The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31
Miamis Mining District Is
Showing Much New Activity

I thousand people now call it home
/ ana thls docs not .uCluir ihe towns
| or Miami paIuY ana Baxter springs.
| Kansas mat bound IL ou each SIDE
Al int,lurLtu connects IA" whole
with Joplin, Mo Hard rilc roads
have done away with the ill but tm-
pI4abir lirr roads OF TWO years ago,
water mains have been add. unit
pitu schools butt churches and hos
piitls erected. ana substantial hUmcB
scattered everywhere.
MIuoslu the Miami GolI have i'm
proyomsuta that were ncvor heard
o.. Wh'u n" Joplin nHll was ia It's
prime. tn" iI'hcr mines are an oT-
Ccllrnt eAatuplr. having cycry mod
"ru d"yiso iud being TYPICAL of many
others. 1h"ys hhN" no stock for
haIpi
Employ $4,000 Men.
The lI,h'r mines are worked by
Ecv"u mills. HAVING - shpffS. and
pay roll ~ 1900 tu - 900 men.
Tho Acnd offices are In Chicago Ta-
Same. cn,aptul has many surlt'rs
scattered over th"'t United states Tnn
'Tr"st compressor plant iu the field
makes 5000 cubic feet ~ COM
pressed AIR Il minute which lH pipod
tp each ~ tho richcr mines. re-
prirlnE added Impetus Ht each RhrI.
from "a booster compressor They
have their own water syst.m, AZ,
ol"yrIr lighted under ground and
uso cages Tor sending mr44tges NJ
and down the rhIfl instead of orc
buckets An electric switch board
In the main office automatically reg
t3iris 'grry bucket Of dirt and the
shhu from which II iz taken. sixty
or 20 mules belong ln thu PIchcr
herd ana take their turn In the
ground, being brought up every
Saturday night spending two weeks
down ana ono week ufr Thoar |
mines have their own huge supply |
house aud carpenter ana machine !
shop, whcro everything M made or
provided without hurried shipments !
frum ufnr \ clubhouse o. run for !
the office force. ana u u boarding /
house whose DO cent meals would |
put TO shame any hotel IN the city |
An Pichcr MILLS have used tho oil !
rotation system FOR two wears "A
uf wood crcsorute and coal
tar crrnsote something that was
never known In the oil fiels II
saves quantities. or Jack" tha, was
formerly lost.
IN" town or Picher has some I2,-
'pO people. Watorwurks are now be-
hs provided and fire department
organized An lg-room modcrnlyt
'1hipprd hospital. is run 10y the Tri
rate mine section OF the American
.inc inslituto l.
Everything IL IAvcly
fos, the situation looks good
Everybody up there says so. Minos
nat have been closed for months ar.
uhhlng again. several new mills are
elng built, and drilling In under way
u new locations Tho Quapaw
4ines are said to have had bad waterl
'oubio and tho town took slump
hen all money had to go to the
ater fight instead OF improvements.
ut this In expected to be thing OF
40 past shortly
Baxter Springs continues 10 build
rotly homes. churches and substAn,
al buildings. while Miami has add
i lasting improvements that ahowi
mt mo town Will mover have TO look
" another boom to make her per
laheht' Nine miles Of paving are
eng laid now, "A flvo-stOry concrete
aptlst sanitarium has lust been
)mpletod and In prospering, and "A
otel thar would do credit 10 n city
1900 or l000 600 people In a sur
rise TO all newcomers, Many five
nd slN-stury new office buildings
and ready to meet the demand of,a
'vived era Of prosperity.
ore buyers are said to be having
hard time buying. and this Is hav-
g the desired eject OF pushing ore
Ices 10 paying basis