The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-07
formidable Candidate for Shoo Of Opportunities Hered Capital
in Thrifty Sea- Of ottawa County.

not elsewhere found in the same sivcn
space 90 the entire United States area.
New 10 Older Rcsidentc
Even the residents OF a Jew years
are just beginniise 10 ieaAfo the won
deriul opportunities now making this
city grow faster han any other IN the
entire state While there has been
isolated mines worked and the output
taken TO some railroad, IN many In
stances miles distant. Il was not until
the geological tests determined Otta-
,ys ,,ssnnty. oklahoma was in the very
heart of the lead and zinc land Of the
Ozarks that capital began its march
for this and other points of the north
east section OF the state.
The little prospecting done has
clearly demonstrated hat in ard
Ground this city are soon TO be some
OF the est lead aud zinc mines of the
entire United States. aud already Is
capital here seeking intelligent and
honest investment.
Alrf dy mills are up, more being
erected, and the city has The appear
ance Of some large factory town. ow.
ing 90 the innumerable parts of the
machinery being sent here to aid in
the proper commercial development Of
the leases and holdings of the oper
aiors
Experts have written innumeratle
opinions, and each corporation first
sends i,s own trusted man to explore
the necessary depths and take bear.
ings. and ii is a matter Of prlle aud
qualification 10 the people that nor
one bad report has been offered, and
the holdings have. as consequence
sdvanced beyond my ability to de-
scribe
some of hese desoriniions Of ev
perts 90 Into the minutest detail, Civ
ing the outcroppings, ard also wnai
stratum and width aid depth can De
relied upon without danger.
The one nest easily understood bs
the average feadcr and carries wish d
the name of an expert known through
ort the entire Southwest has been se-
lectad, because | feel IL VIII suffice
and can be mastered by all.
Tse Mineral Resources OF Ottawa
County. Oklahoma.
fBy w. S. Bayterl
Living q the foot Of tho Ozarks
"a their most ncrthwosterly cytremity
is situated Ottawa county, Or'ahoma
in the portheast corner Of tic state.
Within iis borders unite two riTers
tho Neosho and Spring rivers. United
ihoy farn Grand river. which 2mpsios
into the Arkansas near Fort Gibson
These two rivers throughout their
several coulfes drain valleys contain
ing different forms OF mineral wealth.
IN the Neosho valley there Is to be
fonnd petroleum. coal brick shales
natural gas In the valley Of Spring
river lies The world famous Miami
mining district where Is produced
the best quality a. zinc ore the world
has yet known. These ores contain
not only a larger percentage OF mo-
taliic zine than elsewhere found bur
also IS more readily treated by The
smaiterics than any other lt is be.
culiariiy Of mineral formations that
where one metal Is found all others
exist IN greater or less degree Asso
ciated with zinc ores are generally
lead ores, also. which Ia the Jopli
district form considerable byprod
.uct As these two rivers here unite 80
in Ottawa county are 70 be found the
.chafScterigtics Of both valleys and q
share Ot the mineral wealth OF each.
At the town OF Peoria. in the north
east parf OF ihe county there have
been zincleaG mines for about twen.
.ty-five years, but operations have hceu
carried on ia q cheap and simple
farhiOn, owing to the remoteuess Of
the place from transportation. This
mining WAS of shallow deposits usual
ly lead or zinc carbonates which were
rich but not extensive and so its his
tory has been ono OF Hps and downs
IMMORAL was discovered on the prai
r.es west of Spring river IN the year
1903 since which time there has been
Ia steady development and constant
search for new deposits, or prospect
ling This ia brief covers in a general
WAY The history OF actual mining iI
the c0lj5tF. N{tg present development
and prospects his should yield the
stale iroRl now on an annual income
ni one million dollars, and the prob
ability Is that this WIN be vastly m
Crcuscd Sa time goes ON.
Ilnclead mines however do moi
constitute the entire mineral wealth oI