Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-08
Lead and Zinc.

| MIAMI, pklh.i feb. T. Thc Hntfp-
10 mine northwest Of Quapaw has
been transformed from digg ngs tina.
was supposed to ne worthleFs TO on
OF reported great wealth In a period
or about two weeks by new lineup
ordered by President T. r. iouldIn
on his reelection to that office n short
time ago. The Buffalo mil has ueen
pointed TO OF late ns a horrible exam
| pie Tor the man who IS contemplating
investing In mining stock In the Mia
mi field, as IL has been reported blind
and n colossal failure. shaft ha.
been sunk to n l75 foot level and
drifts driven into the earth but on,y
SHINES had been found and the mill
hnd only been operated few hours IN
All OF the months 1t has been standing
| there and the comnany has spont $40.
600 IN tho ground Tor which they haze
received nothing TIA return. \ l6-foot
hole has now been drilled info the
floor OF the drift and Tins was charged
with 81 sticks Of dynamite and fired
! The shot tore UP the earth 20 the &.
tent that 1t took the shovelers a weel,
10 clear away the debris. RHd I was
| round TO have cleared "a face OF L.
feet of ore that would satisfy the
81 cod Of ShYock and dr1ii holc
sunk later shows that there is yet
something like 3 feet more below.
The most amazing phase OF the case
/ Is that the miners were lust a foot
above rhe orc. taking out two feet Of
shines and eight feet of rock that car
lied nothing AT all The face OF orc
, vas discovered yesterday ate. the
shoNelers had removed m 1st Of the
rock from the blast and At once the
! big MN was placed In operation
making n recovery of Is per cent The
new list OF Officers rs as follows: +. Il
| Bouldin. president. ]. C. Dovies, first
Vice president; Fred Shaw, second
vice ce-ptesdent; L. u, Horrins. secreta.
~ and treasurer.
The zinc and lead field being dc.
Ncioped n gradually surrounding Mia
mi. This time Belu mt a suburb ~
Miami, can boast ~ qualifying "a \
bona fide camp. az one ptod mine,
the old Mcconnell, now ,he Hon Ami
is being operated just a short dista nca
west of It; the Green Zinc company
has n min ready TO 20. md the ZEN
YER lately leased by tho HAYNES Min
ing COMPANY Is being drilled for
new SHAFT and now a good atrlke has
been made on the Doty land about a
mile west OF the Mcconnell
w l.. Munger OF Milford. Neb., sc
cured a lease on the Doty lnpd fa1,
weeks ago placing HIS own r.E there |
TO do the drilling 4 hole has been |
sunk u a depth Of about 200 feet, the !
last 40 OF which showed ore all tins
way, which the 1rillcrs estimate a.
from / to 10 per cent sn1 the arm |
is stlll In IT, Quite 4 bit NJ activity |
Ia being shown In ,he work OF drilling |
In that vicinity and Z. is almost q cc.-
taipty that mills viii bn built as ore
company has traced the drift from |
The Mcconnell to .hnir Inc pnd Il
seems that Belmont Is soon 10 lecon.s
a real camp.
The Zig Thrse Mining COMPANY. ,
whose shaft was located no til OF the |
st Louis Lead anil Zinr company \ |
min. near~Quapaw. has soli that forty |
10 Howard Pas"hll of New York city.
l.. A Huston ~ Mimi closing th-
deal for the Big Three people The
I'm the transaction wnS
$500 and 2a per cent royalty The
operations OF the Big Three Mining
company are interesting from the fact
that the promoters were a company
OF men from Mar4htieid, Mo who |
were lneNperien I'd and many Of the |
sot cold fee econ after
inv sting but when the shaft went
into the heavy fuce ~ ore and the for |
ty referred 10 was disposed of at that
figure with plenty - land % sink 9th
or shafts on. matters toQK on n differ I
cnt appearance. TIE f1vN, own,r OF the
lease is sinking the sha.t d"tp"r WIN /
no trouble from water. as was feared |
g three inch pump handling II with
ease
The National Lead and Zinc. whose
mbne has been blind for several /
months he~an to operate The biz rcd
min northwest ~ Piche- yesterday
FOR months u was thought hat the
mill would be mo.ed away. bar drills
were put 60 wore and q, taro 81 ofo % (
feet high. asF1ying il per cent was
found only few feet from ono Of IN
drifts and miners We're plt TO work l
to pet n out which resujteb IN the Il
startinu of the mill The National lease 1
contains 2 trres add I ~ reported
that drnIs are soon 10 he started on II
the north end 4 he tract 10 driil out II
a min site there also so e may he that
tho D. atonti win not cn,y operate
thl, one. hut that they viii construct |
another one. u