Telegram-herald., 1888-06-03
MINING IN ARKANSAS
As FRsossicx ~ pscx SEES IT
ssms Prszsisssx Indications Of Coming
nssm-Gr-sa Rapids isssrsstsa
a. ths Losx Lsstslsas


It's principal products of razor.hsck
hogs. dxfkiss aud Wild land have. in the
past SHARED the keen comment which the
people aud press Of the rest Of the eoantry.
have poured without stint or mercy upon
toe incipient and undeyeloped mines OF
gold. SILVER and lesd which lt has claimed
10 possess. The i0rmer are unaoaisbiy
here and OF fair market worth. tns latters
existence b a. often seen DOUBTED aud the
valuation lar and feebly below par. Where
there Is so much smoke there must be some
tire, and dense volume OF mining snske
the last few years, has been ponrins cut OF
Arksnsss- IL has been faulty inhsled in
various parts OF the eoantry. Michigan in
general aud Grand Rapids 10 particular,
nave had . sniff and yet there IL . waver-
ing doubt aud many sinister smiles. With
All the discouraglng circumstances Surround
ing mineral development In this State. II Is
estimated that, within the last zen years.
q half million dollars has been
put into efforts toward reducing 10
bullion the values that undenisoly exist.
would not attempt any statistical resume
of the extent of the mineral lands IN the
State. or . description of the works that
have been erected and are being maintained.
The existence OF Bear City. sixteen miles
west of Hot Springs, in the Ozark range OF
mountains. Crystal Springs. four miles
further west. and Silver City, eleven miles
beyond, attest the fact that from these Gen.
tres small number OF large and very
many small claims are being worked, with
varying degrees of success. The predomi-
mating ore al Bear city, In the Lost Louis
ana mine. is OF a complex quality that has
| thus fsr, with the facilities at hand. resisted
| the reduction that will bring out its great
II h.. afaf -
| black mud, aud that al Silver City white
quartz with about eighty per cent. gslena-
| the latter q combination OF lead and sui
phur, and always carrying gold and silver
| values. These sometimes assay very high.
| The points involved In the popular inter-
| est abroad in this mineral region on the
assay possibilities for the ore and the re-
| liability of the men engaged in the
| work. A very general impression has
| prevailed. because thus tar. the values
| found Dy assays have not been brought out
| oy any reduction in large quantities. that
the mining companies exist largely upon
paper. and for the sole purpose Of casching
| suckers" There are some intelligent peo-
| pie in this State gity that are skep-
| tical of the exist any great values,
| but they are those ,ut exception, who
have made no inves j.. aloa into the claims
made and proofs offered for the latter's SUBJ
| sanitation.
OF the earnestness Of purpose and true
| faith ia the possibilities OF this region
| possessed by those who are engaged IN tbs
mining work without an exception, | nave
| not the slightest doubt. For several weeks
| have been in this vicinity, have made the
acquaintance Of many OF those interested in
mining Developments, ant have peen under
| ground where the miners are at work.
have heard all phases OF the question dis
cussed at the mines, among groups
gathered in offices and upon the
| streets. Old miners from Colorado and
California have claims adjoining the few
large and we'll known mines and unite with
| such assayers and mining authorities as
| Profs. Aughey, Waltz and Bean in certify
ing to the values in the mineral. A per-
| sonal acquaintance with the officials, es-
| pecially Z. g. Chaplin, the president of the
Lost Louisiana Company. confirms the first
favorable impression. The readiness with
4 which they invite inspection Of their works
and their sssays; and the frank acknowl.
edgments of the difficulties they have en-
countered and which have prevented the
production Of bullion, make the situation,
10 say the least, interesting.
The condition of affairs ls Just this: No
great amount of bullion has ever been pro-
| duced in Arkansas. Assays VARYING from q
trace to several thousands of dollars 20 the
ton. but with high and profitable general
average. have been made. Reductions oi
from one to ten tons have been some hat
| successful. But the great point of sue
cessfuliy reducing. tor instance. q thousand
tons and saving the values, has
not vet been accomplished. Lack ol
facilities, and the want Of money to pro-
cure the test OF them for thorough trial
and the complex condition of much OF the
ore, have combined to produce this result
The Lost Louisiana niue IS an interesting
example of the condition. in general, OF
Arkansas mines. IL is interesting TO the
| TELEsR.N HERALp that considerable Of il:
stock is held in Grand Rapids. The Texa.
| Mining Company. having Interests AZ Siive:
City, Is owned largely by Mr.. Remington
the iumberrnsn of Grand Rapids. The Los
LouisisnS Company have expended about
so 90, of which one-fourfh was for sa ex-
celient stamp mill. They have q snaf
eighty feet deep and q cross cut of 265 feet
Ii the reduction pToblsm Is successfully
solved IL Will be the largest mine Of orr
body in the world Very high assays hsvc
have been made By renowned assayes
| Prof. Waltz. of Dsaver, sent with bis
certificate s34 in gold and sl4 20 in silvei
bullion TO the ton. Two tons Of ore wer'
smeited in Newport, Ky. resiizing SS4 ts
the ton. Prof. Potter, Of St. Louis, on tn,
| contrary. says there IN uot . trace o
| value in their ORE Yet q 81. Louis
Company, with whose representation l was
talking yesterday, told me that som.
in Louisiana are ssssyed $3.50. This 5t
I Louis company 10 operating successfully
small reductions st Silver City from th.
Eureka rains Asd 10 II gees The situa
| ton IL. indeed. interesting. One thing il
certain ia regard to the Louisiana mine
| and that i.. there are millions IN t. There
is almost universal admission of the sx
istenoe OF vssse "a thsir ore. There is no
| Unsnimity regarding its, reductions. But j
uss not seen that she lsst problem viilsuc
ce~sfuIIy resist solution 20 vsTJ long.
The Story ef the Lensssna mine - th'
story Of Arkansas mining Large assay
| are icing made and cisims stszed. daily
| 0ld miners are a. worx. mining or pr0s
| pecfiax. The gelden ere can ee easily re-
} duced While it does not exist ia lsrs'
l quantities. yet there ars many made mine
81 toe ore Being worked TIE Iou.sir "A
coapsnv vill this week. advertise TIA
| they vii oev TIE rnsrksf pTics ef ore for e.
| zaisna delivered 81 10 No3stt SDester il
| Crvxtsl Springs. In these werks $500
has psen invsstsd- Tie exPeri~ ~sn
Of MIXING g.le1s vita 81
Tourfsas are saa redacf1g al toszsfse
wi.i - tried- Tsey thiax this aixture 0
| 1,@-esrth q Gsisa. witI render fhs reinc
/ tson ef tls. vsols possible TbsT hsve beer
1 h,-s fx-zrirg 1ron ths sxrerfn neuf
pr uesrly 61sen years Blsosr rainin,
fwsskinx n rsRnine rstsrl w<s osrrled q
a. lssfvtise, Coz. The txii ms. o. rsfasp
r~re iznorsa. sithouEh thsy were kzosn 3
tcontzan .arze vslaes secsass tksT noald nc
- successfully treated sy sn.ieng 81.
| efher praresses. Tne procsss 81 as "a
s,zsnd Th@ vaFi6 kae~s tb@ rsss- AInao-
scr 6sF tae rovid @sy knc~ Ersst -