The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-04

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Now men and friends all, the solid
=. mineral is all ready for Us to take out.
Tons of shipping ore is in sight, wait
| ing for means to ship it, and no man
comes forward and says: Il will help
you" 1t seems as though there We're TO
help in Israel. Is it possible that this
mineral will lie dormant in the bowels of
/ the earth much longer?Is it possible that
/ Uncle Sam will continue to arrest us cid
! pioneers and miners for going on any of
! his lands, owned By him, when at the
same time he has made one general law
/ for our guide, giving us the privilege
and the right to explore and purchase
and own said mines and property, pro-
viding we comply with that law? Don t
tell me that the mineral law does not
apply in the Kiowa and Comanche coun-
try. The idea is TOO absurd. You might
as we'll say that Uncle sam doesn't own
that land. Now, we do know that those
lands belong to the United States. and
We know that the government has re-
served all the minerals for the benefit
of its citizens. Consequently. those mines
are owned by and belong to you and me
and Us old miners and prospectors, and
Us old pioneers Of the west | say we
are entitled to those mines. Uncle Sam
says so ard no man has any right IA ar
rest and haul us around from pillar to
post There is no law that iustiiies an
officer in 50 doing, wish tp say ONCE
more thar the Kiowa Comanche ana
Apache Indians do not own said land !;
consequently they do not own the min
erals. Uncle Sam owns them, and don't
you forget it,
Mr. Editor, since my arrest by the
Rainey Mountain boss farmer and mar
shal of that district ard his two indian
assistants. I have concluded that 1t is
shame and disgrace to civilization, if not
Sin. to arrest US poor old miners and
pioneers of the west. from bringing 70
light those precious metals which those
mountains contain, and their natural re-
sources When Uncle Sans officials ar
rest US old expert miners and pioneers
and prevent us from going into that
country, how are the people going to
find out anything about its natural re
sources? Don't you. Mr.. Editor, want
to know? Doesn't every man want to
know? We all want to knew l know
and l want all the world to know it. SO
that they can profit BY my long life's
experience.
OF course the Indians claim those
lands, and these tell the marshals that
those rocks which l am hauling out are
their money rock and say: old man
heap savoy. Injun heap savoy old man.
Hunt Injun's money rock all time. Heap
mad old man. Police catch you bye-um-
bye"
Then. again. they are he'd there as
prisoners of war. And the thirty years
treaty has expired. ard at the end OF
the same the Indians were to take their
alotments. a great many of them have
done so and the government has built
them fine houses to live in. much finer
than us poor whites are able TO build
and the OLD chiefs are smart and intelli-
gent enough to locate them on the best
bottom lands where there is plenty OF
timber and water on the rivers and
creeks ard water-courses. Yet there viii
be plenty Of good lands left for us poor
white trash
Now. Mr. Editor, viii conclude this
lengthy epistle. ny saying that there is
no occasion TO % 10 the Klondike 10
hunt for gold; we have d Klondike right
here, under cur own nose, but the great
trouble IS that the gold is too close TO
Us. and so easy Of access, and is blessed
with such beautiful climate that the
people don't believe there is any gold
there. A Mr. Woods. who keeps an In
dian store at Rainey mountain school,
told me a few weeks ago that he didn't
believe there was half tesspoonful OF
sold in the whole mountains. I did not
try to convince him, neither DO 7 care
whether a man believes IL or not.
know And I am. glad ard proud TO
show my fellow-man my mineral display
a any time and give them all the infor-
nation I can about those Wichita noun
tains. I win nos crly show yea my speci-
mems of rocks. coated with gold, but I
VIII show you my assays in analgam
form
wish 70 say 70 Jbe pubilc and my
friends generally that my partner. Mr.
z a Williams. OF Mountain City.
Wasbita county. has purchased small
gasoline shelter and mu;fier combined
for the purpose Of testing and asssying
those rocks. and am glad 10 note that
he is surely making a grand success. He
is surely smelling out the g3ld. silver
and copper. etc in small quantities.
knowing what we can do on a small
scale gives US some idea what We can do
on larger one. l invite al insellisent
men 70 come and see Ter themselves.
and help us to build our smelter en- a
larger scale. and on 1rue principal But
] have no tine 70 spare and to foel With
these smart a!ecks" and "Daae;ing
Th5mases." remain yoa-s ve-v i-uly.
WILLIAM COOLEY.
T1e old Nicer.
Washington Jan. 2-The state dspart-
mort has received notice q ,ne death. ~
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