The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-17
|OUND ACTIVITY
 1 AT MINING CAMP
!. Cora C. Company Constantly -;ving Ahead in Work of Uncover ..g Manganese and Other Ores
 Railroad and Mill Soon.

real live, healthy mining proDo- ,on that has been kept actively en- red despite the recent slump in ees of most everything and the dis rsrv of an oil field only few miles .v was found Sunday when repre- Natives of The Star invaded the .,,ntainous country south and west ! ,Iatton. Polk county, Arkansas. zIare within few minutes walk of S Kansas City Southern tracks and Z Jefferson highway, was round a E 5s;ne camp that but few know any no about. Not that it's where rts are shrouded in secrecy, but nIv because the men most inter- <ed in the development are not ess agenting" for public attention. 'be camp visited is that of the Cora Mining Company. High up on the 8 of Hatton mountain but still sev- hundred feet lower than it's the miners have started to un- er the veins of ore that outcrop in Cell defined course along the noun ' side.
 epenings have been made at 'nber of places and in several of se the minerals have been uncov-
 to a depth of 20 feet or more.
 work now being done is mainly Show the extent of the minerals to Bound and the work has progressed <e in a horizontal way than in a nendicular direction. This latter
 will likely be followed more in future for the development of the positiOn.
 Great Quantities of Ore.
 Manganese in great quantities has Ip found in practically all of the E|nings made thus far. The mineral Ipvered is of high grade and would 6mand the highest sort of prices if 3 eed on the market in the desired htities. In addition to the man. bse, the ore veins in different ke also to carry good percentage < two precious metals, gold and sill Inc work now being done, it should pnderstood, is to determine to a at degree the future of the mining @Sposition and there is no telling |[St may be the outcome. To assist S xhis discovery work the officers of Accompany are having a shaft sunk |86cally thru one of the veins of n7rtz that lie on the mountain side Sosite the manganese lodges. This n is now down to a depth of 20
 and has uncovered interesting linens of ore. One discovery has
 vein of kaolin.
 kould the discovery work now in ress justify it, and there is no bn to doubt at present, a mill and
 Der will be installed on the noun
 side below the mining operations hndle the ores. The situation se- III is one that will permit the Tpmical movement of the ores 1 mine to mill. A large concrete l is now in course of construction teting Transportation Problems.
 provide economical transporta- has always been the base of min
 but in the Cora c. Company, problem is easy of solution. Lo- ' within a short distance of the 4 line of the Kansas City South M the company plans to build it's railroad from the mining proper p the railroad. The right of way Already been selected and cleared.
 route is one of few grades and H< and the rails will be laid so that {ty alone will be sufficient to car De loaded cars and engines from
 to the railroad. which is to be
 on more than one and one-half
 The railroad will be built in
 lear future as it Is planned to
 in hauling heavy machinery for
 Rnd crusher, without the neces- Tor changing cars at the Kansas
 Southern line.
 Plans for New Town.
 X6ere the ninino railroad will ioin