The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31

One hundred and one thousand ana
fifty crates to the re IS the known
average peach yield of this section.
Orchardists who have tried and know
what they are talking OF say that ap-
pies as juicy and of as fine flavor
as those grown anywhere can be and
are raised here The climatic con
ditions are almost perfect and the
peach and pear trees live and produce
much longer here than they do in the
colder countries further north or in
the sun-scorched lands of the south.
Timber-Both Hard and Soft.
To the east and south of Ardmore
an abundance of timber is to be
found. Further east in other counties
some of the finest pineries in the
central south are to be found and
wgroweaoRtgHiialuc en- shrdl sh
large mills and planning machines are
cutting them ito lumber, dressing and
finish this lumber and preparing 1t
for the large markets of the east and
north. Burr oak and Bois D'Arc fur
nish raw material for the mills OF
the hardwood industries. Some OF
the finest wagon timber used being
shipped from Oklahoma mills.
Mineral Resources.
The mineral resources of southern
Oklahoma are truly source of Won
der as well as wealth. Almost every
valuable ore known to the mineral
world abounds here I'm greater or less
abundance. Gold in paying quantities
as high a grade ana wnlcn assays
as much to the ton as the famous
Cripple Creek country of Colorado, IS
being mined OF Ravia. Two large
cyaniding plants are alreody in op'
Grafton there and outside as well as
home capital is becoming Interested.
The ore at Ravia mines is quartz
bearing and in addition to the god
contained therein, silver and copper
both are in evidence in quantities suf-
ficient to Justify the labor of mining
and the expense of reduction.
Lead and Zinc.
AS previously stated the mineral
dowry of Ardomer is incalculable and
beyond thte utmost power of calcula-
ton at this time. In fact, the
wealth of our minerals are almost be-
yond the dreams of avarice and their
true story. were it to be written
would read like the pages of romance.
This rich heritage falls to Anymore
through the good fortune which
though happen-chance located her
busy streets and fine houses in ter
ritory contingent with the vast min
eral belt being developed in the Ar
buckle mountains. 1t has been said
that We're a Typographical line drawn
forty miles long, with its southeast
ern base resting upon a point twen-
ty miles east of Ardmore. at its north
western extremity, twenty miles
north of Ardmore it would penetrate
what has become one of the richest
mineral discoveries ever made. The
Rock Island railway penetrates this
mineral belt in the east ;>~the Santa
Fe in the north, and projected lines
already surveyed and financed will
reach to the westward confines Of
this belt.
Amidst the wild and rugged seen
cry Of the Arbuckle mountains lies
one of the richest deposits OF lead
and zinc known in any locality in
anv state in the union. The mother
lode of which the famous zinc belt
of Joplin. Missouri, is but an ou,-crOp-
ping, rests in the rugged bosom of
this mountain chain. Legends of the
great mineral wealth of the Arbuck-
les have come down out of the Indian
past in great numbers. Prospectors
have followed these traditions inr
dark canyons and weird def:es and