Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done. Calendar of Events

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1 1 April 2015 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done EARTH DAY Spring Has Sprung April 22nd Are you doing your part to Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Prize Raffle Volunteer 3 Attendance Drawing 3 Editorial Comment 3 Birthdays & Anniversaries 4 Amazon.com 4 Member Update 5 Have Civil War Ancestors? 5 ITTHC Message Forum 5 Community Service Project 6 National Metal Detecting Day 7 Coal Mine Outing Report 8-13 ITTHC National Hunt Info Upcoming Events 16 Calendar of Events Monthly Meeting Saturday - April 11th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar Street Owasso, OK Board Meeting Thursday - April 23rd 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door ITTHC 44th Annual National Treasure Hunt May Creek County Fairgrounds Sapulpa, OK April Program & Outing An outing will be set up for Sunday Apr 26th details at a later date. Henry Tankersley the bottle man will give a program, details at a later date. ************************************************************************************* Cookie Volunteers Ken & Linda Fanning Alneta Mitchell Thanks for bringing treats! Club Member Reminder: Time to secure prize donations for our hunt in May!

2 2 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 2 Check out the find of the month pictures on our web site each month at: Find of the Month March Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 John Freeman 1901-O Barber Dime 2 Bob Cook 1912 V Nickle 3 Ken Fanning 1928 Buffalo Nickle Oldest Coin 1 Bob Cook 1909 V Nickle 2 Cody Reese 1910 V Nickle 3 John Freeman 1911 Barber Dime Oldest Cent 1 Ken Fanning 1883 Indian Head Cent 2 John Freeman 1895 Indian Head Cent 3 Bob Cook 1907 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 Bob Cook 1913 S Wheat Cent 2 John Freeman 1913-D Indian Head Cent 3 (tie) 3 (tie) John Hamilton Ken Fanning 1913-D Indian Head Cent 1913-D Indian Head Cent Relic 1 John Hamilton Stevens & Schureman Token 2 John Freeman Fram Slaymaker Lock 3 Jim Nobles Chelsea Pharmacy Token Jewelry 1 Kim Hauger 10K Gold Ring 2 Lloyd Coke Silver Ring 3 Bob Cook Silver Ring Military Relic 1 John Freeman WWI Dog Tag Display 1 Bob Cook 2 Andrew Reese.69 cal Bullet 3 Bill Watkins.58 cal Musket Ball 2 John Freeman 3 Cody Reese Display Drawing Winner: Jim Nobles Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!

3 3 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 PRIZE RAFFLE VOLUNTEER A big thank you to Roger Eaton for volunteering to take over the prize raffle from Chris & Victoria they really appreciate this. President: Cody Reese Vice President: Roger Eaton Secretary: Remember to pay your dues for this year Only $25/year 2015 Officers Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman St. Board: Tim Adams John Hayworth John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Attendance Drawing Attendance Drawing March 14, 2015 Meeting Winner John & Sandi Freeman Names drawn before the winner No other names were drawn You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. <<< Editorial Comment >>> ONCE AGAIN Seems like we just turned the calendar to a new year and here it s already time for our annual ITTHC National Hunt. I am always amazed at what a well-oiled machine our club is...meaning that there are always those same people who show-up, step-up and get the job done. Those members are the ones that have historically made it easy for the rest of us to enjoy the outings & hunts. (Thanks to you...you know who you are!) Now it s time for the rest of us to give these seasoned members a break. It s time for us to volunteer to do our part at each and every club function. So...with the National Hunt around the corner your help is needed! Try to volunteer in some way, whether it be helping to bury coins, assisting in the concessions, selling bingo tickets, checking cards at bingo, covering tables, setting up chairs, emptying trash containers, collecting camping fees, picking up trash, etc. Just jump in there and support your club! Ok...I m getting off my soapbox. It s time for me to follow my own advise! --- Newsletter editor Bill Watkins.

