The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-04
COOLEY STRIKES /
In the Wichita Mountains,
After YearS.of Search.
GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER
He Claims, and of a Richness
Seldom Seen.
GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER

Kinghsher O. T, Jan. 3.-To the Edi-
tor of the Eagle: -Four years and half
ago 1 left El Reno for Mountain City,
Washita county, on purpose to prospect
the Wichita mountains Tor gold. silver,
copper. lead, etc. During all these years
I have been spending my own money
with a few exceptions. do not com
pain. because what 1 have done has
been of my own free viii and accord
and for the benefit of all mankind, rich
or poor. Ny object was 10 let the world
know what those mountains contained
Having had much experience in other
mining countries 1 ought to know some
thing about rocks and minerals and the
formations. But as 1 have given full
ana explicit description of those forma-
tions. etc. in other articles in my jour
nal. / will not describe them here. The
principal thing the people want to know
is if there is any gold and silver, and in
paying quantities, in those mountains. l
answer simply Yes" / am proud to
say to my friends and the people at
large that 1 hove found it at last, and in
solid bodies, il many places The deeper
l sink down the more solid it gets and
the richer Ny prospect holes range
from four to twenty feet deep. I have
therefore accomplished the great object
] had in view at the beginning of my
explorations viz: to find out and see for
myself and for my own satisfaction,
whether or not those Wichita mountains
Uera r,oir1e-..sf : hea~inp racks
Having spent over four years of hard
toll and labor with my pick, pan and
shovel on my back, climbing over those
mountains. searching after the precious
metals which they contain. It affords me
much pleasure to inform my friends and
the world at large that l never saw such
rich deposits Of all kinds of minerals in
any country as there are in those beau
tiful Wichita mountains. The gold and
silve- bearing quartz crops out on the
surface very bold and plain, so that the
VEINS are easily discovered. White crys-
talizcd quartz veins crop out in places,
two fee high. consequently can be very
easily traced for miles The brown and
yelow carbonake free milling quartz, is
scattered on the surface in many places.
also the black silver ore is "sown" as Ii
were. on the surface. and is mixed up
VITA the soil and grass roots. Copper de
posts can be found and traced from
Fort sill to the north and traced from
into Greer county, where nuggets Of cop
per ore as large as hens eggs can be
picked up on the surface. and | have dis
covered a large copper boulder weighing
between 100 and 20 pounds-but 1 COW
cred it up again so that those smart
alexis can't find it,
But l have no desire to keep things
secret l did not explore these mountains
with that idea. no; went there for the
benefit of ali mankind. 50 that the peo-
pc can reap the benefit as well as my
self. There are also large deposits of the
pure magnetic iron. also rich deposits OF
red and brown hematite iron, gold and
silver bearing; also asphalt beds in a
liquid state, which looks like tar or black
moiasses which oQzes out or the sur
face through the cracks of rocks and
dries up. All of those mineral deposits
are underlaid with the great mother
lode, or the great porphyry belt. which
crops out in many places for miles in
length and several miles in breadth. a
description of which l have given in my
journal and when that journal is print
ed in pamphlet or book form you will
then know all. about those Wichita
mountains. I will say now that l have
given a truthful description of those
mountains as 1 see them. 1 have brought
out my works in q book and map form
end in an enlightened and intelligent
manner. so that the people may know
and understand the riches that lie in the
bowels of the earth in those Wichita
mountains, and since I have lifted off
the lid that covers the golden treas
ure chest. for your benefit I want you
To assist me by your pen and influence
to open up the Kiowa. Comanche and
Apache country as soon as possible
The gold is there. the silver is there,
also the iron. The free milling ore is
there. also the refractory, or smelling
ore; also placer or gulch digging; coarse |
gold, too.