The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-21
MINING
OPERATIONS SHOWING
GREAT ACTIVITY

in the mineral folds Of Oklahoma
.ere Is gre Ter activity at the p q
en- lime than i0r many months Tn.s
s true in the coal fields as wen as
in the lead and zinc. The discovery
IS lead and zine IN the vicinity ol
Tlhlequah has caused rush OF pros
pcctors 70 that locality. and near Nl-l
ui a shafts are being sunk. prospect
ng for lead aud 1inc One ol 1e-e
Shafts Els shown good specimens a
depth of ninety feet In the vicinity
ei Miami there are many new shafts
being sunk and new prospects stlrt
every day.
In the coal fields the greatest az
tivity Is in the segregated lands Of he
Chactaws and Chickasaws. where GOV
ernment experts have recently been
III work trying 20 estimate the value
Of the mineral deposit Work is IA
progress at Pateau 10 -eOpen the c1ai
mines At hat place and construct a
line of railroad from Poteau 10 the
mines.
A Iich deposit of what appears TO
De geld ore was made during the last
week by DR. c. II Howell The find
was made about thirty feet below the
surface while drillers were at work
on a well. I'm the same locality HI.
NJ. Detou has also unearthed qu9n-
tity OF he same metal A thorouen
Investigation is being made of tnat
field This is in close proximity to
The Wichita mountains.
Adverse reports OF gold in paying
quantities in the Wichita mountains
have faled to cause prospeetors to
abandon their claims in that region.
which they are working under the
mineral laws of the United States.
several years ago more than a thor
sand men were in camp in the Wich
itas each confident that fortune was
just ahead of him, and that with the
building of ore mills and the further
development of his claim he would be
gin putting money in the bank
Geologists employed by the Unit
States Government and by the STATE
made explorations in the mcdntans
and assayed specimens OF ore from
alleged proven shafts Rarely was
tiace Of gold found and IN most
instances there was not sign Oh
color The prospectors received those
reporta with jeers and pointed to as
says that showed ore rich in gold
Some of these specimens had been
salted with ore from Colorado mines
These assays of fake specimens caus-
ed number of credulous persons to
buy something that had no value.
There are perhaps 200 men In the
mountains now" said Walter stevens
OF Lawton. hoping and waiting for
something TO turn up 1t would be
impossible to convince them that they
are mistaken in their belief that nm
told riches lie buried in the noun
tains, and that some day somebody
will uncover them These men have
been here for years. They stay on
their claims until Their money is gone
and they they go to the town or
among the farmers and work until
they have made another grub stake
Pack to their claims they go as fgs,
as they can travel
stevens at one time believed the
stories about gold In the Wichitas. lie
said when here several days ago that
there might be gold in the mountains
that lie in he military reservations,
but that the amount was probab y
mall. Stevens Is confident, how.
ever, that in the neignborhod of Ca
che are deposits of lead and zinc
Of value lie has supervised the as.
slying of ore taken from the shafts
that showed is per cent zinc and 2S
per cent lead.