The Green Forest tribune., 1902-11-15
ASKS THE TIME EXTENDED.
Maj. Brought Wants Until June
 on All Options and Leases.

Drought shaft to the drill hole has been completed and no startling developments are to be reported.
 Work upon the shaft will not proceed further for the present, at least, but Maj. Drought has yet faith in the project and declares that he and his associates will again start the drill to work, if extension of time on options and leases on lands in the vicinity of the shaft is granted.
 The options all expire during the coming thirty days and it would be impossible now to do anything to amount to much in the way of prospecting with the drill before the options will have run out.
 It is the purpose of Maj. Drought to submit the matter to Mayor O'Neal and to have the subject considered in a public meeting of our citizens soon, and if the people feel disposed to re- new the concessions they have made, he will at once start up the drill and continue the work until he finds something valuable or convinces himself that there is no mineral in paying quantities to be found here. He will ask only until the first of next June to make this test.
 In conversion with Mai. Drought Tuesday, he informed us that he is neither specially encouraged nor discouraged as to the prospects.
 Reviewing the assays made on rock as the shaft has been put down, the Major. said that twelve feet from the surface the assay showed gold to the value of eighty cents to the ton. At the twenty seventh foot was revealed a 12- inch strata carrying 13 1-2 ounces of silver. Many traces of copper were found above the hundred foot point. At sixty five feet 8 strata of ten inches was passed through which is shown to yield gold and silver to the amount of Sl4 or S15 per ton, and at eighty five feet there was a four or five inch strata that showed twelve ounces of silver. Many assays all along have shown traces of gold.
 THE TRIBUNE sincerely trusts that Maj. Drought will be accord ed what he desires, that work may be permitted to go on. This is a scheme in which our town and people have all to gain and noth- ing to lose. Much has been gain- ed by encouraging Maj. Drought in his past operations and neither the town nor any individual has been made to suffer the slightest inconvenience on the account of it. Fully ten thousand dollars have been expended first and last in his work and paying for options and a large per cent of it went : into the pockets of home people. Home men were employed as far as it was possible in the work and every thing purchased was bought through local dealers.
 What our people have to con- sider is wliat it is worth to have this work continued. If millions of mineral wealth abound here i is worth not a cent undeveloped if there is nothing whatever to be found there IS no loss to the people
 here on account of the prospect.
 ing, and whatever money is turn ed loose is so much clear gain t the community.
 We hope no one will take ;
 narrow contracted view of 5h'
 situation and refuse to encourag, - Mai. Drought, but that all will 3 once renew their obligations anc . enable him to continue the work : Maj. Drought and his associate : have spent quite q sum of none, B here for options every cent 0 which they are compelled to los if work ceases at this point an' . only a valuable mineral discover : in the future can save them in til
 event the time is extended.