Mineral Kingdom. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1905 Page: 4 of 4
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MINERAL KINGDOM
August 10. 1905
CORRESPONDENCE
MT. SHERIDAN NEWS
Work Commenced on Medicine Creek
Bridge—Several Accidents
Meers, Okla.. August 8.—W. 0.
Allen begun work this morning with
a full crew of men putting in the
approaches to our new bridge across
Medicine Creek. If this work had
been done last winter, it would have
saved us the wear and tear on fwo
large boulders, and a whole lot of
cussing by men with balky teams,
trying to pull up the steep banks.
Since our last writing, we have
had three unfortunate accidents
which resulted in painful injuries to
several people. The first was Mr.
Goss who was thrown from a light
wagon while out driving, and was
brought in with a broken leg. and
his ankle otherwise injured, but we
are glad to say that at this writing
he is getting along very well. The
next was the overturning of a wagon
that was enroute to the wedding of
Eli Richardson, which resultel in
Mrs. Chambliss' both lower limbs
broken near the ankle besides being
otherwise shaken up. The bride-
to-be was also an occupant of the
wagon and came in for her share
of the shake up, but was notserious-
ly hurt. There were seven or eight
other occupants of the wagon who
escaped unhurt. At last accounts
the injured parties were improvng,
and while we wish to say that this
unfortunate accident upsetthe wed-
ding plans, it was not enough to
outdo cupid. for the justice was
sent for and the ceremony per-
formed. The same day little Charley
Mosher was thrown from his horse
and his arm broken in two places.
Dr. S. J. Hardin was the attending
physician in all the cases.
Miss Mattie Harris has gone on
an extended visit with her sister,
Mrs. King, and to Marlow. I. T.
Miss Mattie has a host of friends at
Marlow who will doubtless persuade
her to stay for some time.
John Sellers, with his daughter
and niece, of Duncan. 1. T.. are vis-
iting his brother-in-law. Mr. Hin-
ton, at this writing.
C. Harris and Ike Hodge made a
trip to the west end of the moun-
tains last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and son.
Bob, of Marlow. 1. T.. visited Geo.
L. Orr and wife recently.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stephens
and daughter, of Honey Grove,Tex.,
are here visiting W. G. Johnston.
Pat Milliken passed through camp
today.
J. E. Davidson has been on the
sick list for a few days.
J. A. Kirk and J. F. Rowell were
making hay while the sun shone
last week.
Mrs. Ruij.:id, of Rush Springs, I.
T., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Kirk.
Mr. Wofford and family, of Pauls
Valley. I. T., are in camp here for
the second time this summer. They
are out for their health's sake.
X. X. X.
ANOTHER. EXPERT BOBS UP
Smallest One <4 All—GAe Last "Fraxrle
Dazzle" EcKo
Say, did you see the latest ad-
verse report in the Wichita Daily
Eagle? If you havn't read it you
can't imagine what you lost by not
finding it. He expiates on how
many smelters we havn't installed,
how many shafts we havn't dug
500 feet deep, how many gold nug-
gets weighing a ton we didn't find
and winds his little ball by closing
his article, "Yours etc., J. A."
Who do you suppose J. A. is?
Why, J. A is the fellow that is
either ashamed of his name or the
job he has undertaken. Well for
the sake of harmony I suppose J. A.
stands for Jack Ass. Say. Brother
Jack, you write just like you are
one year younger than you are.
Twelve months ago your article
might have made an impression
had it been written on stone in a
mud puddle, but too late now Broth-
er Jack, the ship has anchored in
port. The tide of human destiny
has come in and the citadel has not
fallen.
What are the echoes that the
Wichitas now reverberate? Is it
the voices of U. S. mineral experts?
Naw. Is it the hungry howl of the
straggling wolf? Naw. Is it the
hum and bustle of an invading foe?
Naw. No, it is the onward march
of progress, the destiny shapers of
American progress. The prostrate
form of creative industry has been
lifted to its feet, and with the sword
of truth in her hand she defies the
world and decapitates the poltroons
that posed as mineral experts, with
their prearranged adverse docu-
ments on parchment blackened by
the infamy of shylock. as they who
posed as guardian angels, yes, an-
gels of darkness, not light, with the
adverse parchments in one hand,
while the other held the staff from
which Old Glory was unfurled.
Under the protection of that
grand old emblem of our country,
the American eagle, sattellited by
the galaxy of states, they sallied
forth to thrust the adverse dagger
to the heart of the noble vanguard
of civilization, the Wichita Mountain
miners, but to the utter consterna-
tion of the infamous corporations
that are trying to purloin from us
our vested rights. The adverse
.reporter dangles in effigy above the
Wichitas. as the God of nature
frowningly casts a shadow over the
tattered effigy.
