The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-26
MINING INTERESTS
CLOSE TO MOOOCS
DRILLS OPERATED BY MISSOURI
SYNDICATE CLOSE TO OKLA.
HoMA STATE LINE. q.

/ Wyandottc. Okla. Jan. 25-Some OF
/ the big mining interests OF Joplin.
! Mo, are on, oaching upon the Nc.
/ doc Indian .anCs and As resul. 1t
. is understood that some of the al.
lotmcnts recently offered for sale by
Ira G. Deaver. Quapaw Indian az Mt,
will not be rc.adyertised because of
the allottee having concluded ~
hold them for lease to the mining
companies. Drills are now operating
within mile and half of the Mo
doc lands There are sixteen tracts
offered for sale. uader the sealed
bid plan, by the Indian agent. but
TIE bids. which were opened Jan.
II. were found to be too low
That the Guggenhcims have no in.
tercsts in Oklahoma Is consistently
denied here. in Joplin and by the
Guggcnheim representative in Den.
yor but the fact remains that there
f. 4 big mill in Ottawa county op.
Grated on the Guggenheim plan by a
superintendent formerly in the Gug
gcnhcim employ in Missouri, and is
known as the "iuggenheim mill. "
The only large smelling interest op.
Grating In this field Is the American
Zinc, Lead and Smelling company.
which was promoted a few years ago
by w. c. Renfrow. a former terrific
rial governor of oklahoma. who Is
said to be no longer interested in
the company. This company has zinc
mines in the South Carterville sec.
lion of the Joplin district.
Paul Ewert. special assistant at.
torney general Of the United States
has instituted suits to set aside
leases on $4,000 acres in the Peoria
reserve. These lands were leased
by the Peoria Mining and Develop
ment company. New Jersey cor.
poration. and the leases are said to
have expired ten years ago.
IN effort Is being made to have
Attorney Ewert investigate the sale,
which was made several years ago
under the administration of II. b.
Durant as Indian agent at Miami, Of
$4,000 acres OF surplus lands be.
longing To the Seneca tribe of In.
dams, which was brought to the In.
dian Territory seventy years ago
from New York and Ohio. There
vas between 300 and 100 Senecas
and they were given a reservation
north of SO degrees and 80 minutes
north latitude and east OF the Neo.
sho or Grand river subsequently,
the Quapaws, Shawnees. Wyandots.
Peorias, Ottowas and Miamis came
IN their turn and got land from the
same territory. Later the Modocs
came and got two sections from the
Shawnees. There still remained H..
Goa acres OF surplus land in the Sen.
eca reservation after the lands were
allotted, for the most part rough
land unsuitable for farming and ".
Ing between Sycan re and Council
creeks, The land $3.50, covered by "A
dense growth OF fine timber how
ever, and the Seneca Fault, known
To biologists, running diagonally
through il. while to the east are a
half dozen prosperous mining camps.
Lead and zinc were mined here dur.
ing the civil war. the lead used for
bullets.
The Seneca surplus was sold TO
Northrup brothers of lola. Kansas.
for $l.25 per acre. and II Is under.
stood that all OF the purchase price
has never been paid. The Indians
have received government drafts for
~ and IL cents. and one of record
a low as 3 cents. These drafts are
scattered over the Indian country
and are held as relies and curiosi
ties. At the time of the sale II Is
said that Baxter Springs. Kansas.
and Eldorddo. Kansas. capitalists
submitted bid At a higher figure
but their bid was rejected
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