The Green Forest tribune., 1902-07-19
THE SITUATION AS IF IS.
Mineral Developments Thus Far Given Out by Maj. Drought.

beseiged with inquiries and re- quests for extra copies of the pa per concerning the mining de- yelopments in Green Forest that we have decided to go over the whole ground again and report briefly just what of interest has transpired, that all may be fully informed upon the situation as is possible to gain from the outside indications.
 It was last fall that the Kansas City & Arkansas Mining < De- velopment Co.,, a company organ ized principally of Kansas City capitalists, for the purpose of prospecting in Northwest Arkan- sas. was induced to test what was thought to be good oil indications about Green Forest. Machinery that was first shipped to Harrison was brought back to Green For est and set up near the depot, un- der a contract to drill 8 hole to the depth of HOO feet, unless oil or some other valuable mineral substance should be discovered before such a depth should be reached.
 The work of drilling the well was placed in charge of R. M. Lamm, who was sent by the com- pany here from Kansas City. Work progressed exceedingly slow, as will be understood when it is stated that it took almost six months to reach g depth of 13O feet; and the public had ab out E lost all curiosity about the work, when Maj. E. s. w. Drought, superintendent of the company, who is also constructing engineer of the stock yards of Kansas City, appeared upon the scene, about the middle of June, and began to figure on making some changes, stating that he people whose money is being spent in the scheme were getting restless on
 account of the speed being made and that if he could secure op- tions on the right to mine certain lands in the vicinity of the drill,
 he would succeed to ownership Of the prospecting outfit and
 would proceed to further work on
 his own account. In the mean
 ume other men representing
 some of the strongest financial
 interests of Kansas City came
 here and consulted with Maj.
 Drought and looked the ground
 over. An effort was set on foot
 at once by Maj. Drought to so-
 cure the desired options and he
 pald what might be styled hand some prices for everything se- cured, disbursing almost S2,000 pn less than week.
 AS soon as the deals were all
 closed, Maj. Drought made the furprlsing announcement that
 work upon the well would be in aa ehnately suspended, and that 8 Paalt would be sunk by the side
 q the drill hole to depth of 130
 eesas soon as it conld be done;
 alld hitting his words to actions le us opened negotiations at once to q vs'he contract and John Bay, ' a experienced miner, was trad EJ f f4' wisl on contract for the first
 l'y feet, almost before he knew
 work was started on the shaft ' ';tn ullce and is still in progress
 'en ea orders to push as rapidly as oe eah reasonably be done.
 ''f o' course, the conclusion came een ae d II nash that something had K hal lun oiscovered in the drill hole. !, 'ose ofe IS no other explana ation to V ab,a bJ,,'ered, but what that val oas abls 'bNa something is, an anxious ;t4 bonel onc ooes not know, although .n p5 aI5ugh E has eked out here ,ea eY aere fn' to draw some quite