The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
GOLD IS REFRACTORY.
That Is What MIR. Soy Says of
Wichita Mountain Metal.
NOT TOBE HAD WITH PROFIT
Because, He Says, There Is
Very Little of 1t.
NOT OBE HAD WITH PROFIT

oxley. o. T., Jan. 27.-To the Editor Of
the Eagle: VIII you please publish the
following in regard to the Wichita noun
tains?
L wish to contradict, in a general way
many erroneous and exaggerated reports
Which have been given out about these
Mountains.
1 do this for the reason that such re-
Ports are injurious to the cause of open
Ing the Kiowa and Comanche Indian re-
Serve to settlement, also TO prospecting
ana mining.
Although have not spent a great deal
Of time in these mountains, I have had
some actual experience in sinking pros
2ect holes.
1t is my intent to give a true descrip-
ton $50 far as space win permit Of these
mountains which of necessity will CON
tradict many others. The Wichita Noun
fa-ns are situated in the heart Of the XII
Qwa and Comanche reserve. They are
great hills Of lime, granite and gabre.
Which seemingly were pushed up through
q very level surface There are single
mountains. some one-half mile wide from
one TO two miles long; also chains of
mountains from one-half' mile to three
miles in width and from two or three TO
fifteen or twenty miles in length. dis
tributed over a territory some twenty
miles wide by about sixty in length. run
ming in a south-easterIy and northwest
erly direction.
Mineral indications are numerous and
varied. Zinc seems to be the predomi-
mating metal but there are plentiful #
slight signs Of tin, nickel and asbestos
Coal is also found, but has not been
thoroughly prosDected.
The last, also the least, is gold, the
bug-a-boo Of all the prospectors, except
very few. The greater number of these
prOspectors have what miners call the
gold eye or no eye at all They can
see gold in any rock, even a piece of
building stone.
The -assayer mentioned in an article in
the Wichita Eagle of late date, never
made study Of assayingt but is an ex-
pert, as he can get a large per cent. of
gold from Missouri black jack Such men
as these are they who send out these ex-
agerated reports.
One prospector has sent over one hun
dred ASSAYS to competent men and the
highest return of gold that he received
was So and some cents. The truth of the
VII 'ie matter is there is very little gold
in the Wichitas and what is there is re-
fractory and carnot be worked at
profit
Any one wishing to look for mineral
should look for any thing else than gold
are not one immense pile of values, but
Of rock.and if you get anything therefrom
YOU must dig for it.
There may be some sentiment in reading
exaggerated articles on mining, but none
what ever in actual prospecting.
If you have a good farm business or PC
siJion. do not leave it, without second
thought. and come to the Wichitas TO
hunt gold
On the other hand, if you have had
some experience in mining zinc, lead or
copper, there is a good chance for you to
DO well. To make a success of mining,
like all other business. requires a great
seal of ability and good judgment
To those who wish to secure a farm in
the Kiowa-Comanche country, ! will say:
There is much valuable agricultural land,
rs well watered as most parts of Okla
homa. with good buffalo or mesquite
grass.
The report of the Secretary Of the In
terror reads that there is no valuable
agricultural lands; the grazing lands of
little value" There are thousands of cat
tie grazing in the reservation summer and
winter
Any one wishing TO know who wrote
this can inquire of
FRANK w. SOY
o. the Burlington Soy Co, Oxley, o T