The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-07
PUTS A
| K|NK IN DRY
,-.yada Mine Rich in In
" toxicating Natural
Springs
NED MINE RESCUERS
Ia Masses of Hootchite to
20 Mined by Company
Formed to Exploit Freak

49,, h,ipg able to get 1t out of a
.,uc tbevr, going TO get 1t out or
'" found ia Nevada anyway, a
|W ,e a. recent issue OF tho
g.'.r u. and scientific Press. Cheer
NH' tha gIst Of the news from
~ whore. 1t is reported, they
inst found immense deposits
['S" s,mrthIug promptly named
|, ,o.ch,tc or bOotchspar, ana refer-
to as mineral containing
4 .Vs. percentage OF alcohol Tho
,r comes ont with a statement
|. @hc formation OF a company
lfr.d ihr Wet Products Corpora
~ whose promoters are said TO
Wi twenty-five claims covering
W doposf.s OF tho substance with
sc5uctfv, .ame Every mining
,y,I,unitv tr Nevada is described
.,cEfpr with the glad tidings.
T. uou, aid f get there? And how
... rs presoucc discovered?
Those questions are answered as
|,,rovs. /, dI began with Blinkey
|HLcu.-o and d rabbit, or rather
|puakey Mcclure. q coyote ana
.atb. according to the mineral
,cg-rsl Blrf.g described as well
|troWn prospr.,or. was watching
Scy,,o husy pursuing "A rabbit. The
,,tbt stopped. took a drink at a
Irsmr,l spring and promptly turned
|nr rs tur.uer attacking 1t savagely
srd causing the coyote to beat a
|S,s,y retreat Brcr Rabbit registered
kssi4fac,ion by jumping, rolling and
Eunbling las II in an ecstasy and
Ebshay.ng generally as tho he had
4 Fvon heavy election bet. and then.
hot ON the trail Of the coyote, and
gong 20 fast that his tail was ex-
Tended horizontally" disappeared
from sight of the astonished Nc
Cure.
The latter. reported TO be of a
scientific turn Of mind, was natural
IN led 20 examine the spring, and,
/, is said, had no trouble in identi-
lvlrg the familiar odor Of venerable
rorr whisky. Armed with n sample
he set OF for Goldfield, where his
hes. suspicious were confirmed.
Several mining engineers returned
with him. actuatnd purely, of course.
by scientific impulses. At an earlier
geological period, according to their
findings, vast cornfiolds covered this
valley and surrounding hills. \ flood
swept the corn into the central part
Of the valley, and a flow of lava
arriving opportunely, the corn de-
post was completely buried as in
natural retort
Farmers with cornfields and con-
templating violent action should
hold their hands. Timc--a long
time-long, geoiogically speaking
was necessary before heat and
pressure consolidated the
decaying corn into a soft yellowish
mineral now known as hootchite or
hoolchspar, which, at one place,
where the lava is fractured, has
1D,a dissolved by the groud water"
and brought To the surface as a
sort Of perpetual high-ball, This
opening comments the report, re-
ierlng to the hiEh-ball spring, has
been ccmentcd already in order "a
prevent further wastage. The de-
poslt itself, judging from the local
Nraugrdphy. lies at a depth OF about
z,ISs feet, and a drill hole IS TO be
sunk to IT, with suitable preparations
ior closing 1t with a valve so as TO
regulate the flow OF precious liquid"
The Mining and Scientific Press
'r'''r says that It Is not known
whether a shaft will be sunk to
i-... .ue SOLID hootchite or whether
,"t deposit can tie extracted by
" H. AS in salt mines, or
whether live steam will be admitted
H,."g II as m the exploitation of
sulphur.
We are informed" says the
mural that a market Is assured
F-o per quart of solution or $3.50
p' pound of G5 per cent hootchite.
:, ',,'''d stock has been placed on
Ihe market, the immediate conse-
slehles being big drop in the quo
@g9Ns J, Tor Liberty bonds at Gid
Ne.a' Ionopah and Virginia City.
government officials are said TO
Te already on the ground and the
uund states Bureau of Mines is re-
por'd TO have sent a mine-rcscue
,t WaII with oXy gen nelments In case
| mr Hootchy fumes should overcome
alJ OF lnp DUtr4tipt, forro