Show MINERALS IN MISSOURI ATTRACTING ATTENTION Farmers Said to Devote Spare Time After Harvest to Digging Out Pockets of Pure Lead Amos S. S Stetson of Brockton Mass an experienced oil and mineral man has returned from a prospecting tour through c central Missouri url which c he thinks Is destined to become as as' as famous famous fa fa- famous as the southeast and southwest sections of the State for the production of ot lead and zinc Mr Stetson was so favorably Impressed with the prospects around the little town of Enon in Moniteau 1 county that he secured a number of leases and will make further further further fur fur- ther investigations The coming section of the State In Ina Ina ina a mineral sense is undoubtedly that portion lying between the Miss Missouri Pacific Padde Pa Pa- and Frisco roads in central Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- said Mr Stetson last night The farmers have been taking out lead from the numerous pockets found there for forty years or more for domestic domestic domestic do do- use and if it I am not mistaken bullets fired during the Civil war var were molded from these same same deposits of native mineral Now an effort Is to be made at the systematic development of the country and the the prospects are certainly most roost flattering Enon is on the Bagnell branch of the Missouri Pacific about twenty miles mUes south of Jefferson City and only twelve miles mUes from where it crosses the theline theline theline line of the St. St Louis Kansas City Colorado road or 01 St. St Louis line now In course of construction It is lo located located lo- lo on a high table land and in the center of at as pretty a piece of country as one would care to look upon The town Is near the di dividing line of three counties Moniteau Miller 1 and Cole and the mineral district so called embraces thirty square miles mUes extending extending extend extend- ing lag over aver portion of all three counties It is a regular occurrence for the farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers up there as soon as they have finIshed finished finished fin fin- planting their wheat In the fall and after threshing In the summer summerY to devote a few weeks of spare time to digging out the pockets of lead One of these pockets In half halt a dozen in instances instances instances in- in stances has has' been known to yield as much as 30 pounds of almost pure lead which is sold at current market prices It Is only within the last ast six months that an effort has been made at systematic systematic systematic development Last August a company was formed composed partly of at St. St Louis men and they are now sinking nineteen shafts which have reached a depth of from thirty to nine nine- Ity Hy feet each The indications not only for lead but for zinc ore as as- aswell well are certainly fine Unlike many of at the promising mineral district in south Missouri and Arkansas the section al already already al al- ready has railroad facilities and as soon as the ore are Is ready to be taken out shipping will begin One company has leased between and acres aeres of land around Enon and so great is its faith In the future of the country another 1000 acres has been bought outright Jack ore has been found In some quantities and the country generally has been examined by expert miners from the Joplin district who pronounce the prospects as fine as anything they ever sawAs sawAs sawAs saw As soon as news of the new camp got abroad the usual tent city sprang up around Enon and In September last It was estimated that between and people were living In tents there When cold weather came on the tent tent- ers were driven away and the floating population of the town was greatly re reduced reduced re- re but as soon as spring comes it Is expected that the mushroom village will spring up again If the discoveries are anything like what we expect them to be a genuine old fashioned stampede stampede stampede stam stam- pede to the new camp is likely to oc cc- cur i I The geological formation of the country proves it to have undergone the same process of upheaval that created the Joplin-Galena Joplin district Enon is Js on the same ridge which extends extends ex ex- tends in the shape of ot a bow from fron Jopho Joplin Jop- Jop lin ho on the west to the Bonne Boone Terre lead district on the east and we believe believe belleve be be- lieve that by going down far tar enough we will find rich zinc ore are as in the one and almost pure deposits of at lead as in the other St. St St. Louis Globe Democrat I |