They say the spot on th3 sun is
100,000 miles in diameter.
We all know the immense values
that have been unear-hei n our
mineral zone and we are cognizant
of the fact that many bonanzas are
yet to be uncovered. We deem it
unnecessary to tell the public how
many pay mines have been opened,
and stand ready forreduction works,
but it is enough to say that we have
beds of copper ore that assays 50
per cent copper with gold in paying
quantities. W e have glittering beds
of sylvanite ore that runs gold simply
immense. We have many shafts
down from 100 to 300 feet deep,
on as magnificient fissure veins as
ever graced an igneous range.
The last hoot of the adverse owl
has ceased to make an echo. The
bray of the Jack Ass falls to the
ground and the people all over this
grand country are coming in to the
rescue of the poor old miners who
are now delving in their shafts,
while the shadow of that effigy only
cools the breeze, "For we have met
the enemy and they are ours.
Yours yet,
Jim Hutton.
Roosevelt Rumblings
Yes. boys, the old hills have be-
gun to rumble. Quite a throng of
new people grace the streets of
Roosevelt daily, and as they drop
in they proceed to procure a grub
supply and start for the mountains.
There is a daily hack now running
from Roosevelt to Wildman and
it is loaded down to the guards every
trip with bankers, lawyers, doctors,
merchants, railroad magnates, prac-
tical miners, and in fact all kinds
of people, and by the way, all the
"old boys" are dropping in and
stretching their tents for business.
Prof. Counts and Mr. Baker,
who own some fine propositions at
Cook Cove, passed through yester-
day on the way to their mines.
Today Uncle Tommy Armstrong
with a gang of miners, passed
through on their way to the Upper
Narrows to double their force on
the Lone Jack lode, and Mr. Carr,
G. Counts and a number of others
on their way to Sandy Canyon and
Cutthroat Gap, to open up camps.
Prof. Tucker, of Dallas, Tex.,
and several other business looking
men, came in for business in the
mining. We can now hear the-
thundering of dynamite in the hills,
which is but the prelude to one of
the liveliest poppings that was ever
heard in the Wichitas. I predict
that before September, the blasting
in the mines will cause the old
Wichitas to reverberate the echoes
that never spoke before, and will
remind one of the bombardment of
Ft. Sumpter or the popping of corn
in a hot oven.
I tell you boys, the mossback
miners are getting on top and the
cliff dwellers, experts and grafters
are as sure to be relegated to the
rear as the sun shines. The God
;f Heaven-placed the valuesinthose
grand old hills for the sons of toil
and not for the sons . He is
ever on the si-ie of right a.iti metes
out justice to thedeserving. There
is a God of nature, but he don't run
with the grafters and government
experts. Yours yet,
Jim Hutton.
Happenings at Wildman
Wildman. Okla., August 6.—I
like to see Wildman represented in
each number of your paper, as the
struggles of the Kingdom seems to
be identical with the struggles of
the miners of the Wichitas, the suc-
cess of one being the success of the
other.
Among the happenings at Wild-
man, there are a number of new
faces and all seem to be enthusiastic,
some on the railway proposition,
and others on the mineral. I have
noticed one in particular who is
wearing the badge of a miner—torn
clothes—from encountering barb
wire fences.
The Great Eastern has been doing
development work,, and the Lyon
Lode is being carried down to a
drifting level, and the new shaft
will soon be as deep as the old one.
The Kiowa company has struck
water, but are going ahead with
work. The surveying corps are
now west of Altus, and there is no
information as to when they will
return. Wesley Williams.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
A MEETING of the stockholders of
the Black Bear Mining & Milling
Company will be held at the office
of Ross & Anderson in the city of
Lawton. Okla.. on September 15.
1905, at 2 p. m. for the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing
year and the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the meeting.
J. M. Patterson, President.
REMOVED-July 1 the Rankin
Hotel was removed to old South-
ern Hotel,corner Fifth and E. where
we shall give the same first-class
service as formerly. Commodious
roomsand good location, near Frisco
depot. Rates $ 1.25 per day.
Rankin & Collins. Proprietors.
FOR NEW HARNESS and there-
pairing of old ones the Cache
Hardware &
takes the lead.
Harness Company
CACHE HARDWARE & HAR-
NESS COMPANY for dynamite,
powder, etc. In fact everything the
rpiner uses.
DON'T throw away shoes, but get
them repaired at the Cache Hard-
ware & Harness Company.
5000
TELEGRAPHERS
NEEDED
Annually, to fill the new positions created by
railroad' and telegraph companies. We want
young men and ladic • of good habits, to
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Davis, Frank C. Mineral Kingdom. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1905, newspaper, August 10, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc227091/m1/4/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Territories+-+Oklahoma+Territory%22: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.