Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-09
NOT SPRINGS LETTER.
Sixty-Fiyo Springs OF Hot Water
Prospecting for Silvcr-Min-
Ing Operations and Their Re
sttlls
ll,nrlal correspondence Of tho Register.

llur SrRlNUs, AJAX. March \.
The great developed resource ol thls
region consists in its medical waters.
uomc IT which are Justly claimed to bc
the moSI valuable lor certain classes OF
,llaeaAcs IN tho world IA | SAID IN u
previous letter. siNty.hvo springs OF at
most boiling hot water pour their con.
Slant streams IRON thc silc Of u single
small mountain. hut IN addition 10 these
springs thrrc ARE numbcrlcss othcra
scattered ut intervals OF u lew milcs all
over this rrgioa OF country whose waters
are known 10 poTscsa valuable medical
qualities. Hut the great uudovclopcd
resource IN believed To- hc
NlVLR,
There are many evidences Of volcanic
action some time In tho unknown past
In all these mountains, and specimens
" silver arc found p,attcrcd over
u larso area, not lar lrnm here Prospect
INK has bccn going ON, moro at lcas in
,sllgcutly. tot the past year or two, and
~ many cV,dcuCvs at tho existence ui
valuable ores ia varying quantities have
been discovered ~ 10 induce quite a
number OF gentlemen Ia commence
this spring In earnest ia the work oi
development, Some eight or niue
shafts are nov being put down IN dit
tcrcut localities, 10y capitalists from
abroad. under tho Immediate supcryI.
sion oi experts, ono ur two SmcltlnI
furnaces are already up, aud stUpp
mill Is reported 10 be- on the way TO tho
d,Sgiugs Several lively aud thriving
INNING camps have sprung up, new
towns aud cities have been projected
slcan, saw mills have penetrated the
wcll.rmbcrci forests, Residences, hoard
,us housya storc.~noms aud hotels
spring up at the rate Of ono or two u
day. while n s,uSlc night h sufficient
Tor the production OF u new saloon,
C,,,l Cngiurcrs are now engaged ia
RIDING tho country, 10y direction
ot leading Chicago capitalist, searching
out the most practicable route on which
o. build railroad from Hot Spt,ugs Ia
Sllycr City the ccutcr ul the present
mining Regional distance ut 70 miles.
Eight miles beyond Silver City IN Mt
Ida, the county scat OF Montgomery
county The town il situated on the
waters II the Ourhlta rlycr, aud IN the
vicinity much ot th2 laud lies we'll und
" quito productive. Corn, cotton. wheat,
and all the frultsgr grow luNuriantly aud
the timber ~ Of excellent quality but
there are hills here, also, which arr bc.
lcvcd to bc mountains II SILVER" Two
st l.oWls companies are about Ia com.
mcncc the work oi actual development
near this town, and two other com
panicS arr Ia the PROCESS Of formation
hy capitalists at Hot Springs aud the
last. have visited both the regions
II Silver City aud Nj. Lila, have looked
down into the partially dug shafts,
have srvu many tous Of the silver bear
iug quartz aud other geological lorna.
AlNllNH NNN' ANlhNN NNh y fNtAN'NA VI
gentlemen ut extensive mining expert.
rncc aud general intelligence, some ot
whom we're interested In this country
aud some oi whom wcrc not, aud from
the most careful aud impartial invest.
CATION | am capable oi giving the sub
irCt I have arrived at the conclusion
that the probabilities arr decidedly "a
yonhlc 20 the theory that rich deposits
" silver will be found In Montgomery
county, Arkansas Those with whom |
have talked who have had the largest
experience IN mining silver are the mos,
confident ct hnding hcv rich mines
While no one prctcnds 10 know posi-
lively that such will 10 the case aud no
intelligent man would believe him Il he
did yet those Who arc familiar With the
conditions OF the silycr-boaTing regions OF
Nevada, Colorado aud Mexico, con.
confidently assert that the evidences
here are ~ favorable a. any 30 hc seen
la any 81 those countries The cyidcn.
ccu 30 be found here arr sufficient 30 Ia
ducc a goolly number oi very shrcwd
capitalists o. REX portion OF their al
rrSdy accumulated means IN goin. down
lhNN W'Nh'I warm WIN wv NNuhbtut
hope ol finding more. One man, iamil.
iarly known ~ diamond Joe Rcy.
nolla," a Chicago millionaire, has al.
ready expended twenty thousand dol.
lars on hts shat, aud works at Silver
City, aud he has had wAgoncd "a the
railroad and shipped 90 tho city Tor
treatment many tons ui the ore from bis
lode. This work Is under the immrdi-
ate supervision ot Mr. George Whit.
iugton. an intelligent sul genial Bos.
tnn,au. The shalt has reached depth
Of III lccl, aud after u has been ~.
umbcrcd u Il probable dtiit will De
run out IN search Of the true ~.
sure yrin." which ~ believed Co
exist here. Two miles irom here are
the smelling works. under the control
ot Mr, RcNiorl I nlisb. Que OF the own.