Mornin' Mail

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Monday, May 21, 2001 Volume IX, Number 236

Did Ya Know?. . .The Golden Gaits Walking Club meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. at the former Eugene Field School. The public is invited to take a walk.

Did Ya Know?. . .The next Diabetes Support Group meeting will be at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23rd in the McCune-Brooks Hospital dining room. Guest speaker Dr. Bret Hubbard will discuss how diabetes can affect the nervous system, what signs to look for, and how to best protect yourself.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library will be closed on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day. "2001 Places To Go" and "Book Your Summer" Reading Programs will begin on Tues., May 29th. Sign up at the YPL desk at the library.

today's laugh

"I want to do something big and something clean."
"Then wash an elephant."

A general and a colonel were walking down the street. They met many privates, and each time the colonel would salute he would mutter, "The same to you."
The general’s curiosity soon got the better of him, and he asked: "Why do you always say that?"
The colonel answered: "I was once a private and I know what they are thinking."

1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

CARTHAGE MEN FIND BIG ORE.

Developing Rare Stuff on a Forty-Acre Lease Near Duenweg.

What appears to be one of the biggest strikes in the history of the county has lately been made by the "Big Six Development Company" on a 40-acre lease a half mile north of Duenweg on the Prosperity Duenweg road.

County Clerk S. A. Stuckey and Deputy Clerk Steve Chitwood, of this city, own a half interest in the lease. The other half is owned by Joplin parties. The drilling has shown good ore at many points on this tract. The pump shaft sunk by the lessees and a shaft of the Fairview Mining company, who work on a sub-lease, are both into the richest kind of stuff—so rich in fact that it is the wonder of all the old miners who have seen it. These estimate that the ground runs all the way from 40 to 60 per cent jack—something phenomenal, as every miner knows.

The drilling on this land was done in 1897 and 1898 and the pump shaft was put down in 1898. The lessees thus had a pretty good idea of the richness of their find, but just at that time they got into litigation over their lease. Operations have lain dormant in the meanwhile. But the litigations were recently settled, and the speedy development of the ground has followed, astonishing the public with its richness.

The Fairview Mining Co. have a sublease on six lots on this track and have a shaft down on lot 31 to a depth of 200 feet. Ore was struck at 172 feet and a 28-foot face of the richest kind of stuff was laid bare. Two drill holes at other points on this company’s lots show good ore. They have done 75 feet of drilling in the shaft, one drift running east and one west. They shut down running Saturday to begin erecting a good 100 ton mill which will be put up at once. Extra jig capacity will be put in to be equal to the large per cent of jack which the ground yields.

The Red Bud Mining Co. on the same tract have four lots and are sinking a shaft on lot 40, on a drill hole which shows a good body of ore. They are down 100 feet.

The Dead Rabbit Mining Co. have four lots and are sinking on lot 17, near a drill hole showing good ore at 180 feet. They are now down to 60 feet. They also have a shaft on lot 11 about 100 feet deep.

Chas. Dumars of Carthage and his brother-in-law Chas. Williams of Joplin have leased four lots adjoining the pump shaft and will drill there at once.

Still an other developments will likely follow.

Today's Feature

New SW Missouri Census Released.

According to a news release from U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt, there are 695,069 people living in the fifteen county area of the 7th District. Of the 275,745 households in the district, 68.4 % of those consist of families with children under age 18; 55% of the total households are married couples. Only 1.9% of the population in Southwest Missouri reported to live with an "unmarried partner."

Of the housing units occupied in 2000, 69.9% are owner occupied.

There are 17,000 more females than males in the district.

Hensley Expects Refund.

"In my opinion," Hensley wrote in a news release, "each of the present or former office holders in Jasper County who took salary raises during their term of office in violation of the Missouri Constitution will immediately pay back such amounts as they were not entitled to receive since they are honorable people who swore to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and Missouri when they assumed office."

Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

With only a few days till school is out for the summer break, I’m guessin’ the kids are gettin’ a little antsy.

I see where they say most seniors waste the last semester or so of their high school education takin’ easy classes or takin’ time for a part-time job.

I’m all for gettin’ all ya can outa schoolin’, but just maybe that last semester is more important for a lota folks as a time for takin’ a little time out. If ya figure that for the last twelve or thirteen years they have been locked into a structured learnin’ environment, there might just be a value in lettin’ it loose a mite. Give ‘em a break.

If they qualify for graduatin’, why not encourage learnin’ a few outside the classroom skills. Learnin’ doesn’t end with high school.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.