Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-07

Ore richer than any of them ever thought possible.
South of the Cat there lies another fOrtynine acres which is as yet
Of tack has hee u'n nch Ks s' uu an M On m tas, , IN M Il, .a WI a,, here mar " a piece
q n same blanket of jack that underfes the Cat mine.
Still further south lies another tract of this company known as the
beavers place and here years ago vas found a very good lead Of Jack
This place consists of los acres and every foot If it shows siHcate and jack.
nere vii b a drill IN here in a few days and till that time we do not
know the extent oft this body. but there is 10 question that here again will
be found some of the best that Missouri has to show.
Further north lies the Berry mine, one of the richest and oa, the
best developed in the entire District. There being several thousand dol
lars worth of re o n top of the ground now left from the taiunss. BY
running this through a mill all this can be recovered at only the price of
milling. OF late. one of the lessees has been running this over a hand liz
and here cn still be seen the oet that he has taken but Further up the
hill lies the old shaft and here again can be see the ore taken from a
depth of about 80 feet. This shaft has been cleaned within the last few
days and here IL the way down can be seen the jack glithring from the
wall all the way down from the grass roots. In a shallow shaft here car be
seen the rich oeb beginning at ten feet and from there down to a depth of
Vr a hundred feet re that will run at last 2 per cent and SOL eminent
seologist and mining lei say 80 lei cent. Here lies the best there is in
the region and every IA who visits the Mansfield country must be taken
here to be shown how rich this field really is This lead is absolutely
thousand feet.
Cornering this there lies another forty o which there have been n 10
holes sunk but which lies on the lead without a doubt and as this lies
between the Berry mill and the Red Bird. which mill is 10 running in
a good showing. From the formation and from the general direction there
"a oe n o doubt that hee again will be found a as rich as that which
lies in the Berry and ven richer than the that lies in the Red Bird
Between M Berry and the Gaskel lies an eighty across which runs the
lead. While this has not been drilled out there is no doubt tia. !, will
prove a good one as ore has been found on both sides and here again
may we'll expect to find the best there is in the district.
I'M going over the territory me cannot but fail to be impressed with
the fact that the A. T. Friend Mining Company has the can OF the
district Due to the fact that Mr.. Friend "a first on the ground and
that he had the chance to get the best there was. the Mining Company
now find themselves possessed of the richest properties that Mansfield
JUS o otler MS Is a district wherea all thu showngs u high. This
company was the first to open up offices here and since that time have
found it necessary to enlarge them and today when the stranger comes to
town to visit the Gem City of the Oarks he finds these offices full Of
miners and mining men. all discussing the properties held by the A. T.
Friend Mining Company. And when this stranger comes to visit the
mines he will be taken to the Cat and the Berry and here will see that
all that has been said of this district is not a n idle dream. but that we
have the goods and all that W ask is the opportunity to show him what
lies here In the bosom Of the Ozarks
Many lei have come into this field and all have gone away declaring
this to be the find Of recent years and to which Miami and Pcher compare
unfavoraby. It's from here have come sol Of the operators to this
district and many more of the oil men from Oklahoma have come dsdar-
ing that this is a better investment than the Oil fields.
Today in. Mansfield rooms are at a premium. hotels are crowded.
omcea are scarce. picture shows are coming and 500 a daily paper will
make its appearance. All this where a year ago everything was normal.
today 1t is one of the busiest places ne yer sees, reminding me OF the
early days in EldOrado WIN oil was at its height. This is all due to the
riches that, nature has stored for the a with courage to back his con-
vctons. To those who have invested here and to those who come early