Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-06-07
THE MINING NEWS


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BY Frank Hills in Record Herald
The Sinden Mill in East Tar River
= operating again after being down
three weeks for repairs made nee
sSsary by the fire that burned out all
Of the elevators and other parts Of
the mill. The company has made a
great record in getting the mill ready
for operation, rs 1t was thought 1t
would be months before a wheel
would turn. The mill has been equip
per with hose, as all that saved 1t
was the prompt arrival Of a great
number of men from Picher and Tar
River who assisted the mill men to
get the hose from neighboring mills
and start the pumps. 1t is now pos
sible to throw water all over the mill
with the new fire fighting apparatus
The o. & T. Oil Company at Lin
colnville is to open a shaft that wa
sunk years ago and abandoned, about
600 feet to the northeast Of the mil
as il is found that it is in the richest
ore on the tract. A tram is to be bull
10 the mill and the output of tha
shaft added to that of the others, a.
the great l,OO0-ton mill will easil!
take care of all. The Katy is making
a great record under the new man
agement, taking out more ore ever
month than it did all last year AM
making nothing but high grade.
The Southeast Missouri Mining
Company has made q great strike II
its shaft in the north part OF tn
City of Pitcher, just west Of the BIZ
Chief. The ore is found at DEPTH
Of ESQ feet and extends Is fee
farther down. The sinkers have gon'
through the run and are drifting scr
eral feet from the shaft. The South
east Missouri men have known fron
holes that they have had good lease
but the dump at the top Of the shat
shows better stuff than anything re
gistered by the drill and places TIL
mine in the class with the real one
Miners in the Plumb mine, one o.
the properties of the Kapok Meta
Company, across the creek from til
Greening Mill, between Century anc
Quapaw, are drifting in a 2O-foo'
face of ore at q depth of 151 fec
Piers for a mill were constructed
several weeks ago, but it is though
that the company will wait until the
mine has developed more before fin.
ishing it. The dump shows a splen
did quality of ore, which is gettinR
better as the drift reaches farther
fran the shaft.
The New Chicago Mining Com
pany is making high grade ore at tn
plant near North Century since I'll
price went to $75. Formerly til.
ore and the sludge went into the
same bin, but since the price on high
grade went to the high mark, th'
sludge has been kept to itself am
all of the rest has been premium
stuff. A new boulder tram is beiI r
built at the Chicago and other i'm
provements are being made.
The Allied Lead and Zinc Corr
pany has begun the construction OF ?
mill at the Little Montreal mine.
~ miles northeast Of Quapaw. The
piers are being built and it is under
stood that the plant will be rushed to
completion with all possible speed, nc
there is a great dump of rich stuf
on the ground ready for milling ms
soon as it goes into commission.
The Spelter Mining Company will
begin next week to construct a mill
on its lease on the Abrams land, two
miles northeast of the City of Qua
paw. The new mill is to have a cap
acity of $50 tons at the beginning, but
will be so arranged that machinery
can be added to increase it to $50 tons
as soon as necessary.
The Lucky Pat Mining Company
has begun the construction of a
mill in the Lincolnville field immed-
lately east of the Old Abe mine. The
Lucky Pat property was formerly