Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-07
A. I. Friend Mining Company
Mansfield, Missouri

/" HE A. T Friend Mining Company. composed of A. J. Clark, rs
President. A. T. Friend, Vice President and General Manager,
r. H. West Secretary and Treasurer. has opened up Offices in
the Freeman Block, being one If the first firms to make a
start in this direction. Mr.. Arthur Friend being the originator
of this mining boom.
nsa VI" ro. rre End mas Sheen bee" prospecting in the Mansfield district for the past
tut Mr.. Friend, with his excellent judgment of the mining business, paid nc
attention to the outside. but just kept o digging away and is today rec
ognized as of the foremost mining experts in the State of Missouri,
and is entitled to reap the satisfaction which he o enjoys of knowing
hat Mansfield Is developing into one of the richest Lead and Zinc districts
in this country.
The A. 7. Friend Mining Company have excellent holdings, developed
and undeveloped; in fact, we regard them al m of the very finest in the
entire field.
They have now in operation five drill rigs and have down five shafts
and are rushing more drills al last as the weather will permit of them being
moved into the field.
They expect to have a mill in operation o n the Berry property very
shortly, now having several thousand dollars worth of re piled u upon
the ground. They are down about n hundred feet with a drill o the
Drowned Cat property and have been in almost solid re most of the
way and AVE a shaft down on this property that shows N assay Of ore
There has been thousands and thousands of dollars worth of or al
ready shipped from this property by Mr. Friend during his campaign of
prospecting.
That the Mansfield district is lastly assuming the position of a real
mining camp has been demonstrated in this city recently, there not being
a vacant room or dwelling in the city; everything in the way of office
rooms IN macnne shops nave oen taken up. The A. T. Frind Mining
Company ar we'll supplied with room. and have purchased machine shops
and vacant ground enodgh to build more If necessary; they are prepared
and able to compete with any emergency which may arise.
Sight seeing visitors and investors are welcome to u offices and our
transportation department will and are willing and ready to convey you
to the mines at any time you may call upon them. If you are seeking
Information. they have it; if you are only looking around. they are willing
to show you; if you are investing, they have jsut what you want; the very
ost is 100 good tr thn n you so when visiting the great mining
fields of Mansfield and vicinity be suea and look up our firm, The A. T:
FTlenu MINING mpan
The story of the Mansfield Mining District is one that goes a long
ways back to the time when mining methods were crude and the price of
re as extremely low. As far back as the Civil War, 1t is said, the soldiers
of the opposing sides searched the hillsides for the lead which they
moulded their bullets But long years passed before there came practical
ninors into the country and they at once recognized the richness Of the
district and some very good leads were located. AT this time nearly all
of the re a taken ut by hand and cleaned with hand .igs and wen in,
those times of poor methods such was the richness of the ore that they
were able to min this and haul it thirty miles to a railroad and sell 1t
for $500 per ton and make a profit. Even o n car 60 over these
old digging and "a find specimens they wasted that show conclusivey
that this is of the richest bodies ofo re discovered and that here in the
bosom Of the Omrks lies the wealth of Croesus.
Many years afterwards there cam into the District a mining man of
the new generation and to him has fallen the lot Ofd developing this, the
treasure house of Missouri. Mr.. A. r. Friend was reared in the mining
districts of this state and Immediately upon his arrival in Mansfield rec
oEnized its worth and then for a few years. while following his occupa-
ton of a stockman, he talked mining to all who would listen and was
able to interest mining men and they came. saw. and went away convinced.