4 4 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 April Birthdays Happy Birthday 06 Gary Young 08 Shirley Cooper 08 Miranda Young 09 Angell Hayworth 13 Chuck Marcum 15 John Ehmen 15 Howie Rosser 16 Tim Adams 20 Ken Fanning 21 Sharon Hayworth 21 Alneta Mitchell 21 Lee Wierzchowski 27 Shane Curtsinger 26 Jim Bob Shoulders 28 Charles Bohuslavicky April Anniversaries 11 Lee & Marge Wierzchowski AMAZON.COM A Big Thank You again to all that have been purchasing items from Amazon through the Amazon Associate link on the ITTHC website. With no extra cost to you, you have been putting a good amount in the club's Amazon Associate Account. To find the link just go the the ITTHC Homepage, scroll down and click on the Amazon Associate link. You can also link to Amazon through selections in the ITTHC "Online Book Store". Amazon has things from A to Z for sale. Amazon is not just for books anymore, but you can still get books, even in digital form. And if you are buying online anyway, always check at Amazon for their pricing through the ITTHC link. Amazon will usually have the best price on most items and many will have free shipping. And if you join Amazon Prime you get unlimited FREE Two Day Shipping and One Day Shipping for $3.99 per item on most orders. And there are more benefits to being an Amazon Prime member. Just remember to click to Amazon through the link on the ITTHC Homepage before searching for & purchasing your item and the club will get credit. Again a Big Thank You to all of you that have already purchased through the ITTHC Homepage link to Amazon. Tell all of your friends, relatives, and fellow treasure hunters around the country. Below is what the Amazon Associate link looks like and where it is located on the ITTHC Homepage: Prime membership is $99.00

5 5 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 MEMBER UPDATE Near the first part of March ITTHC member Jim Webb had major lung surgery to repair damage and had been in the hospital or extended care for 3 weeks. Jim is now in room #114 at The Highlands at Owasso, N. 123 rd E. Ave., Owasso, OK It is located behind the Wal-Mart on E. 96 th St. N. in Owasso. His phone number is (918) Keep Jim & Jeanie in your thoughts and prayers. ITTHC Message Forum Remember that the ITTHC Message Forum is back up and running for posting finds, announcements, and research information. Here is the link: ITTHC Forum Either click on or highlight and copy the below link and paste to the address line of your browser: bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl Want to find out if one of your ancestors served in the Civil War? Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System (from Steve Warren via Facebook)

6 6 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 Community Service Project ITTHC Community Service Update For over twenty years, ITTHC has chosen to assist the Broken Arrow Neighbors Association (BAN) as the focus of our club s community service. BAN provides Assistance With Dignity to over 12,000 people a year. It functions as a nonprofit comprehensive resource center serving residents in need with emergency assistance services such as food, financial assistance, medical care and clothing. In October 2014, thanks to strong support from numerous donors, BAN moved into a new 10,000 square foot building which was completed debt free. The new facility, located at 315 W. College in Broken Arrow, is three times larger than their old building and allows BAN to store its entire supply of food in one place. The extra space also allows for fresh produce to be offered to clients. Clients can self-shop in the food pantry and eventually a soup kitchen will be added. The new building also includes a WIC office and a dental clinic with two exam rooms. BAN hosts several fund raisers throughout the year including a bi-monthly book fair which is located in a separate building at 201 W Houston. The Book Fair is held on the first Friday and Saturday of every even month (February, April, June, August, October and December) from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; the half-price sale is the following Friday and Saturday 8:00am to 3:00pm. There are thousands of used books: fiction, art, biography, children, computer, cooking, craft, history, home & garden, mysteries, non-fiction, religious, science fiction, sports, text, westerns and more! PLUS CDs, DVDs, games, records, tapes, videos, puzzles, magazines and more! (Additional information can be found on their website.) The next book fair is scheduled for April 3 & 4 th. How ITTHC Club Members can help: Monthly: There is always a high demand for items such as canned goods, boxed food items, and toiletries. Items can be brought to our monthly meetings or outings. Since the list of needed items is pretty constant, we will forgo the usual monthly list in the club newsletter. Check the BAN website at: and look for the category Current Needs List for most needed items. Bi-Monthly: Shop at the BAN Book Fairs & donated items to this cause. August: Back-to-School - We will be helping to fill backpacks with necessary supplies. needed items in the July newsletter. We will have a list of December: Christmas Collection We will be collecting canned goods along with money contributions to this effort. Any money collected will be matched by ITTHC and will be given to BAN to assist with the annual Christmas basket distribution. Thank you for helping this very worthy cause! Jean Dick & Marge Wierzchowski

7 7 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 This article was reproduced with permission from the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club newsletter editor.

