The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-09
GREAT IMPETUS in
COAL MINING SHOWN
Operators Are Encouraged to Make
IIlR Investments In
View Of Boom.
GREAT FUEL BODY FOUND
Conditions win Ue Inticing to lo-
cation of Many Big
Indma arics.

BpsriAi To The world
MaAI.ESTEK. okla, March -
Events of the pnHt few weeks In the
McAIcstrr coal fields arc such that
tho coal operators are beginning to
venture tho opinion that 40 least
one ~ the predictions mado with
reference 20 the part certain ot OK
lahomn'H indudrirs would play ~
the readjustmept ~ the industrial
life Of the United States win come
true In that time the future pro-
duction or coal received an Impetus
seldom oqualod in tho history or cohl
mininR In oklahoma In the fhcr
OF conditions OF tho most d.Sh"hri-
ening nature. continued warm
weather with full bins over most ~
tho country hnving compelled a
shutdown IN many instances tho
coal opcyatorn. both the old timers
and newcomers IN this fcld. nav"
gone ahead with improvements uhI
now show the sinking OF approx
matciy 100000,
Makes borrowing In-I,
This now regime, tho spending or
money by coal operators Tor I'M.
prEvnmenta and the sinking of new
nhafia. has been brought nbuut 10y
the throwing ~ tho IMMORAL deposits
underlying these indian lands on tho
market Under conditions now pre-.
NailIng tho operator can secure All
tho money he wants for Investment
in coal properties because no can
secure title To tho mincrnls, lnHt
history OF the coal industry In east
orn oklahoma shows that Il was
practically an mpoasibillty 20 secure
funds for any kind, tho leasing sys-
tenn In vogue compelling the sac
riflco OF too much money and mo
taking OF too much Of gamble FOR
institutions which required sound so-
curltlee for their Investments. THIS
IL why the coal operators are confi-
dent that the prediction OF tho part
the coal fields will play In the re-
adjustment period will come true;
why they declare that In tho future
thc Industrial expansion OF the Uni
ted States Will follow closely the de-
poHlts OF coal In the past many
of tho industries OF tho country have
grown up away from tho coal fields,
instead of near them,
That most OF this expansion viii
come TO this vicinity, and especially
close 10 MoAlester. is the opinion
of the operators In this field Among.
tne feasonH TOT tnih pslct ~ INC
great stretch of land Just east OF
this city, and overlapping the Arkan-
sas limo, which is underlaid with
mi-anthracito coal, Underlying
this land are billions OF tons OF this
mow des rahle coal for theiI~eNilng
OF slnews OF industry. And this is
only an example OF the great pos
sibilitles OF tho coal fields In this
part Of Oklahoma, an examination of
which will show deposits little less
than astonishing. Ono OF these,
practically on the southeast corner
of tho townsite OF McAlcstor on
which n company has started a strip
pit. wherein the dirt Ia turned back
and the coal is laid bare In many
places more than four feet thick.
In this ono place alone II In csti-
mated that approximately $4,000
tons has been uncovered, with COM
paratively little OF thr dirt removed
from tho entire era This truot con-
tains 300 yacres and experts con
servattvcly estimate that there are
al least 100, 600. 900 tons OF coal IN II.
Fuel for ~ Years
When Il IN understood THAI NJ tho
present time Oklahoma, including
che many railroads and other indus
tries. uses barely t,o0o,Ooo tons each