The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14

that the outcrop now covered by tn,
Dome, Crown Point and Pinnacle coulC
have been easily appropriated. The enc
lines Of the Rock and Dome, as originally
located by Wood, were exactly 800 fee
apart. Wood must have formulated
plan at this early date for locating tn,
Stone claim in practically the anomalou:
form it holds TO this day.
In his very short history Of the dis.
covery Of LeadvilIe carbonates. Emnons
says: Prospecting was quietly continued
by Mr. Wood, but no claims were taken
up, as the old placer claims-which
though abandoned. would still be III force
I for another year-c0vered all the ground
adjoining the gulch. This explanation
! Of Woods quiescence was undoubtedly
| furnished EmmOns from an authoritative
! source. Wood wanted the outcrop in the
! gulch, but could not legally locate il; the
I Discovery and and ? below (peThaps
3 also were in the way Wood. however,
| possessed the suspicious qualities. silence,
! patience and perseverance which the gods
sometimes reward.
I On May s. 1873, all obstacles to lode To-
I cations in this particular section Of the
+ gulch were apparently removed, for on
/ that date Wood located the Stone claim.
In making this location Wood did a mean
act, made laughable mistake and exec
uted a mystery survey. He surveyed
over the north end line Of Bradshaw s
claim, regardless OF the fact that Brad
shaws developments gave him his first
information relative to the mineral pos
s,biiities Of this camp. The little strip Of
ground. % feet wide by 290 feet on the
cast and 800 on the west side, which is
excluded from the Stone claim by. corners
s. 9, 10 and II in the patent application.
represents the compromise with Brad
shaw over this disputed territory. This
is probably the first of the many COM
promises which the discovery OF carbon
ates entailcd. Thus the first two dis
coveries of ore set an excample which
was followed by many succeeding
lccaters.
Wood located a claim without practical
or legal-end lines; he made an Offset in
one Of his side lines and called it an end
line but the United States supreme court
smiled solemnly at his effrontery and de-
clared it to be an imaginary end line.
How the financial officials Of the United
States land Office were persuaded to
approve this unusual location is an unex-
planned mystery.
Wood covered a curved outcrop in a
practical manner with his many-sided To-
cation. following it down Iron Hill. across +
the gulch, where it Strengthened and up
Rock Hill on its bend TO the west. II
he had only made the north-end line Of
the Rock and the south-end line OF the
Lime parallel in 1874. his form Of location
on the Stone for covering fat vein
cut by a steep gulch, would have been
both practical and ideal-a model for sur (
veyors and mining engineers to admire 1
and copy.
Having secured the coveted territory /
embraced in the Stone location. Wood +
was apparently satisfied with his work, /
called it wei done and took visit. In
the summer Of 1873. however. God solic- 4
tied the cooperation of ". II. Stevens 7
in the development of his claims and /
Stevens visited the camp accompanied by /
Prof. II. Boeger Of Alma, Col. This was
an event of transcendent Importance; /
let us record in letters Of living nshE
upon the archives of this occasion the
name Of Prof. Boegner of Alma, Col, the
report on the past and future of the
new carbonate camp.
Boeger must have made a favorable re-
3ort on Woods properties. for Stevens
acquired an interest in
woods location. Development on the
Rock. Stone and Lime claims, during the
summer of 1873, must have verified the
lnticipations OF Wood and Stevens.
Either on his own initiative or through
he suggestion of Stevens. Wood in July
md August 1876 located the Iron. Bulls
eve and Iron Hat in February. 1871.
he Porphyry
With the record of these claims Woods
ctivity as locator ceased. believed
hat he had located the apex Of a vein
which he would be allowed to follow on
is course through contagious territory and
he therefore saw no reason for additional
ocations to the east of the outcrop. In
his opinion he was sustained by Stevens,
Who subsequently became an apex mono
maniac Wood and Stevens both believed
hat mineral would be found only on the
me- porphyry contact: when subsequent ,
cvelopments showed that the ore bodies /
rere not confined to the contact, but ex- I
sted in the lime itself. without connec- ,
ion herewith Stevens then shifted his !
ontcntion to the entire blue limestone >
ORION as constituting the vein apex. 1
N examination Of the line of outcrop r
iii show that Wood was not entirely
Gccessful in all his locations: but we ?
ontact in all Of his locations but we
aust credit him with SKIN and foresight g
his endeavor 10 follow the wavy. =
aclUsive vein. the existence of which he +
ere predicted. His locations were plan a
cd with consumatc skill. considering the
bject he had IN view and the meager %
3ta at his command. ON the basis Of 2
evelopments in his time and with the r
asst history Of mining. existing statuary K
lactments and Judicial decisions to sus- o
lin him Wood was thoroughly logical %
assuming that extra lateral rights h
ould be accorded bis locations. An ex- T
ninauon Of the outcrop OF the ore 4
,pied from Blows maps of Iron HIN, s
IN show that Wood apexed the ore +.
1dies with wonderful precision. even $
Tough the contact within the lines Of 81
IS locations failed TO include al Of the =,
re-prophyry 10 must not DE pre- 81
,mcd that Wood was aware Of the eN- q
tence Of these separate ore chutes- il
be outcrop of the Ruaie Lime and the "
,rth branch q the silver Cord en- the %
AIS Eye We're discovered by ice D3yle
1852. and the south branch If the
liver Cord. where it surfaces Oh the
ais Eye. were unearthed by Moran and ?
gons In 1871 No doubt the memories
some Of the members OF this associa-
ID can supply the names Of other Il