Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-11
Lead and Zinc Notes

lne hONNl MINING company nhN
been engaged for the past few days
In making some changes AT its mill
east of North Century This COM
pany has been operating for some
/ little time with steam power but
over to engines driven by oil The
/ installation Is about complete and
the engines were started today for
| the first time.
The Pioneer Lead & Zinc Co,
cmill, situated in section 25. one
and a half miles southwest of
| Cardin, and built and operated by
/ Harry Larsh Of Oklahoma City,
started its 6O01lxn mill the first Of
this week with EssS prospect of
bright, futuraS r The COM
pany has I'd with 20 drln
/ holes showing 4o-foot face of ore
running diagonally across the tract,
| The mill shaft IL down 267 feet and
| four drift sarc being driven from II.
/ The field shaft Is down 1S5 feet and
| II is expected to have this down to
| 267 feet by June l.
The DcArmond Mining company
is fast nearing the completion OF
some additions to the machinery at
it's mill near Trcece, Kan. and will
| he operating within few days
| This company has been ready with |
| its mill for some time past but was
/ unfortunate enough to break into a
large water proposition which
! brought operations to complete |
standstill for II time. There was
some very good ore found on thfs |
holding, and but for this war with !
water, the company would have |
been turning out n splendid guam |
tity Of high grade mineral for some |
| time past
Tho Yellow Jack Lead & Zinc Co |
reports a good strike on its lease |
In 2729-23 northwest Of Quapaw. |
Continuing In the old No. 2 holes. !
there was found at 160 feet 10 feet |
Of orc bearing ground that assayed |
2490 per cent and feet that as.
sayed 2i95. In every hole on this
lease so far, the ground has been
In such formation that II has been
v6tw trying drilling utring after
string of tools being hung up. The
company Is preparing to sink a shaft
and both a day and a night shift is
being worked on the drill rigs In an
effort to secure rapid development. /
Prospecting for the deeper run of /
ore now known to he found in the
vicinity Of Galena, Kan, is being H
carried on 10 a greater extent than
ever one of the latest strikes to he
made Is that Of Frank Childers Of
the SyeltOn mines and associates on
the 120-acre lease known as the
Foster land near the Skarlet KID
holdings good body OF mineral
was struck at 22O feet, the drill run
ming out OF 1t at 22s feet with an
average assay OF 2160eper cent for
this hole. In another hole strikes
were made at depths between f25
and l40 feet this hole now being
down to 1S5 feet Drilling will be
continued until this lease is thor
oughly developed
MIAMI. Okla, May lO-Rapid
progress is being made I'm the con
structlon Of its new min in 90
29-23 by the Dorothy BIN Mining
company This mill is located In
the heart Of good production, be-
ing surrounded by such holdings as
the Naingua. Laclede, Picher mines
ana one OIL llt Nblbt0 NsH Hii''n'
There are two shafts on this prop 4
erty. one in ore at l97 feet and the
other being sunk AZ the present
time at 7s feet The mill shaft is
on the finding Of large cave lined
with lead and jack and which the
has never ~ this time
been able to define its exact extent
have been carried out
for go feet in one direction and 30
feet i'm the other but the nature OF
the formation and the bouliers
dropping from the roof precluded
lny further effort. The officers of
the Dorothy Bill are J. Il. Cole,
Tulsa, president, W. A. EasIey,
Ardmore. secretary
The Iarsh Lead & Zinc co. two
mites north of Commerce, has had
he new G00.tou mill In operation
since last November Until the
present time the ore taken from the
mine has been Of exceedingly high i
grade. but during the past Week "a
rich deposit OF solid jack has been
discovered in two separate drifts
which IL is reported VIII assay gdIH
per cent hlonde. TWo drifts TO feet
In height and s feet wide have been
driven through solid ore a distance
~ I5O feet tbs estimated that