The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-02
THREE VEINS OF GOAL.
Find al Billings Proves to be
Bona Eide.
HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED
And the thickness of the
Several Strata.

: Guthrie. o T.. Dee. 1.-At last ,,si
seems 20 hove been discovered i. ox.s-
bona For years reports 81 ,it e-ss
haVe been dissipa1ed out q tbs realm oi
fact 5y Investigation ana lhere has
grown up wide feeling that 0klaaoms
lad 40 coal
one Of me reasons Tor false reports "a
a slight autcropp.ns OF pralre coal
through western Oklahoma watch al sif-
ierent points has been discovered ana
taken as an Indication az greater de-
posits near. These deposits never M
ierial-zed. do not in fact exist. and tac
prairie eaa is scarcely more thsn pe1l
and not valuable
But The discovery If coal AZ pgi!n-.
seems substantial Three veins have bee
found. net go a great depth. ana me con.
IS % good variety. Iu relating The h.s-
,ory of ghe Hud, the Ea.d Eaeis sass.
~ now appears reasonably certain th
the company pgsspecuac f5r csaI r.a-
Billings VIII d. rewarded uith discover
ies az most Important character. Alta
depth cf i1 feet The drm passed thrcusa
s-inch vein. at l-s feet through d is-
inch Vein. at 2is feat through VEN
over two feet and BOW 81 q dsptb az "a.
feet another vein has been rsschss ma
thle kness of Which will oe known .n
day cr Two. Those who profess Ed uuatr.
stand tho conditions are confident fs.t
the latter vein VII be from four ~
feet IN thickness.
The locality where this develogm.at
is being made U.s. tUentg-s.x miles from
Enid directly east en- the nrst section
line south ~ North Enld 10 IS nrs and
one-han miles south and ons mile ease
of the town ef Bluinss on tae Rock
Island r5alroad
For number 10 years Eeolorsts and
coal miners have Insisted that cea coa.d
be found in the location uaw being r-e..
pected but untI recently nobody has haf
sufficient faith and courage to undertake
the work A Few months ago Frank
McMss ess, ~ Oklahoma city aha hs
had considerable successful experience
locating coal mines .n the Indian Trf-
tory. made an cxamiaation OF thc iocan
and arrived at the conclusion that CO.
deposits would unquesuonshly bc ds
closed by proper work lie arrau.zea
COMPANY gs EniJ mon but f3iiiar 90 rn-
eeive necessary AID ana cooperation
from t5e citizens of Enld nothing sner-
tive was done Finally George ansuer
obtained control of the buik ef the stock
and effected re-organszatiou Hs raised
sum sufficient 10 insure thorough PROS.
pect work. and a Few weeks age bezsa
work with an s-iuch churn dru The r.-
suits up 90 this time are as above stated
The company is also sinking = shaft iq
Tho dlrecuos or the discovtriss. uhieh
has now reached a depth o. forty-tuo
feet
"The capital stock Of the company s.
Sioom George Msner d president. e g.
Hammond secretary and treasurer Eu.
gene Aiuuey. superintendent ~ rhe wors
These parties own NEST ~ trs st7ck
M.sner and Hammond are both uen
known citizens ~ Enid Muirev IS
practical miner OF long and auccesrfal sz-
perience.
This we believe g. the FIRST Discovery
~ coal ever made % oklahoma. and n
later developments come 20 te present
expectations fts Importance afl be- very
great ~ kept under control friendly
60 Enld g. viii be- t5e basis ~ Industries
recurring cheap feel that w iaslrs
great growth and fhe future prominence
81 Enid among Oklahoma cities"