The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-26
THE RUN Is STILL
VERY POPULAR
PrOspectOrs will Race for
KiOwa and COmanche
Mineral Lands

fort Sill. o. T. July 26.-After all,
me Kiowa- -Comanche opening win be
urhorcd in With a foot race The race
uill bo for mineral not agricultural,
lands. and contests innumcrable and
6itsr are certainty Conflicting
News in regard TO mineral clai ns and
rights divide the lawyers, the experts
aud the officials Acting under the
provisions regulating mineral claims
aiauo thousands of persons have gone
into the wichita mountains and
slaked what they call their claims
A few have done considerable work
enough under the mineral laws to hold
mining claim. Miners are In the
wichita mountains now by the hun.
drcds. They win be there when the
rush is made by those who have re-
spected the wishes Of the Interior de-
garcment. unless they are driven out.
which now seems improbable. II ore
has been found in paying quantities,
Knne OF Il has ever been disposed Of
Tor the land has belonged to the In
diaus. The best authorities in the
interior department declare that the
only mining claims that can be recog
uized are those which date from the
lormai opening Of the country Au-
EVst 6.
Acting upon this hypothesis many
ri those who nave been capivated
B, the rumors af gold, copper and zinc
IN the mountains have gone prepared
30 make q dash. They have crowded
as close to the supposed mineral re-
gion on the south and west sides OF
Ghe mountains as possible. Hundreds
Of persons have already placed on
RIe the necessary papers for min
gral entry. The rights of miners were
Ersa established by the shotgun and
nhe hangman. The courts came later.
but the adjudication has, since the
establishment OF the government been
along the line which common consent
n the mining country established as
hrst and right Those who have al
ready located mineral claims, and
ahey number 1000 or more, viii con
best with those who rush IN with the
spenine Of the country and attempt to
cobble everything Ia sight.
Mineral claims are OF two kinds
gode and placer A lode claim can be
nuly 1900 feet long by loo feet wide.
placer claim may contain 100 acres.
Adyenturers have staked some Of the
heautiful parts both WITHIN and with
aut She forest reserve as placer claims.
thousands OF others have staked lode
xtaims. Many Of these, in order to
sake assurance doubly sure Will
rmke the run from Lawton, Granite.
Mountain View and other points on the
diy OF the opening, and endeayor to
De she FIRST TO reach the claims which
niey already contend are theirs
fawtoa is already afflicted with an
~ excitemen, to supplement the gold
chase aud homesteauers scramble
Hundreds of those who registered at
M Reno as they passed through in
waIrie schooners have continued their
journey to Lawton. They have been
shown beds Of asphalt and oil actually
eg1ing out Of the ground II you VIII
soRSh a match TO the ground ii will
baru. The reporter of the traders
Uae at sin dug well and so much
~ came up that the water was unfit
81 drink They coulndt operate an
pt Nel as he was on the military res
Hvalion The oil well at the sub
rgency, already claimed, and a quar-
tsr section just south and east of the
agency has been viewed by the CO.
Negans eyes Of impoverished thous-
urds Everybody who has repeated
n1ry Of the earth's riches has on.
hrged upon IL and the getrich-quick
iva has grown intensely Under the
lGw opening the reservation oil claims
are cIassod as mineral and again con
lests between the men who own the
hnd and the men who think they have
discovered oil are sure TO follow,