The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-09

the Commercial and Financial
World, and Mr.. Johnson reports de
velopments on this lease are pro-
crossing rapidly and satisfactorily.
Miami Record-Herald. The re-
cent low price OF ore has not damp
ened the ardor OF many new com
panies drilling out mill sites and
sinking shafts. They declare that
ore values will recover soon and ex-
press the belief that the fierce battle
now raging in Franc has much to do
with unsatisfactory ore prices at this
time.
|. NJ. Putnam, who is drilling out
4 tract of land on the northeast
quarter OF the southeast quarter OF
section 23-29-22, has made two good
strikes in the first drill holes sunk
there, the drill showing a 30-foot
face Of good ore in both. The last
strike was made the first Of the
week. The Putnam lease is an espc-
cially rich section OF the field, it
joining the Bluebird No. 3 lease on
the northwest and being surrounded
by splendid mines and mills.
The Medical Mining Company, SO
named on account OF II having been
made up mostly Of medical practi-
TONERS, is erecting 250-ton gas
driven mill on its 40-acrc lease
southeast Ct St. Louis, near the Nc
Curdy mill. The medical people
have their shaft to the 209-foot level
and has begun to drift in the p
foot vein OF rich ore through which
the sinkers have just passed. The
companys officers are; DR.. +. 5.
Lain, president; DR.. c S Bobo, vice.
president; William NJ. Franklin,
secretary; J. b. Dudley, treasurer,
all OF Oklahoma City !. ] Thomp-
son OF Boxter is superintendent
The Qua Jack Lead and Zinc
Company Of Oklahoma City is con-
structing a fine mill one mile north
east Of Quapaw The mill will be
similar to the Billiken and Larsh
mills. A contract has been let with
Turney & Co., contractors, for the
erection of q mill and it must be
completed, according to the con-
tract, inside OF 20 days from March
%. Other mill sites will he drilled
out at once. Several caves have
been found by the drill and the
driller, T.. +. Zogg, reports the for.
nation to be very difficult to drill
in on account of caves and crevices.
The officers OF the company are all
business men Of Oklahoma City.
Some splendid strikes are being
brought in by companies doing de
velopment work in the old Com
merce field, where it has been
thougt that no minerals were to be
found. While little information is
allowed to filter through, it has been
learned that splendid strikes have
been made in the last few DAYS by
drilling on the Oscar
Cardin land Just east Of the worked
ont new strike. King Jack and the
Mizpah mines, and on the Esther
Cardin land adjoining it on the
north.
A canvass is being made OF the
around the Usage
mine near Quapaw to arrange for
concerted pumping Of the different
shafts all at once, as it is thought
it will be necessary to do that in
order to beat the water at that
point. Several OF the mining COM
panies in that neighborhood are
ready to begin, but the start will be
delayed until the others are all lined
up and then the drive will be begun.
As is usually the case, the mines
where the strongest head of water
is found are among the very best
and the operators are anxious to get
ahead of the enemy and get to tax
ing out the wonderful ore that is
known to exist there,
The Lead Cave Mining Company.
located at the northeast corner of
the Quapaw townsite, has begun
sinking a shaft on its leases. As has
heretofore been stated, the Lead
Cave company was so named on ac-
count OF the large number of caves
shown by the drill holes sunk in
testing out the ground, one of which
was shown to be 10 feet from floor
to roof, W. O. Dooley and /. II
Brill have contracted 10 sink the
shaft to the water line, which is
thought to be at the l30-ioot level.
\ rich strike was made at the
hentex mine by which that company
is in possession OF lead and zinc
mine instead Of a zinc proposition
only. The kentex people have tax
en- out ore in the shaft to a depth of
about 70 feet and drifted for about
90 feet in two directions, but have
found no lead until the strikes OF
Monday in which a heavy body OF
that metal was discovered. The new
mill OF the Kentex is almost com
pleted and the machinery is being
installed. The pond is nearly FIN
ished and a deep well is being drill
ed to furnish water for milling pur-
poses as the mines does not have
enough water in it to supply the
mill, The mine is being operated