The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-10
LANDS
ATTRACT ATTENTION
TOWN OF COAlGATE EXPECTS
GREAT BENFlT FhOm SALE
AND DEVELOPMENT

Coalgate, Okla, June 9,-The pros
pect for the early sale of the seq
regated mineral lands of eastern
Oklahoma is just now attracting
attention to this locality, and Coal
gate, situated in the center of "a
600 acres of these salable lands is
looking forward to the benefits to
be derived from their sale and fol
lowing development OF an aSricul-
tural region richly endowed by ma
ture.
The surface of the country is gen
orally rolling prairie, we'll watereG
by the numerous streams and the
rich soil produces a heavy crop D.
grass every year.
Coalgate is the largest town IN
Coal county and Nhe second largest
town in the segregated land district.
1t has population of 5000 and is
surrounded by several smaller towns
of industrial Importance. There are
900 miners employed in Coal coun-
ty and the total pay roll exceeds
sl,OOO,O00 year. This affords
splendid home market for every
thing produced on the farm. AS all
crops of both the north and south
are raised here, it is an ideal place
for the homeseeker.
The coal deposits of Coal county
are the heaviest in the entire dis
trict and the mines at Coalgate are
open when closed during market
depressions at other places 1t Is
estimated that some of the depos.S
will reach the enormous production
of 10000 tons per acre, an ineXhaus-
tible supply BIT the most remarkable
feature of the county is the large
percentage of first-class farming
: land covering the surface. Above
the vast storehouses Of the ages
corn. cotton, oats and alfalfa VIII
be grown in great abundance.
There are the best educational ia
cilities and the numerous railroads
crossing the country brings almos'
every acre in sight of a town or
market place.
For full twenty years Oklahoma
: has been making periodical offer
ings of great opportunities. TA,s
. year. 1912, she comes forward win
another land opening on terms so
, reasonable that it is almost as easy
| as homesteadng.
These lands will 90 quickly am
, they will be the last that this great
l state has to offer
The state of Oklahoma has no
t quite the population of New Jersey,
and has ten times its area. And
what has New Jersey to offer in
, either agriculture or mineral TO com e
, pare with Oklahoma? Simply no
4 thing. When Oklahoma is as dense
, " populated as New Jersey, and II
] will be. it will have 10000. 10000 peo-
: pie And the center of this dense
population will be in the factory
town where the coal fields meet
. the corn fields and the meadows.
Coalgate is such a town, and ha'
ing the lead in population and de
| velopment. its supremacy is fixed
Ii has coal enough to last five hug
dred wears at the present rate Of
| production. This is government es
innate and such estimates are al
ways conservative. Sl,500 per acre
was recently paid at ConnelsviGe.
Pa. for coal lands. At one-third
of that price what would be the
wealth of the $4,000 acres of heav.
productive coal land lying around
Coalgate? At the present royalty
of eight cents per ton the govern
ment estimate would bring the valre
of each acre to the Choctaws up
to $500 per acre for the entire seq
regated district. This means vast
sum that will be paid out in roy
alties and labor at the mouth of the
mines for hundreds of years. u
means the most stable and endur-
ing development that man has yet
/ found.