The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-12
MANY MEN ARE DECEIVED

In every country where oil or golc
or other precious metals are found
here Will also be found the man with
me divining rod The divining rod is
an instrument supposed 10 be useful
IN discovering buried treasures, min
sral deposits, deposits OF oil and
underground water This instrument
has been used in the country sur
rounding ArdmoTe It IS said that the
Jacob NJ. Noble well near Oswalt was
located by the use Of one Of these
machines One has been used to
define the Hewitt field and pool
Of oil out near Deese is said to have
been located with one Of them. Ard.
more has had several men TO become
enthusiastic and some OF them have
spent much time and some money
in experimenting with them. Many
thousands OF dollars have been spent
for acreage by men who have faith
IN the merits Of the divining rod
The press bulletin Of the United
States Geological Survey has the fol.
lowing to say concerning this decep-
ton that has robbed many men Of
their earnings
The idea OF a 'dyining rod OF
some other instrument that may be
used as a means OF finding buried
treasure, mineral deposits, and under.
ground oil or water is q superstition
that continues with marvellous per
sistence in spite Of the lack OF tan
gible results from its employment.
1t may be said without Qualifica.
tion or exception that no rod or in
strument has yet been devised tc
find buried treasures, nor any instru.
ment that will indicate tho presence
Of gold silver, copper, lead. zinc, or
other nonmagnetic metals, OF their
ores that are hidden from view
under ground
Iron, nickel and some minerals
that contain these metals are mag
netic, and the dip.needle or miners
compass has been adapted 10 use in
prospecting for these metals Such
an instrument can be purchased, but
special training is required 70 enable
anyone 10 use It successfully. A vol.
ume published by the United States
Geological Survey, Department Of the
Interior. entitled Mineral Resources
of the United States calendar year
1911" Part I, pages LA 70 i54, con-
tains a discussion OF methods OF pros
pecting for iron ore by magnetic
surveys and by drills. Although the
use OF the dip needle Is theoretically
simple, such practice IS required TO
make accurate observations with it,
and after these are made they must
b. interpreted by the consideration
OF many factors, SO that the unskuled
user 10 likely to be disappointed IN
his results. The edition OF the vol
ume above mentioned available for
free distribution is now out o. stocl,
at the Geological Survey but "a copy
may te purchased from the supcun-
tendcnt Of Documents. Washington. H.
g. for 20 cents.
Gold. silver, copper. lead and z.nc
are not magnetic. and no .nstrumen,
now IN use will indicate the presence
of these metals or their ores u they
are hidden from view within "a,
ground. Devices that are supposed
to indicate the presence Of concealed
ponmagnctle ore are usually offered
for sale either through ignorance OF
with intent to defraud Some homes;
attempts have been made to prospect
for nonmagnetc orVs by measuring ir
different directions the capacity u
the ground to conduct an electric
current. the idea being that ground
containing metallic material will con.
duct the current better than that
which contains none. Those attempts
as well as trials with other electrical