Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17
Section Covered With TangIe
of Equipment as Far. as
Eye Can See.
ALL ARE BUSY DRILLING
Mills Springing Up Like
Magic in Field Declared
Richest on Earth.

strom OF activity Just NOW and QUA
paw can justly claim to bc one Of
the busiest mining towns I'm tho
whole world
II Is doubtful II there is a section
Of the country Of the same size
where more shafts are To- be- found
than tn and about QutpuW. As far
as the eye can see I'm every direction
one can see "A tRnCip nf mining
equipment from the arm rig iu Tho
lofty derrick. from the hand hh 10
the 500-tun mill. an busy dtilliug
the holes to locate the ore Sinking
the shafts for getting out the lead
and Jack harvesting flfty.iwo crops
year bringing Ia money boy the
millions
The great Miami mining district
Is practically "a deep mining section,
the ore getting deeper beneath the
surface until II reaches a depth uf
more than 500 feet at the north and
west extremittes but IN punpaw
field there are mines of All depths.
ficm 200 feet at the west lIle tu
where the lead ana zinc crop out
along Rock creek IN the Lincoln
vile camp.
FIRST in Lin tn'OtnNlUc.
The first lead anl zinc mining f..
Oklahoma wus done at LInoulnyillr,
about two miles from the city Of
Quapaw The Mission niue. now
operated by the Canton Mining COM
pany, is probably the best known
mine in the great Miami Held. from
the fact that u not only is the FIRST
but II was exploited 20 such an OK
tent mat the government stopped
the sale Of stock.
People made long journeys 10 So"
the Mission plant, as II was sh.e~-
tised widely A spiral s'aircane al
lowed the visitors 20 walk dow te-
strps to the bottom AMI the mill,
decorated with inctnies"ent lamps
making most imposing appear
hnCe.
The company operating the mine
was capitalized At $1,000 600, go. nj
though the holdings were very val
uhhle and Rrclt deal OF ore was
produced. II vas impossible tO nay
dividends A strong flow ~ wator
would not allow the ore 70 We taken
ont exccpt 10 certain depth and Ht
last ~ was abandoned. but At pres
ert the Canton Mining @omponv T.
almost ready 20 ntart new mil qUt
operate the mine which has hec0
made easy 10 operate because the
mines 10 the w'st " Ouap1w have
drniued the water off and ~ has he"n
necessary for the canton people q
s'rl, deeper 10. water 20 use in
mn'ing
rhe old KATY mine. now the Rovel
rholl. ,wps one ~ the Na"v first 10
operate nt Lincolnviue and has hcon
In, j. n % q a
district. as the ore has hnan trRen
out over a space ~ seven acres ms
deep Rs the watcr would allow. hut
tho ROYAL Shell Mining company -
taking up an eight-foot stopa all
over the seven acres.
Then crme tho Bic - "k. the W"
1ouaw. the Slmbo. the T'mo'hv and
n lot ~ others hut h'g ROYALTIES
water fights crooked promotion n"l
lot or other troubles san' tho
T.incolnvlle field 10 the scrtp h"l1,
ard for wears the camp WIS iokc
among mining men Nut ~ present
TAncolrville ~ or" Of the most rroU-
Using IN the field as scorc9 of the OLD
shafts have been reclaimed, good
ore IL being taken ont. mile are be
ing built and Il Is almost impossi"le
to secure n hase without paving
stiff bonus, for the old enemies ~
tho camp no longer exist
Sunnyside Second
The Sunnyside was the second to
make its bow as a mining field. The
country all around that section Is
almost as full OF holes ns "A colrnder
as, Ike LinColnyille, to too was carly
in the game ami mines flourlshcd
there but for practically the same
reason they were abandoned ana
Sunnyside. too, became a byword.
LInColnville and Sunnysider have
proven TO the world that miping
camps, like men, sometimes come
back. for something like year ago
Il was whispered about that the
mines ont there were going To be
operated again and soon the old
mills were put into shape, ore was
taken from the shafts and the old
towns were hustling camps again,
great many times than ever before.
Al lincolnville the canton people
bull, a mill at the Mission, the Nor
snn Zinc company erected NM al
the Timothy the SuNa binero built
on a lease they had developed As ala
ethe Memo Mining company and sew
eraI other mills IRE heinC placed IN
condition to operate The Todd Min
ir- company hns sunk 1--WE shafts
p.ru ~i'h top run and Ine tn the
an, the Alabama coon has
dis ed an immense face Ct ore
the g. Jsy queen mine, on the Nels
brothers lease adjoining the MIS-
sion has entered the field with an
exceedingly rich run OF ore at "A
depth OF only ten ieat ana a score
OF others are being reclaimed or
brought in new al about the place.
At Sunnyside, the Red Eagle, the
Lucky Joe. the Jack Rabbit tn"
Lead Boy and dozen or two others
have either been brought back or
discovered and 1ew strikes are be-
ing made almost every day
Worlds HIGHEST Fi-ld.
For years It vas thought Ina,
Ouapaw was not 4 mining town ms
~ nre had been found there, nltho
drills had not besl put ioNn deep
er than At either Snn1ysiie or lin-
colnvile but after the great strikes
at Tar River Picher. commerce and
other towns TO the west IT was thot
that possibly there might be ore al
Ouapnw N drills were sent u little
deeper and the work OF prospecting
began.
Now tho city ~ Qulpaw has hecr'
proven one n .he richest fields in
tho world and Wll's lrc sprinsing M
.kr magic. Tn" Scott Eagle and the
Prairie Dog werc ;he first "a he
"a. a..