Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-22
By Frank Hills,
In Miami Record Herald

Mountains Of jack are being hoard
ed In the Miami Mining Field while
the operators and smeltermen haggle
over prices Of ore. It is no uncOm-
mon thing now for a mining company
to have 1000 tons Of the stuff in It's
bins, as many are able to extract
enough lead to pay operating expenses
and others are liable to run and pile
up the output.
From appearances at present It
would be well to hurry up the ware
houses, as il seems that It might take
number to hold what will soon be
piled up at the different mines.
The Commerce Royalty Company
probably has more jack on hand than
anyone else but the Laclede, the
Premier and q few others have piles
that contain enough to bring q for
tune.
One Of the stockholders Of the
Laclede, when shown o picture Of the
plant, with the ore-pile in the fore
ground, remarked that he supposed
the failing pile was larger than that.
The Jefferson Mining Company is
finishing the mill building that was
moved from the St. Louis Lead and
Zinc Company lease at Quapaw to the
jefferson property northeast Of Picher.
The jigs have been installed and
some Of the machinery is being placed.
The mill was an exceedingly fine
one, complete in every detail and it
il being rebuilt in the same careful
manner on the new site. The lease is
q very rich one and it is believed that
the company can pay for the plant in
q very short time and then arrange to
build another on the st. Louis prop
erty, the lineup Of the organization
being practically the same in the two
companies.
The Keltner Mining Company,
through its manager, Mike Evans,
corrects the report for the week end
ing November 8, which gave them
credit for selling millions Of pounds
Of lead and jack.
The report was all right, in SO far
as the ore had been sold and never
before reported but It had not all sold
that week, in fact the party who Sc
cured the turnin had not been able to
get in touch before and gave the fg-
ures for the sale to date.
Mr.. Evans stated that it is embar-
RAISING to have stockholders wiring
him to see what kind Of a dividend
would be declared after selling sever
al million pounds Of ore in week.
The Mahutska Mining Company il
rushing the drifting for the big lead
cave that has been discovered by the
gle-Picher Lead Company on q
claim adjoining and at q point several
yards from the cave proper are in val
liable stuff.
The cave formation has been reach
ed and Il is only q matter. of ten dayE
or two weeks when they will breal
into the cavern that is described Al
being 20 feet wide, 70 feet long ant
high enough for q man to stand in.
The Picher people had only q small
portion Of the cave they discovered a
It was found OF extend over OF
The Mahutska Mining Company Il
feet on the Picher side. It is heavily
mineralized, hundreds Of tons being
in sight.
The Lehman Lead and Zinc Com
pany Is rushing the work Of repair
ing the Old Quapsw Mil at Com
merce with all haste to get it in shap'
TO handle the output Of the new shat
that has been sunk . quarter Of q mill
north Of the plant. A force Of carpen
tsrs are at work getting the prOpert!
IN shape and building . tram to th'
shaft.
The ouapaw Is one Of the old mill
Of the County. II operated for abou
ten years successfully but was close
down several months ago. The nev
Shaft has been found to be . good on
and 4 is easier 10 move the output b
the mill than b move TIE mill 10 II
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