The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-30
THEIR REMOVAL
ENRICHED INDIANS
VAST WEALTH WAS FORCED UPON
rHE FIVE CIVILIZED TRlsEs-
LAsDo OF MILK AND HONEY

Washington y. c.. Sep %. When
i. vas first proposed to remove from
their eastern lands some Of the larger
tribes, ard TO establish them west Of
the Mississippi rlyer. the Indians op-
posed the plan-and mighty howl
sen; up from the Greeks, CherOsecs
and ChoctaVs, ~Ao ra;uraly were
quite loathe to leave a country en-.
dea7ed 70 them by Ions association
and in which they had thriving vii.
lagps
Tim, has demonstrated however.
tha. the move ~as wise one as the
lands o. IN, i've civilized tribes In
Oklahoma have produced vast stores
%. mineral wealth. which have as yet
ben merely scratched and the az.
g-egate amount OF which can only be
estimated Ia a vague manner.
The Nid.Continent oil field com
posed almos. entirely of Oklahoma
lands allotted 70 the Indians, leads
all other oil fields Of .hc United
5 a,cs in production this year and
places Oklahoma first among the NJ
teen oil producing states Of the IN.
ion Reports indicate that $4,000, 900
barrels Of crude prtolerm have been
marketed a large proportion of which
vas produced from the Glenn and
MusSogee pools In the Crock nation
Tho Glenn pool VAS no. discovered
un,'l November. 1905 and attracted
bu. LITTLE attention until Mar'h, 1905
To-Day there are practically 100 pro
due < vols within the proven terri
tory OF the Glenn poo, which Is bu'
four miles square Last year this
fold produced 53.vo0.o0o barrels OF
oil. tn highest production being III,
900 barrels IN June. 1905
Il IS said the product on in 'h,
Glenn pool in one year has been great
,r than that of the entire sta, o
Ohio In It's best wear. 1896, and NOR.
than has b.cu produced By Pc-nsy'
,ania since 1892 Tho lain IS ais,
made that there is not q dry hole
within tho boundaries % his mos, -
markahe pool The Indian allottoel
whose lands embrace this yaluabl,
four square miles OF territory receive
in royalties for the oil produced from
$1,000 % 81 GOO 4 month.
II is estimated that ,2O000,ooO ha'
been expended in drilling OH and ga
wells on Indian lands, while the in
dustry affords cmployu mt 20 an arm!
= 10000 men
on and gas opcri.ions In IN,
Osago nation have also been actiy,
this year During the year i.SlG, 90
barrels OF oil were p, p,oduccd. one
eighth OF which vas ca edited 70 N,
Usage nation as royalty, valued a
t2i5.3o02}, while the gas produce,
from - active wells or The roserva
tion brought sl0672o
There were over 100 ,cal leases II
effect on the segregated lands NJ tn
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Gov
crtng an area OF l00,5s0 acres, an,
G4O0 acres ar" under lease for min
ing asphalt The coal prod iction oi
these lands last year Amounted 4
2.72S,437 tons and 4, was an of yea
az that, while i,l2l tons Of asphal
were mined
The royalties on coal and asphal
collected and placed 10 the credit a
the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribe
amounted 10 s2li.79277 for ,oal an
&3,5S333 for asphalt
The average OF men and byys owe
lG years Of age employed in this II
dustry during the last fiscal ar wa
G,33l The value Of the coal pro
duccd was $o72l,35sol, the aycrag
selling price per ton being s2o7