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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
7
The column details ongoing mining activity across several properties including Lincolnville Mascotte Lancaster Three Queens Myrtle Newlands Sunburst Hobo Luther Old Tannehill and Quivera. It notes new pumps derricks drill work and ore shipments plus scientific notes on formation types blanket breccias and ore deposits in Baxter-Quapaw and Miami districts.
Department of the Interior Geological Survey Bulletin 3400 notes the Mission mine as a representative blanket ground mine due to its extensive underground workings and status as the best known local mine. The mine spans about 5 acres in the NE quarter of Section 1, Township 23 North, Range 23 West, with a blanket ground thickness near 30 feet.
The schedule lists Frisco trains to and from Kansas City Oklahoma City Fort Worth Joplin St Louis Wichita with departure times. It notes No 114 110 116 324 southbound and No 316 302 324 320 318 308 eastbound and No 126 128 westbound, all effective March 22 1908. Co S Roberts acts as agent.
A detailed field note explains the Mission mine where blanket ground sits atop limestone at depth. It describes soft ground at the top, solution features, and jasperoid sealing roof. Chert brecciation patterns, sheet fractures, and vertical sheeting are mapped alongside ore distributions of lead and zinc within fissures and jasperoid.
D L Harper manager announces highest market price for wheat. Also for sale a good 31-2 inch wagon and double harness almost new, offered cheap if sold at once. Inquiries directed to Geo E Rucker or C A Smith.
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