The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
noEs Work in Darkness Of
! 3llght TO Bring Forth Ore
/ Which Is Bringing Light
of New Industrial Day to
Northeastern Oklahoma.
Dy Staff Cerrssposdsnt.


MIAMI, Okla, Sept. 0.--We sank
eeatly, silently into sable nothingness'
Walls Of impenetrable sombreness en-
esnpassed US. We drif,ed away from
3 world Of light. going down, down,
Aown- and landed softly 277 feet in
Ne the core Of the earth, planting our
toes on the floor Of shaft in the
iamous Blue Goose mine. The journey
~ I unique delight, profoundly con-
4 Aueive to repentance Of sins and ment.
u registering Of vows to live in right
6eusness henceforth.
II, dear reader, after making maiden
9ocent into nocturnal space as | did,
~ man boasts that while on the trip
u did not give thought to the pros.
e6eh Of his soul during eternity. tell
In for me he is either an uncon
scloaable liar or an imbecile. Not a
tfemor Of fear passed through me, not
. suggestion Of peril intruded itself
upon me. But the thought did persist
forcing itself upon my consciousness
notwithstanding stubborn resistance
against Il, il the slender cable to which
~ were suspended should happen to
break-~what1 I defy any amateur in
vesigator OF subterranean miracles like
he Blue Goose mine to shut fast the
toor OF his mind against such a sug
gsstion As ! have recorded.
s8 lnto Chambsrs Of Wealth.
I Inspected the Blue Goose mine, one
of the earliest and richest discoveries
h the Commerce community OF the
Miami district, Through the kindly
courtesy Of Mr.. John A. Robinson
production manager. and Mr.. Dooley
Superintendent Of the Blue Goose,
tr1versed the vaulted naves and cav
1rNous chambers Of this storchouse OF
perennial wealth, gazing in awe upon
onderous masses Of cleaning metal
watching human apparitions toiling in
productive labor. peering blindlv into
Tie Styyian blackness Of seeminelv in.
terminable drifts. Surely, surely 1,t
nan who sees these things and ioe,
ut believe in God is a fooll
4 Nr. Dooley signaled tower mar
nd . great open bucket descended "a
~ top Of . shaft / was invited tc
no IN and be comfortable, the three
II - accepting the suggestion. W.
nore . standing group, gripping IN,
Neket's handles for steadiness and
eurity. The descent began withou
ock, swift, but smooth. The ligh
~ sun began to fade. II went ou,
aa1 the yellow. Pickering illumina
!. - from tiny miners lamps in on
u dsrEne.. embraced u. X'i, K is,
~ only were We IN motion. Ou
~ ooopped, not with 4 Jar, but gentl
4 " baby IL laid upon It's downy pillow
~ we clambered to the floor OF In,
~ drift We were III feet unde
= ~ surface Of the earth.
II Natures wonder Unfoldsd.
Natures wonders began to unfol,
y panoramie beauty before us. Mer
~ hewn out q wide passage probabl,
elrty feet from floor to roof. An,
hat vacant aisle represented thous
~ upon thousands Of dollars. for tn
lDlld mass with which j, had originall
em closed had been sent above to b
I, 3sushed and separated, the valuabl
Ula the valueless, the lead and ,in
lsacted and shipped to the smelte'
n Aousands OF tons OF orc--the Blu
5oose mine averages even today 1
teseent recovery OF .ture metal--fro'
NJ single drift had contributed /,
4 onpta to the industry OF the world an
ns Of thousands OF tons addition;
\ ~ beyond Il to further enrich II
\ tlpe's owners.
OF Of the inIy depths into the crc'
4 RI cur lamplight issued a miner, drc,se
\ = 6reast-high overalls strapped ov,
\ 4Ahed shoulders, pushing before him
q II which ran along narrow tracks II
1Gbed In great haste. A bucket Il,
4 - elevator was loaded to the bri
! t1lh go pounds OF scintiiiating or
~ this the car bore swiftly toward Il
nee Of the shaft. II took but an in,ta,
~ this subterranean worker TO detac
- empty bucket from the wire roI
- aH|~rh th. f;i1.d oc. J,.....t