Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14

in Mansfield the past week gett.
ing material for news stories Of
the great Mansfield district. H.
has been selected as publicity
manager of Mansfield and the
mining district. He proposes to
place Mansfield on the map be-
fore the mining world.
In the past few weeks several
companies with sufficient capital
have begun On systematic scale
to operate in this district, with
very gratifying results. The
barriers which have made capt.
al slow in years past to seek in
vestment in this prolific section
are fast being removed and it
has now resolved itself into a
question of a short time only, un
til ore will b. shipped from this
new mining field iu quantities
worthy of the attention of the
mineral world. Several tons of
ore are now ready for the market
The J. P. Ward lease, which
was part of the Dodson l. ad &
Zinc land, in which G. W. Free
man and Geo. B. Freeman had a
half interest, has recently been
sold to the A. T. Friend Mining
Company. There is already.sev.
eral tons of ore on this lease
ready for milling.
The Beeler Steph. Sharp Min.
ing Company have secured otfic-
es and they will be furnished
Immediately. The Mansfield
Lead and Zinc Syndicate will al.
so have offices with them.
l.. r. Carothers of Curay, Colo
an operator in the Joplin district
for a nvmber of years, visited the
Mansfield district this week. He
was formerly affiliated with gold
and silver mines in Colorado, He
spent thirty years in that distrl
ct. He is we'll pleased with con-
ditions in Mansfield.
G. T. Shoemaker, manager of
the Line Elm Mine and Develop
ment Company, was in Mansfield
Mondly looking over the field OF
Joplin. Mr.. Shoemaker. stated,
after IL visit to some of the shafts
that the ore on top of the ground
in this district was better than
some being mined in Joplin, at a
depth of two or three hundred
feet, His associates are q. Z.
Cogs we'll and W. T. Schoenherr.
Mr.. Shoemaker states that his
comps has a $50 ton mill idle
at the present time, which they
would move to this district as
soon as the developments will
justify Il mill of such capacity.
D. 9. johnson and D. A. Yeag-
er, OF Oklahoma City, arrived in
| Mansfield on an inspection
tour Of the Mansfield mining field.
They expect to be here two or
three days.
G. O. Storm, and j r Sandage
attended a meeting of the Mans
field Mining & Development Co.
at Joplin today at the Iat"s Ho
tel.
The Red Bied Mill has been
operating this week.
X. r. Gill of the X. r. Gil
Garage Co. and Roy Brown
banker of Okmulgeee, Okla. were
here this week.
Zinc prices have been agreed upon
by representatives Of the govern
mcnt and of the producers and vii
be announced soon. In requesting
that the government name prices a:
has been done with copper and steel
the zinc producers said such actor
would stablcize the market and in
crease the output, says u Washing
ton dispatch.
A mill is to be erected 2 miles soutl
of Norwood at the iron and zin'
mines, where J. NJ. Little, J. M. Eli!
! and and F. j. Thomas of Norwood
have 240 acres of mining land leased
There is said to be regular noun
tain of iron ut the place but work q
the mines has been hindelcd b.
weather conditions.
O. p. Jones of Norwood was her
last week looking over the minin!
. prospects, in which he is intcrestc'
, because of owning property in tn
mineral district.
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