The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-25
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The Bear Cat Zinc Mining Com
pany has moved its Offices to the
Rawlins building, lOS II East Main
street.
Tulsa World: r. w. Ferguson
Of Odessa, Mo, is disposing OF one
of his leases in section 1924, Just
this side of the state line. This lease
was bought last summer and had
several drill holes put down on it.
The ore was first found at depth
OF 90 feet. A contract will be let
for the erection of mill. The Tex
as Mining Company has opened the
great cave that was encountered in
sinking 4 shaft at its mill located
between the Homestake and the
Santa Fc mines, southeast OF ST..
Louis. Several weeks ago sinkerS
in the shaft shot into the cave and
found it impossible 10 get farther
on account OF strong head of
water. After installing 6-inch and
4 4-inch pump they have succeeded
in getting the water down to Il
point where the cave can be en-
tered and are now at work taking
out great boulders of jack weighing
hundreds OF pounds and almost as
black as coal. At the point where
the shaft entered the cavern the
opening is probably ten feet from
floor to roof and 40 feet wide. That
room continues for 50 or 90 feet
and then you reach stairway lead
ing down TO subcellar % feet or
more below where the water is. All
about and overhead are slabs of
solid Jack weighing from several
pounds to tons.
The Underwriters Land Com
pany has, in the Underwriters No.
mine at Century, fair mine,
where the colors OF the rainbow are
flashed from tons of ore, making a
sight different from any in the en-
tire Miami district. The ground Of
the No. plant seems to be full Of
caves and water. A few days ago
workmen who were cutting an air
drift broke into cave that helped
them on their way to the extent OF
about Is feet and from there ex-
tends subterranean passages that
can be seen for from 40 to so feet
farther than it is possible for q man
to go, and all through there is moth
ing in sight but solid slabs OF lead
and jack.
President Wilson has approved an
agreement reached by the war in
Quiries board and the producers Of
grade az zinc, fixing a maximum
price OF y cents a pound, f. o, b,
East st. Louis, subject to revision
on June /.
A maximum price Of IA cents a
pound for plate zinc, /. o. b. at
plants, and IS cents a pound for
sheet zinc, +. O. b. plants, was fixed
to the usual trade discount.
The announcement of the price
fixing conditions are:
First, that the producers OF grade
a and of plate and sheet zinc will
not reduce the wages now being
paid
Second, that they will sell to the
allies, to the public and to the gov
ernment at the same price.
Third that they will take the
measures under the dircc-
ton of the war industries board for
the distribution OF the zinc to pre-
vent it from falling into the hands
Of SPECTATORS who might increase
the price to the public.
Fourth, that they pledge them
selves to exert every effort neces-
sary to keep up the production OF
zinc SO as to insure an adequate
supply 50 long as the war lasts"
The Buffalo mine, situated north
west OF Quapaw, has in a single day
been transformed from a joke to one
Of the most wonderful mines of the
district. The Buffalo Mining Com
Dany, after thoroughly testing out
The lease, erected a big mill on the
hill in one of the most slightly spots
in Ottawa County, but when the
shaft was sunk the diggers found
only shines and low grade ore. A
long drift was driven, costing the
company something like $4,000, but
nothing was taken out and for
the big yellow concentra-
ton plant has been pointed out to
the newcomer as the giant failure OF
the district. Then some one whiS-
pered something in the ear of Presi-
leat +. X, Bouldin and he proceeded
to fire the entire force, appointing
another in its place, The new super
and ground foreman en-
tered the mine and after a consulta-
tion ordered a hole drilled in the
floor to a depth OF 10 feet which was
charged with 81 sticks of dynamite
and fired. After the debris was
cleared away a face OF wonderful
ore II feet high was exposed to
view and it is almost certain that
there is ore OF the same kind for
depth of IS feet below. The mill
was at once placed in operating,
recovery OF IS per cent.