The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-13
COAL PRODUCTION
ATTRACTS NOTICE
Henryetta-Dewar Field Is
Forging to Front From
a Small Start
HAS MODERN DEVICES
Beginning With Small strip
Mine Industry Has Grown
Tremendously

IiENRYETTA. Fob. I2.Apropos
az the recent heavy uurohuEOH ~
mininIug property and gton' de-
NolOpmcnt OF the llcuryottu -DcWtr
coal district. resume OF this indus
Try from iH infancy "a few short
years ago o. the present EiupcudOus
production, ana ranking thia 'hc
Ircatost coal ii,ld iu tho southwest
may Dc Of moro than passing
interest.
According 90 the j. W Hinton
company. which had made much of
tiN production fpr the past decade.
hOne 10 years ago, mo Central Cuui
and Coko company ~ Kansas aud
the Wise interest OF Joplin begun
prospecting for roul I'm mo small
village camp OF what ~ now Hen
ryctta This prospecting wnH carried
on for q few years with only medic
Gro success the desire uf the op-
orators seeming TO hu TO secure strip
pit coal, or shat coal lying near the
surface. However. mining OF coal
was carried on in a small way until
1909, when the oklahoma Coal com
pany was formed, ana under the dl-
rection OF j. l.. DAWSON, the north
end OF tho present field was opened
for development. and also what In
now the busy suburban town OF
Dewar. Then came the Creek Coal
southyes., laying the foundation for
what " at this writing the blggeat
coal producing properties In the state
OF Oklahoma.
Tho Honryctia. .Dcwar coal, how
ever, was not n success In 80 far nB
competition on the general marko'
was concerned until the advent OF
modern mining machinery In the
field. In 1903. the Green Ridge mine.
known as the "McDonald", installed
what IL known as n punching ma
chino, but this type of coal cutter
Wah not proven a success here. Then
William S.eCkclberg who operated
under the name OF the southern
Mining company begun the use OF
the "brcnst' machine, the iustalla-
ton OF which later developed into
the modern under-cuttinR electric
coal mining machine. and which has
brought what was once 10 mere sur
face gathering community up through
Its various stages OF progressive de.
velopmcnt into tho present great
mining industry.
The first big contract for coal to
be placed In the Honryottn Bewar
field was secured by j. 4. Buckner
president OF the oklahoma Coal com
pany, from .he st. Louis- Southwest
crn or Cotton Belt railroad company.
and much trouble was found in salts
fying the Cotton Belt In the grade
D of coal thcn produced because OF the
system OF mining then In vogue.
However, tho installation OF Inn
proved electrical mining machinery
was continued with the consequent
increase in the Rrado OF the coal
thus overcoming this complaint In
quality, ana at the present time all
OF the Ilenryotta Dcwar mines have
been electrically equipped with min
ing machines, and where necessary,
with motor haulagc.
From "a very small beginning with
strip pit coal 10 years ago, the Hen
ryetta -Dewar district now has As ac-
tive mines that are producing all the
way from 40 tons % 500 tons each
per day, To be more explicit. and
quote car lot shipment, the Kansas,
Oklahoma and Gulf railroad alone
shipped 1900 cars OF ~ To 80 tons
per car during the year 1918, while
during the first nine months of, or
up to the first day Of October 1919,
the shipments of coal over this road
We're In excess OF tho entire previous
year; and taking this as "A basis for
the 1920 shipments, the Il. q. n q.
road should handle 1900 cars of
coal out of ilenryetta In this time.
The same comparison Will apply out
of this station over he 50. Louis and
all the greater when II is Understood
that all coal cars used at the pres
ent time are OF greater capacity than
chose In use 10 to . years ago.
Again, the quality OF the Henry
etta-Dewar coal has materially In
creased in proportion 10 the tonnage
on account OF the moro modern
method OF mining. At this time some
of .he larger railroad systems Sc
cure their supply OF steam coal from
this district, and I'm the past few
months operators were compelled to
refuse other roads coal because OF
car shortage with the consequent iu-
ability % care for the tonnage. With
a supply of cars, the lIenryctta- Do
war operators have no trouble In
taking care OF all orders booked, and
with the proposed east and west rail
road To cut the mileage TO oklahoma
ti.y aS u western gateway FOR dis
tribution, there is no doubt of this
fields ability TO take fun caro- O.
all the coal business offered,
During the past year several OF
the largest Kansas coal opera ,ors
have either purchased mincs
or leased land In the Henry
ctta-Dcwar district for heavy de-
vclppmcnt Two OF the largest prop
pertios in this field being purchased
by these Kansas operators during the
summer Of 1920. while December !
saw the passing uf the enormous
interests Of the creek and the We.
toria companies into tho hands of
the Grove coal company of I>U sls
City, long among the heavy kan
rus operators,
As "a matter or fact, the coal de.
velopmcnt of this fieldmay be- said ,
he IN its infancy; roughly speaking
the HcnrS etta-Dcwar coat district
embraces in excess OF 90 mile,
square OF available coal mining ter
ritory and much OF the most de
sirahlc properties are yet undc-
velopcd. or unopened for the lack
OF railroad facilities. Yet with tn,
new road coming into this virgin ter.