Mansfield mirror., 1918-12-05
Mining News

Ave- AsooSADCAes pASo~Hs e~
r. w. James, treasurer of the
Mansfield Mining and Develop
ment Company, came in yester.
day from Joplin and made an in
spection of their company's
holdings here. Both are very
much enthused over the prog
ress made and particularly of the
splendid showing of the Pioneer
mill now owned by the Kentucky
Mansfield Lead & Zinc Syndicate
under the supervision of Dr.T.T.
Beeler, who has, with the assist
ance of Messrs. Jennings and
King of the Joplin district, made
the old Pioneer property look
like the real goods. Much credit
should be given DR.. Beeler's ef-
forts in bringing about so sue
cessfully such necessary changes
in this property as will insure a
successful mine. The new shaft
opened up is very rich in ore all
the way across the shaft and
their drill hole shows cuttings
that will run very high from l7O
to 265 feet, a face of 95 feet.
With the ore in sight and drill
hole showings, the element of
chance, it seems, has been en-.
tirely eliminated and the proper.
ty should shortly be on divi.
dend basis, affording the Mans
field district one more decided
boost
The Nebraska Mining and
Milling Co., holders of POP acres
of some of orr RICHEST leases,
we'll proven out by drill holes
and prospect holes, have COM
pleted their organization, and,
in about ten days will put their
stock on the market, the pro
ceeds from the sale of which is
to be used in the erection of q
mill on one of these properties.
1t is reported their prospectus
now in the hands of the printers,
is a masterpiece of it's kind. EN-.
bracing reports from the best
authorities of today. They ex.
pect to have their mill in opera
ton by spring. VIM. Sielaff,
field manager, expects to- begin
work sinking a shaft about Jan.
1st, on their property north of
the Kentucky Mansfield Lead &
Zinc Syndicate mill. and will
house the works to enable them
to proceed with the work throu.
gh the winter. This work is in
preparation for the erection of a
mill in the early spring.
The people of Mansfield should
get behind the mining interests
and do all possible to encorage
the development of this mining
district. The gentlemen inter.
ested are spending their own
money, not asking US for cent,
trying to put US on the map in
a mineral way. 1t they succeed
and the propects are first class
at this time, we know what it
will mean to Mansfield and vi
cinity. If you cannot help in
any other way, at least be a
booster for the upbuilding of our
town and surrounding country.
Nothing would help more than
the development OF our mineral
field. I
E. w. Hirst and Robt. Shipton
of Grand Island, Nebr., have
secured the lease on the former
Deaver place and funds have
been raised for the erection OF
q modern mill to be completed
as soon as possible. They have
a shaft down 115 feet and are in
a rich face of jack from the 70
foot level to the bottom. The pro
perty has been one of the show
shops of the district in the past,
and the present holders expect
to sustain the reputation of the
property in the erection of a
mill that will rank second To
none, and no stock for sale.
The early development and
success of our zinc and lead
field to a great extent depends
upon the earnest, honest and en-
ergetic manner in which we sub
init our claims to the public and
there has been moro of this
kind of an effort expended In the
past sixty days than heretofore