Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-23
Lead and Zinc Notes

MIAMI. March 81 The Bethle-
hem Zine company Is having the
Old Hannibal and 81. Ine mlll- moved
from It's lease east Of Quapaw. and
on the site Will erect new 90O-ton
plant installing with It modern ma
chinery,
The Kendall Mining company has
sold to Arthur r. Van Duesen OF
Denver thu second tweuty-aCTe
lease OF tho Moore land located two
miles west of Baxter springs sew.
eral holes have been drilled and
have shown ore from a depth OF 90
t' fee, t" '25 ,eot' Averaging per
Tho wcn-known Missouri Mule
located near Century is again In
evidence The old Mule recently
made n rich strike while sinking "A
Shaft. the ore showing 81 per cent
recovery. and assaying 50 per cent
metallic zinc, \ 3O-tout face Of ore
Was found at depth OF eos feet.
The Regal Lead & Zinc company
has i0-acre lease near sunny side
which has proven very good prop
erty. ON the north twenty of the
lease tho company has ~ holes
down into the ore bearing strata.
Tho ure was struck at depth of 50
teet and continued down To the l5Q-
foo' level The main body Of ore
was encountered at approximately
30 rect and continued on down TO u
depth OF ltO feet In paying auant-
ties The company annouces II will
begin the erection OF min AT once
party OF Guthrie capitalists
have struck a riNl ind on the \,
4, Garrett farm, five miles Vest al
Baxter Springs This h In an en-
urely new territory as IT was
thought that there was not any ore
IN that netghhorhood Al depth
Of lS' feet a ten-foot face was en-
counterod
Tho Buclah b mill is said TO be
above some of the most valuable
mining property ever entered \
few days aner the mill was started
workmen pulled out what proved to
be partition and there they en-
tered a small cave richly covered
with both lead and Jack A day or
SO later another partition was torn
out and mammoth underground
water course was discovered BY
this time the management OF the
mines had come tn the conclusion
that no more caverns were there.
hut another report WAS made yes
terday that another partition had
been removed. Upon entering the
last cavern II was FOUND to he al
great size and entirely covered with
solid jack and lead.
For some time during the past
few weeks the Little Montreal mill.
located half mile east OF Quapnw.
has been turning OUT some high
grade ore, but recently II went a
little deeper into n rich run of ore.
Ono test hole shows b5-foot face
OF Jack which has shown re-
covery OF 2th per cent while the
rest OF the holes show up In splen-
did shape, making an average re-
coVery of . per cent. Drifting Is
being done In two directions. one
OF the drifts being sunk a distance
of eight feet This drift'fas proven
even better than any heretofore run
into. Work OF drilling on the east
40 was begun Monday
The new MoCurdy Mining COM
pany's mill IL all ready to turn and
will be started during this week
This Ia a 260-ton mill and IL located
on the southeast corner OF section
s2i mile and a half cast OF Picher.
Fourteen holes have been drilled
out and faces OF from 20 to ~ feet
have been found, showing re-
covery Of from TO 25 per cent.
The Lucky Jack located near
Hockerville. has opened up good