as fast as the weather wi
permit.
The Mansti, Id Lead q Zin
Syndicate Of okmuIRee is a CON
pany Just organized, which 10 :
spend $50, 900 prospecting hert
Several geologists have Gee
employed to inspect this me-
field in the past 9 months an
the result is an influx OF well u
do men willing 10 develop tn
field, Enuosh capital has pra'