The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-05-05

reason of former publication of their
characteristics For if it is found
after examination, that the reason
ing laid down does not apply to the
great property, or that it Is not
worth having as a mining invest
ment, how would it be possible to
avoid the inference of something be-
ing radically wrong with other ter
ritory of the Buffalo BASIN and ofthe
Arkansas field in general. And it is
with this idea in view, or rather
with a view to having Others see
land learn of the country themselves,
that the Maumee mining property
has been selected as the subject of
this report.
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With so much said of the Buffalo
basin as a whole, and of the Searcy
county division Of it in particular,
it follows, of course, that, with a
number of otherwise celebrated prop
critics to draw upon for an example,
(any one of which under ordinary
circumstances would have been avail
able) something more than prejudice
or favor holds in the selection of the
Maumee mine as the subject of a
public report intended, equally, to
benefit railroad projectors, mineral
prospectors, and owners of the
property.
But while such an idea is granted,
of being out of the common, much OF
the effect would be lost if it is not
stated, that point obtains in the
selection which, in itself, is out ofthe
common, 1t is that OF describing
directly in particulars and by name,
single properties or aggregations of
mineral property in a connected
body, upon which it is possible to
concentrate capital; thus gratifying
the requirements of investors who
ask for an insight to fees and to
straight goods" claims, in every re-
spect conditioned to become impor-
tant producers. And as this is a
gain for the North Arkansas mineral
field which marks the turn of the
tide toward the shore line, it is a
sufficient justification for the pro-
cedure, when more than a conven-
tional description is made of the
Maumee property.
For if the matter is inquired into,
it will be found no longer possible to
"knock" mineral territory of this
state by merely saying that it is
down in Arkansas" a shibboleth
borrowed from envious unbelieyers
and captious critics of the North Ar
kansas mineral field. And it is only
in line with this change in the order
of things, that the distinction is
made, of the Maumee mine being the
largest, connected zinc property in
the Arkansas and Missouri-Kansas
fields, every acre OF which is approx
ed and selected mineral territory, its
titles clear, it's forests unbroken, wa
ter plentiful, building stone abund-
ant, and its superficial area 100 in
extent. All this is exclusive of an
available water power on the prop
erty of 6000 horsepower or of sui
hcient volume and fall to supply cleo
trical energy to every mine called for
IN the mineral territory of the coun-
ty. Or, indeed, taken as a whole, it
is a property which alone calls for
attention at the hands Of Investors
and Of railroad projectors not yet
given by them to the Searcy county
region of the Buffalo basin, where,
as with its neighboring divisions OF
Newton and Marion counties, every
thing of the mineral formation seems
to have been built up by nature up
on its most general plan.
What the Maumee is as an invest.
ment to its owners is perhaps i'm.
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