8 8 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 Return to LeBosquet Mine Number 1 There were 29 ITTHC members in attendence for our return outing March 21st to the coal mining camp in the area of the LeBosquet Mine No. 1. The below photograph shows a scene from around 1900 of one of the mines in the area. The weather was about perfect for an outing, cloudy with the high temperature of almost 70. Both of the mines were flowing quite a lot of water and the lower areas were standing in water. The LeBosquet Coal & Mining Co. Mine No. 1 operated from 1902 until approximately 1929 with peak activity from 1920 to The company housing area grew to more than 50 houses for the employees (which they were charged for) plus the buildings for the mine operations. There were in total quite a few items found. Coins: Indian Head Cents, Wheat Cents, V-Nickels, Barber Dimes, and Mercury Dimes. Miner s checks, a miner s tools, carbide lamp parts, pocket watch parts, pocket knives, some jewelry items including a 10K Gold ring, shotgun shells, and loads of assorted copper, brass, iron & other metals. Miner s checks are a good find and a tie to the history of coal mining. Here is an explanation of the miner s checks taken from a 1907 "International Library of Technology" coal mining textbook from the days of "You Load 16 Tons and What Do You Get":

9 9 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 9 "Where men are paid for mining coal by the weight they mine, they receive credit for the coal either as run-of-mine or as screened coal. In the first case, the coal is weighed before it is dumped into the chute. In the second case, it is weighed after it has passed over screen bars of a certain length and size and having a certain width of spaces between the bars, that is, over a standard screen for the given region, and the miners are then paid only for the screened coal. Where coal is paid for by weight, the miners in many cases hire a checkweighman, whose duty is to check the weights as found by the company weighmaster and to see that full credit is given to the miners, and further to see that the scales are in proper condition to weigh accurately. Each miner is usually designated by a number, and when he sends a car of coal to the tipple he hangs on the car a check, usually made of tin or brass, that has his number stamped on it. As soon as the mine car is weighed and dumped, or damped without weighing, as the case may be. The check is taken from it by the top man and hung on a board, or delivered to the check-weighman. This must be done in the order in which the cars are weighed and dumped that the miner may receive proper credit for his coal. If the scale room is situated at some distance from the dump, the miners* checks are sent from the dump to the weighman through a chute, and if a docking boss is employed to dock for rock mixed with the coal, the dump platform may be connected with the weigh office by speaking tubes, so that thie docking boss can report to the weighmaster the dockage for each car as it is dumped." Hope everyone had a good time, gained an appreciation of the history of coal mining in the Choctaw Nation, and the hard life of those early coal miners. Even though it was hard, dangerous, and dirty work it was still some of the best paying jobs in that time. If you missed this outing, don t miss the next one!

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13 13 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 13 HERE ARE SOME OF THE FINDS FOUND BY THE MEMBERS AT THE COAL MINE.

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16 16 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 15 UPCOMING EVENTS April 11: -ITTHC General Meeting - Henry Tankersley the bottle man will give a program, details at a later date. April 23: - ITTHC Board Meeting Corporate Place Bldg E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door 6:30 pm April 18-19: -Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club 29th National Open Treasure Hunt. and then click on NATIONAL HUNT. May 16: National Metal Detecting Day - Three Rivers Museum located at 220 Elgin, Muskogee, OK May 23-24: - ITTHC 44th Annual National Treasure Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds.

17 17 The ITTHC Treasure News is published by The Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club, Inc. P.O. Box Tulsa, OK Editor: Bill Watkins Webmaster: Bob Freeman The general meeting of ITTHC is held the second Saturday of every month at the Owasso Community Center, 301 South Cedar Street, Owasso, OK at 7:30 p.m. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! Membership dues are: $25.00/year Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club P.O. Box Tulsa, OK FIRST CLASS MAIL We re on the web!