70 year old Frank James Searches for Hidden Gold in 1912

[jeff of pa]

The Guthrie daily leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), 16 May 1912.






The Guthrie daily leader. (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, May 16, 1912, HOME, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress

 

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[jeff of pa]

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), 19 May 1912.








The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, May 19, 1912, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress

 

[RGINN]

Cool to see that treasure tales have always interested people. Exactly where is the Chickasha River in Oklahoma?

 

[jeff of pa]

Cool to see that treasure tales have always interested people. Exactly where is the Chickasha River in Oklahoma?

More then one occasion I have seen Creeks referred to as Rivers in early Writings .
I'm going to guess they Meant creek.
Is there a Chickasha creek in the area ? or could they be Referring to the Cedar creek ?

although it is not Labeled Penn Pilot sends me East of Rt. 69 & Atoka
south of Stringtown

 

[cw0909]

stuff dont quite mesh with the news article,Coleman's Bluff is east not west
zoom in a lot of gravel pits

B to C on map is i think the Chickasha/Chikaskia, and meets the Arkansas at B
C is where the Chickasha starts in ok
F is Newkirk, Oklahoma and D is Coleman's Bluff according to the FB post

Chikaskia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikaskia_River
Newkirk, Oklahoma
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colemans-Bluff/163849340406474
map
ACME Mapper 2.1

 

[tumbleweed56]

this is the old coleman rach east of newkirk ok.

 

[jeff of pa]

Bisbee daily review. (Bisbee, Ariz.), 31 May 1912.



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=96

 

[Simon1]

It is funny that they state: "they have a scientific mineral stone which will locate mineral of any kind in the ground"