The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-07
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WICHITA MOUNTAIN GRANITE.
very Fino Quality Of the stone is Dis.
covered.
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Special TO Daily Loader
Lawton. Okla. March col D d.
Sleeper of ths cts Sc eaay rec ived
block ol gnnHe from the wichita
mountains that measures three feet
in length, one and a half feet fin width
and about nf cen inches thick Ii is
of The very finest quality OF grant
and comes from a quarry where the
same material is TO be found i'm olmos
imueasurahle quantities Regarding
mis- piece Of stone Col sleeper said
Yesterday:
That piece of granite was procured
from Mount Sheridan. Just below me
bottom Of The cliff on the east side
Mr. Fnner,y who quarried The blocl,
says here are millions Of tons of the
same quality in sight at tha, point
thai ID ls absolutely without flaw anu
is as fine a piece of granite as he ev.
er saw He learned his trade In ho
Vermont granite Quauies. where DE
worked for seven years. lie also
worked on the state capitol building a.
Albany n Y. ani has had wide exper-
ience ia handling granite In most
of The quarries of Vermont the granite
must now be lifted from below the
surface from a depth of seventy 10
eighty feet There the granite blocks
must be lifted out by machinery. But
in the case of the granite at Noun,
Sheridan, for years it could be remov.
cd without a lift. and lowered % the
bottom of the mountain on a tram
way
'Mr Finnerty also examined the
limestone formation north of Mount
sheridan He found Il to be of an
excellent quality for building pur-
poses
Now. my proposition is hat we
procure samples of limestone anil
granite aud send them to the worlds
fair for exhibition at the Oklahoma
buildings that after that they be re-
moved to Guthrie ald placed on ex-
.hibition before the ate legislature:
thar we make concerted action to
procure the transfer of the territorial
convic.s from the Kansas state pen
.itentary TO be foot of Mount Sher-
Ian, in temporary quarters, and have
them worked upon the granite quar-
ries in getting out granite for the
state capitol. asylum. penitentiary and
other public buildings. These CON
vic cost the territory last year about
.S12oo00 for their transportation and
maintenance in the Kansas peniten-
tiary This sum would main ain.
guard and work them in the granite
quarries for a year. and the territory
would have the stone ready for use IN
its buildings withou additional cost
Col Sleeper is very enthusiastic
over the granite proposition at Mount
Sheridan II il be found that there are
no minerals in commercial quantities
there he is sure that the fu ure work
ing of the granite quarries would be
better for the people than gold mines.
Some two months ago he introduced
a resolution at the Lawton club, the
substance Of which was hat II was
the sense Of the club that IL work in
dustriously to the end that the terri
torial convicts be removed TO the
granite and limestone quarries that
they may there be worked and made
pay their way Following up this res
lomtion Col. Sleeper proceeded TO en-
ploy Mr. Finnerty. an expert, to go TO
the mountains and procure samples
of the granite for exhibition at the
worlds fair The block now lying on
he ak IN front Of the e. & w. build
ing is the result of his endeayors.
This block OF granite will be sent to
ST Louis. where one side will be
highly polished, and engraved on the
polished side will be the words co
manche County Granite"
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