Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-22
lNNA BEAVER MINE
A MODEL PLANT
No. 2 Mil Now Ready to Oper.
ate-BOth Have Most Mod
ern Equipment

The Anna Beaver, of which Marshall
D. Draper Of Baxter Springs is gen.
eral manager, is an ideal mine. There
Is no question that 1t stands in class
by itself as the only perfectly equip
ped property in the great Oklahoma
Kansas field, says Frank D. Hills.
special mining writer. There are 9TH
er mines as rich, but non where COM
fort and safety are looked after as in
the Anna Beaver.
North Of Cardin, on the road to
Picher, two tan colored mills are to be
seen to the west Of the track which
differ little from the other mills in
that section from the outside but in
side they are different, in fact are a
revelation.
The writer had the pleasure Of Wis
iting the ground of the No. / mine
Wednesday and found it to be as near
paradise as It is possible to make an
underground mine, the mule barns be-
ing nicer than half of the habitations
in the district.
The trip below was made in cage
as there is not a can about the place,
either for the men or the dirt, the skip
hoist bringing out the dirt. The cage
is nothing more or less than an ele-
vator and it would seem that it would
impossible for one to get hurt in it,
but man is paid $4 day to keep
them from crowding and getting hurt.
All of the ground is lighted by cleo
tricity. An office equipped with tele-
phone and other office supplies would
almost make the visitor believe him
self on the outside as would the splen-
did blacksmith shop with power
sharpeners and other machinery.
Bubbling fountains, toilets and 9TH
er conveniences make the place so
homelil1e that most of the men take
their lunch pals in the ground and do
not leave it for the whole shift,
The screen men work in the ground
at the Anna Beaver, as with the skip |
hoist it is necessary to have the screen
down there and the skips are filled
from hopper the same as tram cars
at the ordinary mine. The railroad
trackage is as complete and almost
as much complicated in the mine as in
the terminal yard of a city and the
little cars that are drawn by mules
hold ton of dirt.
Ground Foreman Cochran showed
the writer every nook and corner of
the great diggings and explained the
workings of the equipment that is
found in other mines in the field, then
in company with another employe, a
visit was paid to the Anna Beaver No.
2 mill, which is all ready to operate.
The No. 2 mill is much more COM
plete and up to date than the No. 1.
It has double boarded walls with
building paper between. The build
ing is heated by steam and the Dorr {
thickener and sand tanks are all in
the building, in the basement, making
it unnecessary to leave the building {
for anything during working hours.
Every pulley and every machine is i
housed, walks with banisters are ev- s
erywhere it is necessary for men to
20 above and it would seem that the |
only way a man could possibly hurt G
himself would be to butt his head I
against a post. s
The change rooms of the two plants I
are the most complete of any in the 6
field but the No. 2 is concrete. Both 7
have modern equipment anu nothing is /
left undone that will add to the COM /
fort of the men.
The Anna Beaver is not a show /
1t is a mining proposition y
and the 120 acres have been drilled !
until enough ore is blocked out to
make certain that the great expend-
iture is justifable.
The No. mine is producing 80 tons
Of concentrates a day, 65 per cent Of
which is lead and the No. 2 will prob
ably do as well as soon as the ground
Is opened enough to get the dirt.
The Anna Beaver people should be
congratulated on their effort to make
their property an ideal place to work
in. There has never been any trouble
to get men to work there and none to
keep them after they come.
A movement is on foot to get one
Of the Anna beaver men to address
the Tri-State Safety and Sanitation !,
Club, SO that the mine operators Of
he field may hear of the benefits Of !
,.fatv and sanitation equipment.