The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-20
WEALTH Of GRANITE
Natural Gas, Petroleum and
Most Likely Coal.
FINE GRANITE QUARRIES
Favorable Opinion of an
Eastern Expert.

Guthrie, o. T, June 19.-The report tha
natural gas had been discovered in Greer
county has led to the formation of a stock
company for the purpose Of developing
the alleged find. A charter has been
granted by Secretary Jenkins to the
Granite Natural Gas company Of Granite
Greer county, with a capital stock Of $50
90. The company organizes to mine for
gas coal, petroleum and water. The
stockholders are S. A. Stevenson, F. E.
Hickey, w. c. Johnson, Chris. Huber, R.
s. Waddell, A "a Olds, ]. D. Stovall, j.
n Olds, J. G. LeeDer and R c. Cox, all
of Granite, and E. E. Blake of Ell Reno.
Granite. O. T., June 19-The recent dis
covery Of natural gas and petroleum, the
rich indications Of coal, and the passage
Of the bill opening to settlement the
Kiowa and Comanche reservation insures
a future for Granite little dreamed of
when the Rock Island decided to extend
its line from Mountain View and make
this their western terminus. 1t opens a
field for capital unsurpassed this side of
the Allegheny mountains, and rightfully
can we predict that she will soon take
her place with the principal manufactur-
ing cities Of the country. The opening of
the rich mineral Wichita mountains to
the sturdy miner insures at once the con-
structiop Of one or more smelters work
ing so to 800 men.
Although natural gas and oil were dis
covered but n week ago, there is in pro-
gress on all sides the organization Of COM
panies. the concentration Of wealth. and
the dicussion of plans proposed for its
utility
Among the many enterprises which can
Be noted as certainties in the near future
is the establishing of a brickyard from
which brick can be turned from the kiln
for $3.50 per thousand.
Another and still greater enterprise
which will make Granite famous and
known throughout the land is the location
of a granite works. Granite quarried
from the mountain from which the town
takes its name was recently returned
from San Antonio, Texas, where it had
been sent for polish. Unlike its original
state 1t came back to our citizen, J. c.
Collins, with a surface like glass and q
rejecting power equal to a mirror.
When the news was flashed throughout
the country that natural gas and petrol
cum have been discovered here, Granite
then can expect to hear the knocking at
her door and the demand for admittance
to her wonderful resources. the Touring
mills the cotton mills and the ell re-
dneries. Hence, great is the future OF
Granite
Mr.. w P Crawford. who has been in
the service OF the Rock Island for the
past three years and who prior to that
time was engaged in boring for natura
gas and petroleum in Indiana and Ohio
was interviewed on Tuesday. When
asked what he thought of our natural
gas well he said: These people do not
realize. what they have. I have heard
them speak lightly of the gas. I viii
wager those same people that the flow OF
natural gas from the Armstrong well i:
the strongest surface flow in the United
States and predict that if experienced
men are employed to SINK well, they
viii strike one OF the richest reservoirs
# gas ever discovered in America. This
whole country is underlaid with oil and Il
wcu!d not surprise me If coal were
found "