Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-24

INDUSTRY IN ITS INFANCY


uNNI ohn. rch % TN,
Aioui mumg field hc magic roun.
10, which uG. developed in the la-t
nyr lcgw frum twenty three mill~
pruIur.ur $500 p0h worth nf orc iu
IH1s io Ihr .rolf,Ht mining camp Du
earth producing last rotI
$4,000 0Un worth ot concentrates
looks forward IN "a spring drive that
WIN make uu " her Other achieve.
meutg look Hike chilI'E play In cum-
pprisDn
Tho story uf tho development NJ
tho Miami ncli roads like the Wild
est flight ~ the uuvclists pon auj 10
ls often claimed boy those who know
the field trp' 'hclr authors vochhu.
larry would not allow them to ton
even 4up truth about the wonders NJ
thC slUr ant lead deposits Of the
richest of oll Eldurndos
IN luN lpli, Oliver Yousc "m.
bloyrd boy FeliN Dardlna 10 arm Il
winter we'll On his hand soyeu mtlrr
north of Miami discovered "a good
run ~ lead huh lnck. and hastcnrl
to the llillc village Of lnNtor win
1o rowE. not realizing that in Au
doing hc was losing his opportunity
tn become a mutt millionaire while
he was telling ~ tho wondered find
he hnd made. two bankers ~ that
. place slipped over To the Darainc
y home ana leased the gr6uud ana
soon tho Mission mine WIS opened
no, which has been one Of the most
spectacular la the district turning
out 1900 600 worth OF ore 'he first
year only. one third OF an Acro was
mlret out that year aud the crudrsi
machinery WAS used and ore sold az
$50 ton That was ten years ago.
bnt the Mission mine IN being opcr-
hted today, richer than ever In ~
history and will more han likely be
operated for twenty years more. a.
only comparatively small amount
has been taken out Hs vet
From the fact that the Miami
field Inv under the very shadow of
the joplin district. then nls tta
heIghi. little attention was paid to lt
nnd when strikes of wondrsus richcs
We're reported, operators IN the oii
Held shrugged their shoulders aud
smiled knowingly, Tor anything that
was reporled richer than the hest
mines ~ the Joplin field could he
nnthinR leas than u myth. and the
pioneers VI the new field were left
alone 10 fool away their time. ns II
was supposed they we're doing. nv
tho wise ones
y. T. Robinson, GeoFge Coleman
Pnd u J Tuthlll, the three men who
OF AL those interested we're fool
ing away the most time ana monev
something like two years after tho
strike on the Daydine plnce began
10 develon leases In the noirhbor-
ROOD or Commerce that made the
fellows In the old field ait nm and
tfke notice, The Emma Gn,don
mine was placed I'm operation. "A
mine after running ten years and
producing a million dollars worth
ot ore from a fourth Of an acre IL
flll IN oneration and good for
Neume OF Just such activities Then
~rame the famous New state. the
Iurkeyfat Amalgamated. old chief
ana string OF others nearly as good
followed a little later hy tho pIue
toosc Hluehird. Shorthorn. wood
chnck and the Miami fielda woke up
one tne morning to find Itself A
recognized world wonder
While the Miami field had borop,o
famous with the opening az the
mines at Llncolnville and Comner,a
was not until the advent Of the
tagle- Plcher Lead COMPANY. rsrnc
nlhed thruout the land aa ono Of "a.
foremost lead product mauuftctur-
crs That u came into ua own. far
.nat comnany fairly honcvcnmh,,i
'he prairie In the vicinity of tho